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Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
14 May 2024 at 3:19 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: legluondunet
Quoting: MohandevirJust got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.

Hu... rray! :huh:
Just updated Manjaro Gnome and...everything work, no issue for the moment. A far better experience than upgrading Ubuntu to a new version...when you have to finish manually in command line with apt-get install -f and apt-get clean...
We are on the same page.

I just had that weird occurrence and tought to share my experience, in case it happened to someone else, in case it could help.

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
14 May 2024 at 2:31 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: legluondunet
Quoting: dpanterYay.
Spoiler, click me
That's exactly what I lived with Debian and Debian-like distributions, until I migrated to Arch/Manjaro.
Seriously, I did a lot of distro hopping (Arch, Debian and Fedora based) and never found a distro that didn't have some annoying issues. It's just a matter of what you are willing to cope with. This said, they are all less annoying than Windows, in my opinion.

Manjaro is the "lesser evil", atm, to me. :grin:

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
14 May 2024 at 12:59 pm UTC

Quoting: pleasereadthemanual
Quoting: MohandevirJust got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.

Hu... rray! :huh:
How...how did that even happen? What?
No clue. It's a fresh install from last week. No aur activated. Just flatpaks.

There was an update available. Saw that KDE 6 was installed and during the upgrade, all the apps were removed. That's all I can say.

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
14 May 2024 at 12:14 pm UTC Likes: 6

Just got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.

Hu... rray! :huh:

Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
13 May 2024 at 6:21 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Pengling
Quoting: elmapulmonster hunter is another big hit...
It is, but it belongs to Capcom. :wink: I'll throw Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Romancing SaGa, The World Ends With You, and all their sequels into the list, plus once-famous one-offs like The Bouncer and Rad Racer, to replace that one.

You're totally right about Dragon Quest, by the way! :grin:
I'll have to dig back into JRPGs, some day... Flew right above my head for quite a while.

Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
13 May 2024 at 6:18 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: dpanter
Quoting: dpanterWhat exactly do these people consider "quality", I wonder. :unsure:
Well that didn't take long to be answered.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-confirms-us-eu-layoffs-as-part-of-restructuring/ [External Link]
The scale of the layoffs wasn’t shared, but staff were told that people working in publishing, IT, and Square Enix’s Collective indie games division would be predominantly affected.
... By doing this, it will be able to “build an environment where more customers can enjoy our titles in regards to major franchises and AAA titles, including catalogue titles,” it said.

While it isn’t explicitly mentioned in the plan, the recent releases of Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth are the most obvious examples of Square Enix releasing a platform-exclusive AAA title.
Yup! Rince and repeat on more platforms!

Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
13 May 2024 at 6:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: elmapul
Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: eldaking
Quoting: dpanterWhat exactly do these people consider "quality", I wonder. :unsure:
Yeah every time a AAA company says something like "quality over quantity", what I hear is "we are spending even more on a handful of big franchises in the most popular genres instead of doing anything new or creative or investing in more diverse games".
Yeah, I found myself thinking "So, just new iterations of big blockbusters, then."
The thing is, aside from FF, I don't know what blockbusters Square Enix has left... Eidos was behind the Deus Ex and Tomb Raider franchises and it was sold, along with the ips...
are you kidding?
dragon quest sell a lot in japan, to the point that i wouldnt be surprised if it sell more on japan alone than final fantasy worldwide.
the day an dragon quest is relased its holiday because no one will work that day.

nier was an niche game, until nier automata made it popular and now even old nier games sell.

monster hunter is another big hit...

im not sure about the rest but im quite miss informed about gaming in general.
Oh! Sorry! Completely forgot about DragonQuest. Should have though... I beat the hell out of it, on my original NES! Played it again on my Steam Deck, not long ago. Lol!

Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
13 May 2024 at 5:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: eldaking
Quoting: dpanterWhat exactly do these people consider "quality", I wonder. :unsure:
Yeah every time a AAA company says something like "quality over quantity", what I hear is "we are spending even more on a handful of big franchises in the most popular genres instead of doing anything new or creative or investing in more diverse games".
Yeah, I found myself thinking "So, just new iterations of big blockbusters, then."
The thing is, aside from FF, I don't know what blockbusters Square Enix has left... Eidos was behind the Deus Ex and Tomb Raider franchises and it was sold, along with the ips...

Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
13 May 2024 at 1:56 pm UTC Likes: 2

Square Enix had some great titles available when the Steam Machines first launched. They made some decisions that I personally don't understand (Eidos), in the last few years, and many recent games just under-delivered, but I hope to see them come back to that "2015 era shape" again, with this kind of news.

EA want to put adverts in your video games to squeeze you for every penny
13 May 2024 at 12:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: 3lfk1ngSuper Simple Solution:

Open Steam.
Select the Store.
Search for Electronic Arts.
Click on the "Gear" icon
Select "Ignore this Publisher"
Thanks! I didn't know about that. Done!