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Albion Online now officially launched in Europe and MENA regions
29 Apr 2024 at 4:31 pm UTC Likes: 5

Nice that Albion Online is now easier to play in Albion.

The big hit medieval strategy game Manor Lords works well on Linux
29 Apr 2024 at 4:29 pm UTC Likes: 6

Well I dunno if it's fun to play, but it sure looks impressive.

Open source evolution sim Thrive gets upgraded to Godot 4
29 Apr 2024 at 2:51 pm UTC Likes: 7

So, they think this change will help the game Thrive.

SteamVR Beta gets Linux fixes, plus Beta updates for Desktop and Steam Deck
27 Apr 2024 at 6:17 pm UTC Likes: 7

Improved launch scripts and log capture for bug reports.
That suggests they plan to do more work on Linux VR bugs, yes?

Check out the free spooky fan game Aliens: Redacted
27 Apr 2024 at 6:14 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: chuzzle44Weird, I'm getting sever performance drops depending on the direction I'm looking. No settings seem to have any effect.
This is just the game telling you not to look in that bad direction that probably has nasty monsters you don't want to see anyway.

Win a Steam Deck OLED or a golden egg game bundle in Fanatical's Mystery Egg Bundle
26 Apr 2024 at 10:38 pm UTC Likes: 3

I have picky and idiosyncratic taste in games, so this sort of thing isn't really for me--hardly any of a random bag would be something I was interested in. But if my taste was less narrow, I could see the appeal.

Lefties unite! Counter-Strike 2 now lets you swap hands
26 Apr 2024 at 7:39 pm UTC

Quoting: PhiladelphusHave you mentioned being left handed before?
Maybe? No recollection, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's come up.

Factorio devs detail their 'Linux adventures' in a new blog post
26 Apr 2024 at 4:13 pm UTC Likes: 12

So, as someone who knows diddly about programming I gleaned two main things from that post.
1: Gnome is annoying for developers
Factorio does not need to provide decorations on any other platform, nay, on any other desktop environment, but GNOME can (ab)use its popularity to force programs to conform to its idiosyncrasies or be left behind.
2: Open source is great
I was hoping to utilize SDL's built-in clipboard functionality, but unfortunately SDL does not support incremental transfers. This means there are three options:

--Continue linking against X11, requiring users to install X11 on their system to be able to run the game (I don't want to mess with static linking).
--Figure out how to do runtime linking and implement that.
--Upstream our incremental transfers code into SDL so we can leverage SDL's clipboard functions and other SDL-based games can benefit from our work.
As you might guess, I chose the third option. The work to upstream our code is ongoing but should be done in time for Factorio 2.0's release.

Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers released after 5 years of development
26 Apr 2024 at 2:55 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Linux_RocksThe logo for the game looks like Eggman wants to touch Tails inappropriately. :x
Well, Goo goo g' joob!

Lefties unite! Counter-Strike 2 now lets you swap hands
26 Apr 2024 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

That's nice to see. Not that I ever play shooty games, but I'm left handed so it's a good feeling.