It may be that they themselves don't exactly know why they're working on upgrading Linux and Linux gaming. It might be more like, they know it's the only major OS that nobody else controls, they know it's good technology that can be used for a whole lot of different purposes, so they figure it's bound to be good for something.
So they may be thinking of it partly as a hedge against Microsoft, but also partly they may be hoping for Linux market share to increase on its own, and also partly they may be thinking about using it in some kind of hardware, and specifically they may think that one day if they can get Proton etc really reliable they might try again on Steam Machines, or do some kind of streaming thing using it, or . . . Linux is very much a Swiss army knife, you can use it for a lot of stuff. So they might just be thinking that they're not sure quite what they'll end up using it for, but there are a lot of possibilities if they make sure the technology is solid.

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Quoting: GuestI have said all along that the anti cheat issue was going to need the involvement of the anti cheat vendors so I am uttlerly unsurprised that this kernel work has nothing to do with making anti cheat systems work.

Mind you, it seems pretty clear that whether that's what they say it's for or not, it should help with those efforts. So although it's reasonable for them to not want people to get up hopes that Anti-cheat will suddenly turn up tomorrow because of this, I think maybe they protest too much when they say it has no relationship. In the end, it probably will.

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Actually, the atomic updates and A/B booting seems pretty generally useful, a nice alternative to current distro update approaches. (Disclaimer: I know nothing about this stuff, that's just my impression)

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Cats and dogs, living together . . .

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When it comes to playing it, I suspect perhaps this is a job for . . . Boxtron!

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: aokamiWow, shootout to the Lutris team

No! No shootouts, let them live! :grin:

Fucking hell, how such an autocorrect is even possible ?
Not natively speaking English so had a doubt but..
Thanks for catching that. And my most sincere apologies.

What are you apologizing for? I love a good typo. And with modern "helpful" technologies they're usually funnier than in the old days.

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Quoting: aokamiWow, shootout to the Lutris team

No! No shootouts, let them live! :grin:

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Quoting: slaapliedjeSpeaking of drifting off-topic... I saw a video a while back that was all about some of the ridiculous creatures in Dungeons and Dragons throughout the years....

And now I want to see the specs for a Giant Platypus! I mean all other animals seem to have a 'Giant' version of them... Imagine riding one into battle?

Platypuses are like real-world Owlbears, except they're Duckbeavers.

Owlbears don't have bio luminescence though! The platypus really is a 'god was bored' creature.

I think as a game master I'm going to make Owlbears have bioluminescence from now on.

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Quoting: GuestPlatypi are a myth, they have not be created yet.

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Turns out they're also bioluminescent [External Link].
Or, um, will be when they're created. Maybe the glow-in-the-dark thing is a byproduct of that production method.

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Quoting: TheSyldatI find myself diving a lot into Scourge Bringer and also into Petal Crash by the way thanks Liam for highlighting that game it seems that outside of you no one seems to be talking about it online a shame really.

So just like you yeah I do dive into bite size games with a quick gameplay loop I'm also playing Shadowrun Returns for the first time ever and I'm liking it so far.

I like Shadowrun Returns. I have a fondness for part of the plot because I played a related scenario in paper & pencil one time. Most people really like Dragonfall much better, so if you like Returns you'll probably quite like Dragonfall, and the Hong Kong one is very good too.

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