Quoting: Guest(damn I gotta stop blabbing on, it's just an area that I'm passionate about)

Blab away, old bean. Interesting stuff.

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Quoting: eldaking

Quoting: GuestWe sure aren't lacking strategy games on linux

Yeah, as a strategy gamer I feel like I am particularly privileged within Linux gaming. Most of the biggest titles - Civ, XCOM, Total War, Paradox - have native support, and a respectable number of indies.

It is not perfect - Stardock and Slitherine publish many titles, rarely if ever with Linux support, for example - but I feel like it is so much better than for the fans of action games, shooters, action rpgs and other AAA games in general.

I think only fans of programming games have better luck playing on Linux. :D

Even Stardock seem to be shifting more Linuxward lately, dunno why. They might have decided to go Vulkan or something. Mind you, they must have been fairly aware of Linux all along, they have a sideline in "Stuff to pimp out your Windows desktop so it does things that Linux DEs do".

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySomeday I'll see an age of sail combat setup that involves tacking, wind, trying to cross the enemy's T, using the long nines from longer range to try to shoot away a spar and hamper the enemy's speed and maneuverability, and all that other cool tactical pirate-era stuff. I might even want to time my broadsides carefully with the roll of the ship, to get more distance if I fire as the cannon are angled up, or hole the enemy below the waterline if I fire at close up angled a bit down, although that could get a bit fiddly.

The closest native game we have to what you describe is tempest [External Link] but I'll admit it's not as in depth as you wish.

I was about to pop that on the wishlist, but it's not looking very native on the store. I mean, I guess that's not such an issue as it used to be (maybe) what with Proton, but I thought I'd mention. Is this one of those weird ones where they have a Linux build but don't mention it, or something?

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Quoting: GuestI love point and click adventures

That game stretching across 2 monitors issue is yet another reason I use i3.

What's i3? I ask because usually stuff with little short acronym-y names like that gets a lot of unrelated stuff when you search.

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Quoting: riusma

Quoting: Purple Library GuySort of moot given that I seem to remember NVidia doesn't work with Wayland.

I'm not a technical guy and I don't follow this subject closely, but I think it works via EGLStreams at least in last iterations of GNOME/Mutter and the code is currently under review for Plasma/KWin (source for Plasma/KWin [External Link]). :)

Good to hear.

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: TheRiddickDo you think the problem will be resolved in Xserver? how does gsync work under wayland? better?

That's the trillion dollar question. Will Free/G-Sync work better in Wayland in theory? Will it even work at all? It currently doesn't work though.

Sort of moot given that I seem to remember NVidia doesn't work with Wayland.

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Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWhat is that "Allow Flipping" feature for?

That's for Linus. It allows him to flip the bird.

Now I'm imagining Linus tossing Tux in the air like a coin. Heads!

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Quoting: dannielloIt could be possible that Valve is preparing Steam Machine 2, but after failure of first initiative (with Dell cooperation) - it could be difficult. Also let be honest - Valve is too small company to subsidize Linux PC console that will be sold cheaper than production cost. Sony/Microsoft/Google/Apple are big enough to subsidize unprofitable initiatives for years - without economic threat for company, because they have plenty of income from other sources.

You're probably right about the size issue, but that makes me wonder about something:
Does anybody know just how big Valve is, or how big a war chest they might be sitting on? Because they're not publicly traded, I don't think they have to tell anyone much of anything. Even their competitors may not really have much of a handle on it. Anyone have any idea?

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I like the umbrella. Points for style there.

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Does look interesting. On the combat, though . . . I feel like I've seen this before with different art: You're broadside to broadside with the other ship, the only thing that changes being range.

Someday I'll see an age of sail combat setup that involves tacking, wind, trying to cross the enemy's T, using the long nines from longer range to try to shoot away a spar and hamper the enemy's speed and maneuverability, and all that other cool tactical pirate-era stuff. I might even want to time my broadsides carefully with the roll of the ship, to get more distance if I fire as the cannon are angled up, or hole the enemy below the waterline if I fire at close up angled a bit down, although that could get a bit fiddly.

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