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It's beeautiful! APICO 4.0 brings automation machines to the chilled beekeeping sim
21 May 2024 at 4:54 pm UTC

All those automation machines . . . it never occurred to me that a beekeeping sim would be so industrial.

NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver out bringing Wayland explicit sync
21 May 2024 at 4:50 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Xpanderseems to work without issues so far:
xpander@archlinux ~ $ nvidia-smi | grep Version
| NVIDIA-SMI 555.42.02              Driver Version: 555.42.02      CUDA Version: 12.5     |


I'm on X11, so i don't really have any benefit from that hyped up explicit sync support:tongue:
Well, me too, but it's obvious that in time I won't be; even Mint (which I use) is starting to get with the program. So I'm happy to see all the pieces get into place.
I also don't even use NVIDIA. But even so, good news about Linux working better is good news.

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
21 May 2024 at 6:59 am UTC

Quoting: 14I know you were only poking.
Yeah, the winkie emoji was supposed to be this subtle signal that I was joking around. Too subtle for some, it would seem.

Love deep sprawling roguelike RPGs? Check out The Doors of Trithius
20 May 2024 at 11:50 pm UTC Likes: 1

Skills like "Reading". Yay literacy! Well, it can be surprisingly useful in these dangerous places.
Without reading skill: OK, this door opens to a little cubicle, and things that go in are gone when you close the door and open it again. Probably a teleporter that can get me to the next section.
With reading skill: The sign says "Disintegrator".

ENDLESS Legend, 100% Orange Juice and Dragon Age: Inquisition are free to keeps
20 May 2024 at 11:37 pm UTC

Well, I downloaded Endless Legend and tried it out. I quite like it. Definitely has a good chunk of that "Just one more turn" feel. Scratches the same kind of itch as Civilization, but it's more in that fantasy vein, you've got a bit more focus on customizing and leveling up your troops and having "heroes" that lead them and govern cities.

EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux
20 May 2024 at 7:17 am UTC

Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: westurnerWhat are some solutions to anti-cheat on
Linux?
Grow Linux so that it's too big a market for anyone to decide to just ignore. That's it; that's the only solution.
It's certainly the preferred solution. But I dunno, if cheaters can get around anticheat, which as far as I can make out they can, I don't see why Wine/Proton couldn't. It'd have to be an unofficial version, ideally developed in some country/ies where it is not illegal to circumvent blah blah blah. So there would be problems with distributing it. But it could surely be done.

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
20 May 2024 at 7:09 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: 14I don't think I had any unexpected issues with the multiple Arch machines I maintain.
Just expected issues? :wink:

Manjaro Linux devs show off the OrangePi Neo prototype handheld with gameplay
17 May 2024 at 6:43 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: sarmadSo, compared to the Steam Deck this has higher specs (CPU/GPU, screen resolution screen refresh rate) and smaller form factor, but in return the Deck has better screen, likely better battery life, and I guess slightly lower cost.
I suspect the Deck has better ergonomics as well.

ENDLESS Legend, 100% Orange Juice and Dragon Age: Inquisition are free to keeps
17 May 2024 at 4:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

Will probably grab Endless Legend, seems like my kind of thing.