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Move over Stream Deck, give me some Stream Pi
14 May 2020 at 2:30 pm UTC
14 May 2020 at 2:30 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestCommunity interaction wise, I recommend you change your "tone" slightly.Well, I was just frustrated by trying to understand what the heck is this article about and then gave up. Since I was surely not the only one, I decided to notify authors about it. I think I wrote it quite politely, if you feel some rude tone in it, it was not my intention. I was trying to sound teasing and friendly. Expressing emotions in text is hard, especially for non-native speakers...
Move over Stream Deck, give me some Stream Pi
13 May 2020 at 6:27 pm UTC Likes: 4
13 May 2020 at 6:27 pm UTC Likes: 4
It's amazing that this articles doesn't include a single sentence explaining what either Stream Deck or Stream PI is (no, "easy access to a ton of functions at the touch of a button" is not an explanation, it's as generic as it can be and it can apply to anything from an electric piano to a microwave oven), and it links a 20 minute video as introduction for those who know nothing about it. Come on!
Unreal Engine 5 announced, Epic Online Services are now online
13 May 2020 at 4:59 pm UTC Likes: 2
Look at a good source (with commentary) here:
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5
Looks quite stunning on my end.
13 May 2020 at 4:59 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: EhvisIt's a 30 fps video. It also looks very artifacty to me. Honestly not impressed considering this is a demo video under completely controlled conditions.
Look at a good source (with commentary) here:
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5
Looks quite stunning on my end.
dosbox-staging, a 'soft' forking of DOSBox to work on advanced features has a first release
8 May 2020 at 5:27 am UTC Likes: 4
8 May 2020 at 5:27 am UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: dreamer_I agree - the best outcome would be if all the improvements landed upstream and fork could be avoided. I spent a lot of effort (and grew few more grey hairs) trying to avoid creation of the fork (while wanting to get some work actually done), but failed at that :( You can find context in this /r/emulation thread.That was a very long, interesting and often sad read. Thanks for linking that. I always assumed DOSBox upstream was simply dead because people left, and not that it was such an inaccessible environment, ignoring and discouraging important community contributions. I hope the right people will flock to your new, community-embracing fork, and DOSBox ecosystem will get revitalized through it. It the project endures and clearly works better on modern systems, with better user experience, I'm sure eventually companies like GOG will use it instead of the original. And Linux distributions might default to it as well, same as what happened to OpenOffice vs LibreOffice or defaulting to wine-staging instead of wine (at least in Fedora; but vanilla wine seems to have been improving a lot recently in this regard). Perhaps DOSBox SVN authors might then recognize the importance of the community and join efforts again, however unlikely it seems now. Thank you for your persistence and energy, I love what you're doing.
dosbox-staging, a 'soft' forking of DOSBox to work on advanced features has a first release
6 May 2020 at 4:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
@dreamer_, what are the chances of eventually merging your changes to the original dosbox? Or merging those two projects? Is dosbox development completely dead - so dead, that it can't be even revived? Can you share some background regarding this? I'm extremely happy for your project, because I long felt that dosbox was missing user friendly features (like window resizing). But of course it would be even better if you could the same change in the original project instead of starting a new one.
6 May 2020 at 4:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: dreamer_
@dreamer_, what are the chances of eventually merging your changes to the original dosbox? Or merging those two projects? Is dosbox development completely dead - so dead, that it can't be even revived? Can you share some background regarding this? I'm extremely happy for your project, because I long felt that dosbox was missing user friendly features (like window resizing). But of course it would be even better if you could the same change in the original project instead of starting a new one.
Lenovo are to start shipping Fedora Linux as an option on their ThinkPad laptops
27 April 2020 at 5:37 pm UTC
27 April 2020 at 5:37 pm UTC
Quoting: fagnerlnFedora is a great distro, but the fact that it need to be updated in every release (6 months iirc) it can be a headache for a simple user. Fedora needs a LTS or even a rolling version.There is a release every 6 months, but each one is supported for ~13 months. So you can upgrade just once per year.
Lenovo are to start shipping Fedora Linux as an option on their ThinkPad laptops
24 April 2020 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 1
24 April 2020 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: wvstolzingI wonder what that implies about codecs that come only on the rpmfusion repos. Perhaps those will be enabled by default (you kind of have to, for an all-purpose desktop installation).No, it's supposed to be stock Fedora.
New stable Steam client update is out opening the door a little wider for Steam Play on Linux
1 February 2019 at 10:32 pm UTC Likes: 3
1 February 2019 at 10:32 pm UTC Likes: 3
I don't understand how you can install a GOG Windows game through Steam. In the screenshot in the article, the game is already installed, and you create a shortcut to run it through Steam. That's OK. But how do you install it, from a GOG installer, using Proton?
Steam Play versus Linux Version, a little performance comparison and more thoughts
18 January 2019 at 9:02 pm UTC Likes: 4
18 January 2019 at 9:02 pm UTC Likes: 4
@liamdave The video comparison placement is utterly confusing. Are the descriptions on the left and right, or on top and bottom? It's difficult to figure out which is which. Why don't you simply place it side by side and descriptions below/above, as usual?
The GOG winter sale is officially here, with plenty of Linux games and a giveaway
13 December 2018 at 6:39 pm UTC Likes: 4
13 December 2018 at 6:39 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: adamhmAs usual, older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine/Proton wrappers (wrapper release list/links to release threads in the third post there) for:Why don't you post it to github, so that it's easier to bookmark/follow/download/etc? I get very discouraged every time I see someone trying to maintain a comprehensive info as a forum post.
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