Latest Comments by JesTech
Letter from the owner - our stance on generative AI
13 Mar 2026 at 2:56 pm UTC Likes: 27
13 Mar 2026 at 2:56 pm UTC Likes: 27
My only wish is what you used an em dash somewhere in this post to mess with us.
Love what you're doing man!
Love what you're doing man!
Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now
16 Feb 2026 at 9:16 pm UTC Likes: 1
16 Feb 2026 at 9:16 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: VerglasSo is that the reason they completely pulled the other BSG game from Steam a few months ago?Pretty sure the other one had a 10 year license expire and that's what got it pulled from the store. I may have the amount of years wrong, but it didn't seem to be anything due to any kind of upcoming game.
Either way, as a huge BSG nerd I will definitely check this one out. So say we all.
Steam Survey for January 2026 shows a small drop for Linux and macOS
2 Feb 2026 at 8:28 pm UTC
When you drill down to the system spec growth, Linux is getting higher end systems added. 3.7ghz and faster is the biggest growth segment. Windows has the most growth with intel 2.4ghzish processors, so laptops. The language growth in russian/chinese/korean is all there under windows.
2 Feb 2026 at 8:28 pm UTC
Quoting: TheSHEEEPThat flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.Also a pretty hefty growth of Russian and Korean too. Linux is heavily english userbase. Filtering by linux shows very little change of language.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.
When you drill down to the system spec growth, Linux is getting higher end systems added. 3.7ghz and faster is the biggest growth segment. Windows has the most growth with intel 2.4ghzish processors, so laptops. The language growth in russian/chinese/korean is all there under windows.
The modular Linux handheld Mecha Comet is up on Kickstarter
29 Jan 2026 at 7:02 pm UTC Likes: 1
29 Jan 2026 at 7:02 pm UTC Likes: 1
I seriously thought about backing this. I went as far as going through the pledge process on kickstarter. I ended up cancelling though before the end of the day.
It costs just about $400 to have this shipped to the US if you get 8GB of memory, 128GB eMMC, the MX95 and all three of the IO devices added on.This is basically maxed out.
For $450 you can get a maxed out AYN Thor that has two screens, 16GB of memory, and a 1TB NVME SSD. Don't get me wrong, this is not a 1:1 comparison at all. The Thor has pretty limited linux support, but there is some out there. It's definitely going to be better for a handheld gaming device though especially for emulation. It normally runs android though, not linux.
But when you compare it spec for spec, it's really hard to want to drop so much on a device that will probably feel dated the day you get it. 8GB of ram just isn't much anymore. A super tiny screen isn't great. It's going to be a meh blackberry, an ok gameboy emulator, or an oddball tinkering device. I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy it but the price doesn't feel right to me.
A version 2 in a few years once memory prices calm down and another generation of better processors is available might make more sense, and i'll get to see how they do with the kickstarter launch. I've never had a kickstarter ship on time before so I don't expect them to.
It costs just about $400 to have this shipped to the US if you get 8GB of memory, 128GB eMMC, the MX95 and all three of the IO devices added on.This is basically maxed out.
For $450 you can get a maxed out AYN Thor that has two screens, 16GB of memory, and a 1TB NVME SSD. Don't get me wrong, this is not a 1:1 comparison at all. The Thor has pretty limited linux support, but there is some out there. It's definitely going to be better for a handheld gaming device though especially for emulation. It normally runs android though, not linux.
But when you compare it spec for spec, it's really hard to want to drop so much on a device that will probably feel dated the day you get it. 8GB of ram just isn't much anymore. A super tiny screen isn't great. It's going to be a meh blackberry, an ok gameboy emulator, or an oddball tinkering device. I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy it but the price doesn't feel right to me.
A version 2 in a few years once memory prices calm down and another generation of better processors is available might make more sense, and i'll get to see how they do with the kickstarter launch. I've never had a kickstarter ship on time before so I don't expect them to.