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Ubuntu flavours to drop Flatpak by default and stick to Snaps
23 Feb 2023 at 7:05 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: whizseI can't say I have a stake in this, but it's interesting to ponder that Ubuntu seems to have a habit of betting on the wrong horse, Mir and upstart, for example.
Except that this time around they are betting on the right horse. snap is more mature than flatpak (gives the user more granular control over permissions, can be used for cli apps, can be used for non-sandboxed apps, can be used with system services, etc), snapcraft is more mature than flathub (it takes me 10 minutes to update flatpak vs the less than a minute snap takes to update), and snap has much wider adoption from 3rd party app vendors.
Valve tricks Dota 2 cheaters and then bans 40,000 of them
23 Feb 2023 at 6:41 pm UTC Likes: 1
Well done, Valve. Those people need to be banned from all online gaming, not just DOTA. I hope they share their info with other online games so they can get banned there as well.
Valve promise a proper big Team Fortress 2 update is coming
9 Feb 2023 at 9:10 pm UTC Likes: 2
As usual, Valve games just refuse to die. Maybe I should pick Team Fortress again to see what's new.
Steam Deck now in stock across Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan
27 Jan 2023 at 7:51 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Perkeleen_VittupääAll already sold out??

64GB
eMMC (Out of stock - reserve now)

256GB
NVMe SSD (Out of stock - reserve now)

512GB
NVMe SSD (Out of stock - reserve now)

https://steamdeck.komodo.jp/product/steam-deck/?lang=en [External Link]
Looks like you spoke too soon, Liam. Good to see it doing well though.
Atari announce another 80s classic revival with Caverns of Mars: Recharged
25 Jan 2023 at 7:22 pm UTC
Speaking of Atari, is the VCS still in the market and is this also releasing on the VCS?
AYANEO confirm their Linux-based AYANEO OS arrives this year
19 Jan 2023 at 2:06 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: sarmad
Quoting: VardamirWell, things are moving in the right direction.
Btw, I was wondering, if Linux is not already the most successful gaming platform. If you count Android, it might already be. Does anybody have numbers on the market share for gaming devices?
I don't have exact numbers, but Android is, by far, the biggest gaming market. If I remember correctly, it was bigger than Xbox and Playstation combined!
Curious, is that number of gamers, or is that profit? Android games make stupid, almkst criminal amounts of money based on EA level of shady antics.
If I remember correctly, it was based on profit. That, however, is the combined market size, and that doesn't mean if you publish your game on Android you'll make more profit than on Playstation or Xbox. It just means the market is bigger with far more developers and far more players. Obviously, a big portion of those games are puzzle games or other touch friendly games.
Ubisoft fixed The Division 2 on Steam Deck and Linux desktop
19 Jan 2023 at 1:34 am UTC
When you say it now works, do you mean online multiplayer works as well, or only the single player mode?
If online multiplayer works as well, and it was a tiny and quick fix, then what excuse do other developers have?
AYANEO confirm their Linux-based AYANEO OS arrives this year
18 Jan 2023 at 6:55 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: VardamirWell, things are moving in the right direction.
Btw, I was wondering, if Linux is not already the most successful gaming platform. If you count Android, it might already be. Does anybody have numbers on the market share for gaming devices?
I don't have exact numbers, but Android is, by far, the biggest gaming market. If I remember correctly, it was bigger than Xbox and Playstation combined!
System76 teasing new fully AMD powered Pangolin Linux laptop
17 Jan 2023 at 12:40 am UTC
Quoting: iiari
Quoting: Termy
Quoting: Nico7asThe Starfighter also packs a 4K+ display
Which is more of a downside in my book. Who would need 4k on a tiny 15" screen?!
The Starfighter is also available with a higher refresh (165Hz) 2560x1600 screen as well, which is what I reserved mine with, as I agree with you about 4K and would rather have the higher refresh and lower battery consumption.
With higher refresh rate you probably won't save battery life anyway, but regardless of battery life, the higher refresh rate definitely gives you more visual improvement than the higher resolution.
System76 teasing new fully AMD powered Pangolin Linux laptop
14 Jan 2023 at 12:19 am UTC Likes: 3
Glad to see this happening, though the StarLabs offering (StarFighter) is superior to this with more ram, better screen, better web cam, and larger battery.