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Latest Comments by niarbeht
SC Controller, the open source driver and GUI for the Steam Controller is making lovely progress
12 Jul 2016 at 7:56 pm UTC

Quoting: AryvandaarSeems a bit odd that Valve tries to market their steam machine but don't let people in certain countries order the steam controller.
Probably has to do with radio emission regulations and getting the correct regulatory approval in different countries. That'd be my guess, anyway.

Dear Valve and Steam Machines OEMs, you have it all wrong
11 Jul 2016 at 6:28 pm UTC

Paragraph 2:
have discreet graphics cards
should be
have discrete graphics cards
but them's just nitpickin's.

Black Mesa developer shoots down anti-Linux troll, confirms Linux version is in progress
8 Jul 2016 at 4:14 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: Al3sHow to not have heard of "meraco"? What a sad individual, I would love to have him doxxed.
No. Bad. Bad Al3s. Bad. No biscuit.

Dwarf Fortress gets a 64bit build
6 Jul 2016 at 5:59 pm UTC

Quoting: OZSeafordI like that. As twisted and complicated as making 100 dwarves content.

On a side note, would DF run on an Ubuntu Phone? I suppose it doesn't run on ARM devices?
To the best of my knowledge it's x86 only.

Apparently desktop Linux marketshare has finally hit that elusive 2% mark
1 Jul 2016 at 6:30 pm UTC

I think it's because stories like this [External Link] are becoming more common.

AMD RX 480 released, AMD will possibly open up Radeon Software
29 Jun 2016 at 8:41 pm UTC

I know I'll be getting an RX 480. But not for Linux. It's gonna be my passthrough card.

Yep. I guess I'm a dirty heathen.

Aveyond 1: Rhen's Quest and Aveyond 2: Ean's Quest 2D RPGs released for Linux
18 Jun 2016 at 7:42 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: Mountain ManThe links go to the hosting company's website. I wonder if the developer forgot to pay his bill?
Looks like we killed his server again :D, this happened the last time we posted it up (which was removed until we got confirmation they did have the rights).
Winning.

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Here's hoping someday video game developers/publishers fear the "GoL effect". Sudden huge spikes in traffic and purchase attempts because they decided to ship on Linux...