Quoting: NanobangIf Trump can be president, Linux can beat Mac.

I'm aware that the analogy operates on the notion of improbability -- nevertheless it's off by a fair bit.

How about this: If Trump can be president, then Microsoft can successfully carry out an EEE operation on Linux and destroy it from within.

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Quoting: wvstolzingThe C64 was never really a *good* gaming machine

:O You take that back right now or we can't be friends anymore!

I'm a huge C64 fan -- nevertheless, I think that there was only a handful of really good games on the platform.

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Quoting: elmapulspeaking of amiga:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/09/29/commodore-64-coming-back-c64-mini-released-next-year/ [External Link]

there is hope...

Is this the one that was on kickstarter last year? Unless they feature something like the 'SwinSID ultimate [External Link]', these C64 'revivals' amount to cute little casing designs, and nothing more.

The C64 was never really a *good* gaming machine -- its strongest assets were the SID chip, and the possibilities it harbored for homebrew tinkering. I've come to realize only recently that games on the NES had WAY better playability, compared to what we had on the C64. So if there's to be a C64 revival, it should be in terms of 6502 (6510) hacking -- something akin to the new BBC Micro, and not really gaming nostalgia.

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Quoting: GuestLove dat Atari aesthetic

Then you'd love this too:

View video on youtube.com

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I wonder what they can fit inside a chassis that's so thin.

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It doesn't look like Jim Sterling has made a video about this ... I find that surprising.

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I bought the lowest-tier Humble Bundle, because RIVE looks really interesting. Haven't played yet, though.

My skinthood is so pronounced these days, that I can't go any further. As a recommendation, however, check this out:

Dustforce DX on GOG at 90% off [External Link]

Dustforce is an absolute masterpiece, and they're giving it away at $0.99 on GOG right now.

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Quoting: Colombo"There's a brand new Humble Bundle with all games on Linux, oh my"

Could be read as "All games that are for linux are in this humble bundle"

Not really; if it were "There's a brand new HB with all the games on Linux", then your reading may have been (slightly more) plausible. Here it's clear from the context that he's referring to all the games of the bundle.

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Quoting: mayoI believe that most of this "new" Linux Users come from the Windows App Store. thanks to the linux subsystem. I believe i read that one can install the ubuntu gui on windows.

Does the GUI work now? I thought it was console only? Sorry for stupid questions, but I have no "Windows App Store" available to give it try :D

It's been more than a year since I played with this, but right from the start, you could install an X-server for windows (I think I used something called x-ming), set $DISPLAY inside the console, and launch GUI applications that way. I can't remember if I tried launching an entire desktop environment, but it definitely ran openbox on an X root window, inside windows.

(By the way, I don't know what the professional use cases might be for the Linux subsystem, but trying to do stuff on an NTFS formatted disk which doesn't recognize unix file permissions sure is irritating.)

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Quoting: MicromegasThis easy, secure and reliable recovery mechanism on Linux gives an ease of mind which can't be bought with money on Windows - because Windows lacks a package manager with a central repository of software.

They've already perverted the idea of a central software repository into a commercial 'app store'. Once they start really pushing to make it the only way to install 'apps' on a pc iOS-style, they'll be relying heavily on this convenience argument.

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