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Latest Comments by win8linux
GE-Proton 7.15 is out, enables Fall Guys on Linux and Steam Deck easily
26 Apr 2022 at 2:01 pm UTC

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: pbRe Fall Guys: Is it just the fix from ProtonDB comments or something more? Because that fix didn't work for me on two accounts/computers. One is stuck on "loading" and the other has some weird pop-up about missing files and then shuts off.
Verify game files, delete proton prefix and try again.
Tried doing this, however the game errors out with saying that the anti-cheat is not initialised.

SteamOS for the Steam Deck gets slimmed down to 10GB
16 Dec 2021 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: HoolyOr they use btrfs-subvolumes and allocate storage dynamically.
Unlikely, since BTRFS does not have casefolding which Proton uses. Casefolding for now is only available with ext4.

Linux needs to be pre-installed on more hardware to hit mainstream
14 Dec 2021 at 2:18 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualAdobe Creative Suite is not available on GNU/Linux.
FWIW Adobe is starting to explore having their Creative Cloud suite on the web, including barebones variants of Photoshop and Illustrator [External Link]. It is quite likely that over time, these will become more fully fledged options and the rest of CC will follow. As much as I'm not a fan of everything moving over to the cloud, the trend will make Linux a more viable option in the mainstream.

Duke Smoochem 3D is turning into a hilarious look at Britain
17 Nov 2021 at 4:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Not sure how to feel about understanding most of the references in the trailer, despite not being British (for now anyways). Is that a good or bad thing? :tongue:

KDE developer thinks they will become the 'Windows or Android' of the FOSS world
17 Nov 2021 at 4:35 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, so their decision to not be practical (or to clean up all the extra cruft) is based upon feelings instead of good design requirements?
How users feel about using an interface is part of the data gathered during UX testing. Don't exactly want to make UI that people hate to use, after all.

Also, you just showed that you didn't actually read the whole segment in the wiki page. Read the whole thing, as the quoted rationale against it isn't the only one.

KDE developer thinks they will become the 'Windows or Android' of the FOSS world
16 Nov 2021 at 1:07 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: slaapliedjeI obviously can't know what others speak to, but I personally find their settings / control panel to be a bloated mess. Many articles I have read point out the wish for a Basic / Adanced mode toggle.
Avoiding basic/advanced modes is one of the lessons that KDE folks have learned over the years:
https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Design/Lessons_Learned#Basic.2Fadvanced_modes [External Link]

There are a number of reasons outlined why they generally avoid having basic/advanced settings separation, but this stood out:
Users who doubt their technical prowess will fear entering the advanced view, while users of great ego will find the basic view insulting even if it meets their needs better than the advanced view.
I've seen the last half of that sentence in particular happen with all kinds of software over the years and there are pretty good chances that it will happen again sometime after this comment.

Also, that wiki page in general gives a lot of insights into what KDE has learned over decades of designing user interfaces and their design philosophy. Well worth a read for anyone interested in all that.

Check out the pumping new trailer for SPRAWL an upcoming hardcore FPS
17 Aug 2021 at 4:59 pm UTC

Wow, shotgun jumping!

Can't recall the last time seeing that. Definitely going on the wishlist!

Imagine if you could customize the Steam Deck colours - try it out with this tool
8 Aug 2021 at 1:34 pm UTC Likes: 12

HL Steam Deck:


Frog Deck 🐸:

What we expect to come from Valve to help Linux gaming in 2021
19 Jul 2021 at 7:27 pm UTC Likes: 3

Well well well, guess we now know what Valve's up to for Linux gaming in 2021.