Quoting: STiATI actually never saw snap or flatpak as security layer but as a means to distribute a packaged versions regardless of the linux distribution and library versions available on a distribution.

The thing is that especially on dependencies they multiply memory usage by different versions of libraries, which I like to avoid where possible.

I will still use the obs-studio provides by my distro though, but it does make sense for me in example for Spotify or other stuff which may not find their way into my distro.

You will spend more on disk and memory in both desktop and server scenarios.

I have a good amount of professional experiencing administering containerized applications. I do not love or hate them. They have their use-cases. In a desktop experience, I think the primary benefit for an end-user is convenience. For maintainers, support should be more routine because the problems people bring to you are the same thing over and over. You can write a troubleshooting guide for them. In contrast, the errors traditional packaging generates can be more unique to the user's setup and harder to diagnose.

In a server experience, the benefits are scaling the instance count of the application. That extra resource spending allows you to be lazier about planning your resource purchases because you don't need to custom build a server to fit an application's usage at peak times; you can add servers of varying capacities to your farm to host the same application and spread the load. You can also recover an unhealthy application by restarting it instead of the server.

What choice do I make on my personal computers? Well, I have avoided containerized applications. I also do not like the idea of redundancy. I make exceptions, for example the Unity Hub, and I will test out the OBS Flatpak to see if any features work better, but in general I don't like these application capsules on my desktop. I do use them on some of my servers but not the ones where I want more administrative control over all the components.

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I don't like a lot of retro styled graphics, but the action in Selaco looks too good to resist. I need it.

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I halfway wish they didn't fix Forza Horizon 5 at all because then I want to buy it.

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Quoting: t3gOh well, the player base is kinda "meh" anyways: https://steamdb.info/app/581320/ [External Link]

If you like the co-op mode against bots, the player base is plenty fine. A squad against bots doesn't have to be very large to be fun. If you find a server with 3 players in it, that's enough.

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I played the demo probably like 2 years ago now when it was on itch. I liked it and wanted more. I'll have to pick up the final release soon.

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This is great news. I just played through this game for the first time earlier this Fall. I got a point where everything was hunky dory, which meant nothing left that needed doing. I have the GOG version, and I would usually wait for a full release anyway. Looking forward to it.

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I already haven't played PUBG for multiple years now due to deleting the Windows install long ago. So, screw them I guess. I'm getting a little tired of hopes going up and down.

I could play on Playstation if I really wanted to, but I do not want to use a controller. And my friends who have a Playstation or not the ones who are ever available.

*sigh* Maybe I need a cup of coffee.

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If it wasn't for the AUR, the kids' computers would be on Mint. It feels great. I used to run it on my own main rig years ago. But I'm the tinkering type who keeps a computer as a pet, so I needed to break out into a rolling distro.

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The restore partition is now updated prior to upgrading the OS. This ensures that, in the unlikely case something goes wrong during an upgrade, the Refresh OS option in the recovery partition can install to the latest release.

I disagree with ruining your backup before you perform a major operation. Other than that, the rest of the updates sound really great! I'm pretty tempted to put POP back onto the System76 laptop.

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Quoting: scaineI've been waiting to buy this for... what... two/three years? Loved the first game and I think there were hints/hopes that they'd provide a native build. Now they can't even commit to the simplest change Valve can ask them to make, so I guess it's coming off my wishlist. Really sad. The first game had really fun PvE.

I actually bought it a few weeks ago because Proton reports were saying it was working, even on regular servers. And you know what? It did work for me, for a week or two. I played on the official servers, too. But then I started getting kicked for the anti-cheat client not running. Quite frustrating. So, now, I turn one of the other computers in the house into a temporary, dedicated server when my friends and I want to play. It works... but I didn't want to put that level of effort into it and I'm kinda ticked that it worked just great for a little while.

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