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CD PROJEKT RED announce The Witcher Remake in Unreal Engine 5
27 Oct 2022 at 8:03 am UTC Likes: 1

Unless they announce a native Linux version, I couldn't care less. The original is running fine in WINE, after all.

Widelands, The Settlers II inspired strategy game version 1.1 is out now
25 Oct 2022 at 8:55 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: pb
Quoting: soulsourceThere's also an open source reimplementation of the game called Settlers 2.5 Return to the Roots.
Does it have a single-player campaign? I checked the FAQ and it says "Return To The Roots besitzt noch keinen Singleplayer Modus." but I don't know if it's up to date.
The campaign is afaik not implemented, but I think they meanwhile have an AI for free play.
(Would need to check though, haven't played in a while.)

Widelands, The Settlers II inspired strategy game version 1.1 is out now
24 Oct 2022 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 3

Settlers 2 was the first game I got for PC. After 26 years it's still one of my favorites.
There's also an open source reimplementation of the game called Settlers 2.5 Return to the Roots.

Return to Monkey Island gets a Linux Beta version
17 Oct 2022 at 10:30 am UTC Likes: 1

I wanted to buy it anyhow, but now I want to buy it even more.

Steam Deck Beta updates fix Red Dead Redemption 2 and external screen changes
5 Oct 2022 at 1:41 pm UTC

That's really big. I kept forgetting to set the display back to 60 Hz way too often...

GOG has a 'Made in DACH' sale to showcase games from Germany, Austria and Switzerland
13 Sep 2022 at 8:06 pm UTC Likes: 2

The sale includes some really awesome games. Too many to name them all, so I'll just list a few of those that I enjoyed:
  • Drakensang is a pretty well done RPG using the Dark Eye rule set and setting. Platinum rating on ProtonDB.
  • The Guild II: Renaissance. That's The Guild II bundled together with all DLC, for the price you'd otherwise pay for each DLC. It's an amazing RPG/crafting simulation hybrid. Sadly it's a bit buggy, and WINE also tends to have troubles with it. It seems to be running fine with Proton 7.x though.
  • Valhalla Hills. It's an homage to The Settlers 2 and manages quite well to put a modern mantle on that game design. Wuselfaktor. Has a native Linux version.
  • Deponia Trilogy (yes, there are 4 games in the trilogy). I did not want to mention those games, because everyone knows them already, but they are just too awesome not to. My absolute favourite adventure games. Native on Linux.
  • Shadow Tactics. It's one of the best strategy games I've played. Similar to Desperados. Also native on Linux.
  • Airline Tycoon Deluxe. It's mostly managing flight plans, but it's also hilarious. Linux Native.

Stellaris: Toxoids Species Pack coming with a free update on September 20
2 Sep 2022 at 6:15 pm UTC Likes: 3

Did I get this right, that they are now adding humans as a playable species?
(scnr)

Steam Deck 2 is absolutely coming, new booklet from Valve confirms
30 Aug 2022 at 5:52 am UTC

Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: soulsourceSteam Deck 1 + Steam Deck 2 -> 1+2=3 -> Half Life 3 confirmed.
SteamOS 3 is the first time they've been able to count to 3.
Which has not been released for download yet.
...
I'm starting to worry.

Cities: Skylines is getting another expansion with Plazas and Promenades
26 Aug 2022 at 9:17 pm UTC

Good to hear, thanks! This probably means it's fixed. I'm going to install it again then.

Steam Deck 2 is absolutely coming, new booklet from Valve confirms
26 Aug 2022 at 1:01 pm UTC

Quoting: elmapul
Quoting: gradyvuckovicGood to see Valve taking this initiative. Never underestimate the value of localisation. About 95% of the world don't speak English as a first language, and 75% don't speak English at all.

Would be nice to see some more Linux distro websites translated as well. Hard to promote your distro to the majority of the planet if the majority of the planet can't read it.

For a quick sample, the following websites are only available in English as far as I can tell from looking at the homepage of their websites:
- https://linuxmint.com/ [External Link]
- https://manjaro.org/ [External Link]
- https://ubuntu.com/ [External Link]
- https://archlinux.org/ [External Link]
- https://www.centos.org/ [External Link]
- https://endeavouros.com/ [External Link]
- https://getsol.us/home/ [External Link]
- https://www.gentoo.org/ [External Link]

Shoutout to these websites for having numerous translations available on a visible dropdown on their homepage:
- https://getfedora.org/ [External Link]
- https://www.debian.org/ [External Link]
- https://www.opensuse.org/ [External Link]
not to mention that some programs arent even tested on other languages.
for example, here i have an directory called "Music" and another called "Música" and the same for documents, pictures, videos and so on, why? because i installed some program that didnt considered the possibility of my system not being in english and created those directories as result.
i have no idea what program did that, i think it was libre office snap or something like that, something that definitely had to be tested (it wasnt too niche of an application) but wanst .
That program didn't follow XDG standards [External Link] then, what is a far bigger issue than "just" localization. I have zero clue how Snap integrates with the system though, so I wouldn't rule out that it's a Snap issue either.