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Quoting: gustavoyaraujoFlatpak is a horrible way to distribute binaries. Appimage are the most interesting way to do that.

Appimages are not new comer friendly: they have to be chmodded to make 'em run. This alone is too much for a new user. Appimages are also not mandatorily sandboxed, so a security risk more or less.

Flatpaks and snaps are a thing, really. Both improving all the time too.

Is there a even a single distro that features snap and flatpak parameter modification for troubleshooting (like directory access) or even simple cleanup and maintainance of dependencies or old data without requiring you to drop to the CLI?
How is that new user friendly in any way shape or form, compared to a one file - click to run or delete - Appimage?

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Quoting: GuestPoint I was trying to make is that I don't think many companies would bother with even minimal support for anything running on desktop GNU/Linux because they're essentially getting it for free from elsewhere. From a pure economics standpoint, it makes zero sense - which is why I'm a little dispirited when there are complaints about Stadia, followed immediately about how someone will just use "Proton" so it doesn't matter.
Just ironic how Stadia is a supported way to play under GNU/Linux (with caveats - yes the whole worry about Google pulling the plug on Stadia), but so many are far more interested in paying for a Windows version.

The problem here is that the "supported" stadia basically has the problems of unsupported Windows/Proton titles build into the system. Even worse: you are in danger of not only losing access to one title but to your complete library. Stadia is currently just not a comparable competitor to the more traditional vendors + a lot of people can not even use the service for technical or geographical reasons. It is simply a completely different beast than traditional gaming.
That aside the answer is simple: a not desktop native game never gets paid anything near the full price. Which also means, that the chances of getting paid for fully by the Windows users I game with regularly, sinks significantly.
A service like Stadia will only ever get money if they either provide Steam/GoG keys for the games they sell games in addition to the streaming service or they give access to the their whole library in exchange for a monthly fee.

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Quoting: dpanterWho designed the new website? :neutral:
Granted the old site wasn't exactly amazing either, but this new one is impressively poor...

Not ususally a fan of scroll-down-the-banner type websites, but this one I actually quite like, tbh.

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Very Nice! That means The Longest Journey will not end for another couple of years ;-)

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Quoting: Liam DaweThey do on the main list [External Link].

Thank you ! Good to know. It does fall into the look it up category unfortunately, though.

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Wish they would just mark l=long s=short and b=beta somewhere in there so people do not have to guess or look it up every time.

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If only they'd make the News section in the Library optional: that would definitely reduce the need for a profanity filter on my end. :tongue:

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When did it become ok, for companies, to openly post data, that they have needlessly mined from single player games, as advertisement?

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Very cool to see another big vendor selling Linux powered hardware. Now all they have to do is hire someone to make their webpage at least borderline useable and usefull so people can start getting shit done ;-)

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The only question I have is why was this not communicated directly after the release of the windows patch? All this massive delay did was fuel annoyance the of customers.
Maybe it is time for Steam to enforce a front and centre 'differences between different OSes' disclaimer directly under the title of the game.

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