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Latest Comments by pmstroex
The Valve Steam Deck, lots of excitement and plenty to think about for Linux gaming
16 Jul 2021 at 8:01 pm UTC Likes: 2

Will I buy one ? No. But I will happily try the new SteamOS on my Steam machine. Provided that is an option. I'm one of the fools that actually bought one and have used it often enough to say that it wasn't a bad investment. I also use it as a Kodi machine btw. If that is no longer an option I will probably chuck ChimeraOS on there.

Valve and others fined by the European Commission for 'geo-blocking' (updated)
20 Jan 2021 at 3:53 pm UTC Likes: 2

Sooooo... Did they also promise to stop geo-blocking or are we just talking fines here ? Can't see anything in the linked article about that.

Valve has launched "Steam Labs", a place where Valve will show off new experiments
11 Jul 2019 at 7:41 pm UTC Likes: 25

The first three experiments
So they CAN count to three...

Widelands, the free and open source Settlers-like strategy game has a new major release up
6 May 2019 at 7:44 pm UTC

Oh boy, Settlers on the Amiga... I can still remember the music :D

Here's the latest on what's going on with the Linux port of EVERSPACE
27 Jul 2017 at 6:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

This is one I will have to have a look at, although I am a big Elite fan. Is it comparable to Eilte even ?
Still quite miffed that the Elite:dangerous money I put in was never put towards a Linux version even though the fund goals were met generously back in the day.

Worms W.M.D updated with a free game mode 'Forts'
8 May 2017 at 4:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

Bought Worms WMD on a sale a while back, but it never worked properly so I had it refunded. A shame really, I was looking forward to some of that nostalgia.
Maybe I'll try again on the next sale, who knows, might work now.

Canonical drop the Unity desktop environment for Ubuntu favour of going back to GNOME
7 Apr 2017 at 3:47 pm UTC Likes: 2

I must be an odd duck, but I actually like the idea of Liam doing a Linux news site.
Yes, there are plenty of them, so here´s my 2 cents on why he should do it :
Over the years I have seen (tech) news sites come and go, rise and fall. If we don´t, on occasion, have some new ones popping up then you run the risk of getting stuck in sites that have dropped their standards so low that they´re no longer relevant - tomshardware springs to mind, used to be great when Tom was still doing the critical reporting, sunk like a brick ever since he left - just an example.
Getting linux news from a guy who already does a proper job on reporting the gaming side would be interesting to see, different angle and frequent nods on how some news would/could affect the gaming side of linux - yes please.
Also, I think it would be good for Liam too. Reporting on games only day in day out, come on - no matter how much you love gaming, it´s going to get stale at some point. Take it from a guy who once made his hobby his job : not a good idea. Diversify and you will be happier, trust me on this :)
Quick suggestion, I know it´s not an easy request, but if you do the news site, maybe pop something in about linux compatible hardware ? Or some way to report on that by users ? Maybe you could make that the little edge that makes the news site stand apart and a reason for people to visit the site specifically.