I'll buy it for sure when it's available on itch.io!

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I'm really surprised to see the game coming on GOG, that's really nice!

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Quoting: Sir_DiealotI just happened to see that it's on itch now as well: https://zachtronics.itch.io/zach-like [External Link]

Oh I don't think it was available on itch last time I checked, thanks!

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: mylkadisable VSYNC and use the FPS limiter (try 60)

I don't think radv implemented external framerate limiting yet. How do you do it?

Maybe with libstrangle [External Link]?

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Quoting: Sojiro84

Quoting: ElectricPrismSpecial thanks to `der_fenix` for doing a AUR PKGBUILD today:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/corectrl/ [External Link]

I just noticed this as well! I love the AUR community.

But, I tried it and somehow after starting it and entering my root nothing happened. So I got a bit scared and uninstalled asap. The idea of giving root and then nothing happening is scary.

I understand it needs root to change stuff hardware wise, but still...

Works fine apparently on my side, but that's because it launched on the system-tray, did you look at it?

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: heidi.wengerI refuse of it too... It's time consuming, stressful and altogether just awful! If i can't have a truly simple way to install something then it's "oh well" and move on. Really.

That's totally fine, there is no need to rush to use unpackaged tools. Eventually distro maintainers will package it, if they'll find it interesting, or someone asks them to. But it can take a long time in my experience, unless something becomes quite popular.

And That's why I find the AUR quite useful! And maybe that's why it's more easy for my point of view than on other distributions.

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Quoting: belisamaBecause it's a time-consuming, finicky process that frequently results in the urge to pull one's hair out. And if you're on one of the more popular distro trees (like Debian), you rarely need to, because most programs put out a deb or a ppa or something.

Yeah "most of programs" but not all, and sometimes you have to do it to have the last update or something.
I agree about time-consuming for some heavy software that can take many hours to build, but I don't really understand the behavior of never want to do it.
For this case, CoreCtrl, with my 4 cores CPU it's just so fast.

For CoreCtrl maybe we'll see binary builds later, right now I've got an error after compilation I'll retry later.

See!

Right after I wrote this, the compilation succeed. ^_^
Now I have to test the program itself...

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Quoting: GuestNice idea but requiring the user to build from source is an instant turn off for me. Just package it up in one of the universal formats and distribute it properly. I'm not installing anything I have to build myself

Seriously? You never install a software directly from source? I mean, you never have to do it?
Why you refuse to do it, serious question, because it's not really the philosophy of a Linux system IMHO, you can install any software you want from source or from binary, but refuse to do it from source makes me confused.

For CoreCtrl maybe we'll see binary builds later, right now I've got an error after compilation I'll retry later.

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Quoting: wvstolzingBy the way, check out Zachtronics's latest 'documentary' release: ZACH-LIKE

It used to be a kickstarter [External Link] -- now the pdfs & audio visual files & the flash games are on Steam [External Link] for free.

Zach Barth spoke about this release at the latest GDC -- link to youtube [External Link].

I might want to find a download link for this PDF, since it's Steam-only for a free content, it's a pity.

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And they have a Puzzle Pack with sale of -19% of 6 of their games:

https://itch.io/s/19892/the-zachtronics-puzzle-pack [External Link]

And that offer ends in 10 years! Yeah that's right.:O

Zachtronics is really a respectful developer! <3

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