I'll no doubt pick this up, since I'm a fan - I patron Kitsune Games to the tune of a dollar or so a month, but it's really Lore Finder (Steam [External Link], Itch [External Link]) that I'm waiting for! It's got a real Rogue Legacy vibe, but with Cthulu overtones. One to wishlist if you haven't already.

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I just couldn't figure this one out when I played it. I'd consume a bunch of cloud, which gave me one part of what I apparently needed, but then started running out of something that wasn't on the map, and I couldn't consume enough of the thing I needed. Tried about four or five times, with subtle variations of that theme.

Hopefully they've added some kind of meaningful tutorial now, cos it's otherwise completely baffling. I never even got the editor parts where you somehow evolve into new form, with new abilities. Just a constant cycle of "eat wrong thing, start to die quite quickly"!

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Quoting: sudoerEndeavourOS is very overrated imo and one should be using ArcoLinux, Manjaro, or vanilla Arch directly imo, as they (EOS) practically are doing nothing for Arch, they just offer the Calamares installer and a feminine purple theming and that's it, leeching the Arch servers for free and pretending "oh but my forum is so friendly compared to Arch". At least other projects like ArcoLinux or Manjaro actually DO something for Linux, like making Linux more accessible to newbies, providing good and helpful scripts, developing apps like pamac, teaching stuff and providing FAR more options (just compare the Calamares installer for ArcoLinux and the Calamares for Endeavour). You should have used the testing branch on Manjaro anyway, it's just some days behind Arch, practically the same and stable AF. As for bashing the Manjaro devs because one dev needed a beefy machine for developing, testing and building stuff and some immature whiners who like to whine and troll everywhere (a typical internet behavior) made a riot, that's just childish behavior of the kindergarden.

I think you're missing the entire point of open source. The act of "standing on the shoulders of giants" isn't "leeching". It's the entire premise of the distro scene.

As for whining and trolling, perhaps you should consider the tone of your own post here.

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I played a fantasy village builder on Android years ago and this game has very similar vibes. Build the village up, attract heroes, outfit and send them off. They come back with treasure, spend it in your taverns, and buy better kit. It's really compulsive stuff.

I didn't realise this was released. It'll be my next purchase once I get through Wasteland 3.

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Looking forward to this, even though I didn't play the first one too much. I've seen quite a few gameplay videos and it's just beautiful. Insta-buy for me.

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Quoting: dibz

Quoting: scaineCertainly, Mint's biggest problem is the lack of an upgrade path. You basically have to re-install every two years, simple as that. Hardly ideal. But otherwise, it's amazing. So why am I constantly on the lookout for another distro...? :grin:

Oh? The upgrade path typically "opens" shortly after new releases, and they appear as a menu item in the update manager. The update manager does not, however, alert you about this; I believe that's intentional as the Mint camp typically, as well as any sane person would, tell a person not to do a major upgrade unless they had an actual reason to. It's fair to say I probably only knew about this because I subscribe to their rss feed on their homepage, and when they announce new releases, they also announce upgrade instructions typically; I doubt I'd be aware of the details otherwise. It's a few clicks to do and is pretty similar to just doing a normal update. All that being the case, if you don't mind doing new installs, keep doing them IMHO. Any OS, Windows and OSX included, tends to appreciate a fresh start once in a while. I've used the upgrade method for the last few major versions.

That said, for a long, long, time I've only made two data partitions for my installs -- home, and everything else, so if/when I ever need to do the nuclear option and actually reinstall it takes maybe twenty minutes combined; including picking out whatever software selection post install. Pretty much all my settings/icons/themes are in my home directory anyway, so even a fresh install takes very little time -- but I still haven't had to in a long time now. Not to make this about Windows, but honestly, whenever I have to do a full windows install it tends to be an all day affair in comparison; I'm not sure when it happened, but I tell ya, setting up Linux sure became far easier then windows at some point.

That's really interesting. I only use about 3 or 4 PPAs (Mesa, Wine, Chrome/Dropbox and OBS), but I've found the Mint upgrade to be a real train wreck. It refused to upgrade unless I downgraded all my packages first, which took ages. Then finally upgraded, then I had to restore all my PPAs, and so on. It was painful stuff. To be fair, Ubuntu isn't hugely better - but it automates a lot of the process for you.

But just look at these instructions... holy cow. https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2 [External Link]

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Quoting: ArehandoroCurious honest question: What do you all mean by "normal" distros?

I think it equates to "mainstream" or "easy to use". I couldn't even get Manjaro to do basic stuff like finding my wired Xbox360 controller, so I'm definitely not ready for the likes of Arch or Endeavour. I'm super-technical and nerdy, but I just can't bring myself to care enough about a distro that doesn't even do basic stuff out of the box. Ubuntu has set a standard that I'm not interested in going below.

My next curiousity / distro hop will be to check out Elementary, then Pop. I was toying with the idea of checking Solus too, but their recent packaging squabble has left me a bit cold. So it'll be Mint vs Elementary vs Pop. Then I'll decide what I'm going to settle on for the next couple of years.

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Reminds me a little of Wildermyth. It does look very alpha though - lots of placeholders, they succeeded the first mission, but the reward screen said "failed" and when they turned over the rescued-and-very-much-alive husband, the text revealed that he was in fact, dead when they found him, and the farm-wife mourns!

Solid fight mechanics though, definitely one to keep an eye on.

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Ubuntu was too safe, not particularly exciting and I didn't want another normal distro

Isn't this weird? I can really relate to it, but I don't really understand what drives it. It's the fundamental force behind distro-hopping I think.

I'm mostly settled on Mint, but there's still an itch that there might be something better out there. Certainly, Mint's biggest problem is the lack of an upgrade path. You basically have to re-install every two years, simple as that. Hardly ideal. But otherwise, it's amazing. So why am I constantly on the lookout for another distro...? :grin:

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: scaineSTASIS had no Linux support, so I skipped that one.

It's in the beta branch on Steam, or at least it was when I played the game last year. But yeah, no idea why it never was released on GOG...

If it's not advertised with Linux support, then (beta or not) I'll avoid unless it's a game that I want to support for some other reason.

Just played 25 minutes of CAYNE and it's really not my scene. I skipped through a YT playthrough to satisfy my curiosity, and I'm glad I did. Old school point-n-click, with a horribly clunky hunt-the-interactive-thing mechanic. Glad I avoided wasting my time on it.

Time to try out Desolation.

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