I quite like the idea of Manjaro, but I'm also leaning towards trying Endeavour because it offers a Cinnamon download as an installer option. I think I might just have to install them both and see which one "fits" the best. I use a lot of work-related proprietary tools for my day job, so they'll all have to be well supported - things like Teams (boke!), Horizon, Zoom and Dropbox. And of course the usual suspects like Discord, Spotify, Steam and Mame will all be well supported regardless.

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It's great to see it succeeding, but I'm with Tchey and Julius - the zoning and endless grind make it super-tedious. And the whole game still revolves around this weird cat and mouse PvP system where high level mobs wait in the "black" zone (where all the good stuff is) and try to ambush the harvesters. It's... just not fun.

I had some good experiences joining random groups outside co-op dungeons, but good groups are hard to find and tend to break up when the dungeon run is over. If you're not in an active clan, you might as well give it a miss.

But as I say, great that people are finding this fun, as it's good to have a successful MMO with native Linux support.

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Quoting: g000h

Quoting: ghiumaI am obsessed with 7 Days to die, too bad my DS4 malfunctions after a while, it only happens with this game ..

You *might* not already know this - but 7 Days To Die has released Alpha 19.1 Experimental and it has some good new stuff in it:

- 10 Toolbar Slots (up from 8)
- More HD Zombies
- The Dynamic Music works on Linux now
- and other stuff

I've started a fresh game on that, myself.

We were just chatting about this in Discord a couple of days ago - can't wait to try give it a try myself! Also, all the ladder changes. Will ladders finally be usable!? :grin:

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A bit of Left for Dead 2 with Sin & gang on stream, but otherwise, I'm still horribly addicted to Dreamgate [External Link]. I've been laid down with the cold recently, so no VR for me for a while!

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Quoting: SalvatosI think I had to disable it for Shadow of the Tomb Raider or the game wouldn’t run, so it hasn’t seemed very helpful so far :tongue:
Ultimately I have no idea what it does or why I would need it.

From the article:

the point is to have an easy place for anyone and everyone to kick their Linux system into the highest performance possible

Basically, it sets your processors into "performance" mode, and configures a few other settings to maximise the game's performance. Especially useful on laptops, since they might the use the "powersave" mode of the CPU (although most use "ondemand" these days).

This is actually pre-installed on Mint, although I don't get the notifications. I might look into enabling those, as sometimes I forget to add "gamemoderun %command%" in my Steam game's launch options.

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The demo is both disappointingly short (because it's fun!) and surprisingly long (because it's a kickstarter). I really enjoyed it.

I didn't enjoy constantly getting trapped behind my own traps though. Hopefully future versions of the game will allow you to ignore your traps. Strangely, you ignore them on placement and can hover "on top" of the trap indefinitely, even while it's killing enemies, but the moment you move off the trap, it becomes solid and acts like a barrier.

I can't imagine many scenarios where the tar trap or spike trap will be useful either. I did the whole demo just using spin blades and crossbows. And that works really well when they spring flying or shooting enemies into later waves to surprise you. If you'd placed tar/spikes, those guys would own you.

My only other complaint is that the traps generally don't have enough life, although presumably the upgrade system will take take of that in later levels.

Great fun though. I've wishlisted this. Instabuy when it's out of early access and available to purchase!

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Quoting: EhvisFeels a lot like HL1 with better lighting. Trailer doesn't really give me a good insight into the gameplay.

There's a longer gameplay video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btIxB-knNR8 [External Link]

It's a series of cuts of "exploration" gameplay. The voice acting sounds top quality. I'm excited about this one.

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I've never owned a NES or SNES, so I had no idea how closely its music chip resembled the classic C64 SID chip. I'm getting all nostalgic for some Hubbard tunes now!

This project reminds me of the Atari ST and Amiga mod trackers that were so popular in the 90's. I'd love to be able to use them, but sadly music and I have a one-way relationship.

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Getting a great Deus Ex meets System Shock vibe with this and the music is exceptional. Beautiful looking game - that heli-pad in the rain! Stunning.

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Quoting: scainePolitical? Again - human rights and basic respect isn't political. It's simply the very minimum I expect from an interaction with another person. This guy can't manage it. There's no politics here. He's just not a nice person.

That's your judgment on his personality. Exactly what I criticized you for doing. You get into that state of extreme combativeness, like that guy does not have the right to trade with other people because you judge him negatively. You likely don't know him personally, but from internet excerpts you feel competent enough to judge his character and maybe even his psyche. Did you know that strong emotions impair critical thinking?

Of course, I have to repeat it again, even if somehow they are objectively monsters in personality, that's absolutely unrelated to their creations. Fortunately with the dire consequences of these internet persecutions and witch hunts people have becoming increasingly aware of how harmful they are, and are giving less and less credit to them. Cancel culture is finally suffering a deserved backlash.

Knock it off, persecuting your personal imaginary enemies (because I doubt they even know you) on this forum is not productive.

Patola, I'm super-confused here. Of course that's my judgment. I didn't claim otherwise. You seem to be implying that I... shouldn't use my judgment? It's based on what I've read about him, and from many, many other people's opinions on the guy. I don't need to judge his "psyche". He's is demonstrably not a nice person, based on multiple accounts.

And I'll say it again, since you're not hearing it. I don't care about this guy. This isn't a witch hunt. I only replied because someone equated "noting that someone is a horrible person" to "being political".

You didn't listen to my point about horrible people making good stuff either. I can't be bothered repeating myself on that.

But I have to quote this bit again in all its glory:

Quoting: PatolaKnock it off, persecuting your personal imaginary enemies (because I doubt they even know you) on this forum is not productive.

Excuse me?

- Personal? Nope, I don't care about this guy.
- Imaginary? Nope, he's real.
- Enemies? Are you hearing yourself?

This is honestly a bizarre attack from you, Patola. I have no skin in this game beyond the political point I've made now three times. You're seeing things that aren't there.

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