Latest Comments by Hamish
GOG.com Don't Plan On Introducing Linux Support In The Foreseeable Future UPDATED
5 Sep 2013 at 10:08 pm UTC
I think most people who advocate for killing off all the other distros, especially Ubuntu fans, would be very surprised to learn how interdependent they are, especially on upstream distros like Fedora or Debian that provide most of the technology and infrastructure that the others utilize. And when it comes to that distrowatch statistic that has been floating around, one should realize that not all of those are desktop distributions, and many target certain niche markets which do need a specially tailored distro in order to be useful. There really is not as much specific desktop fragmentation as many believe.
And speaking in general terms, I really do believe that proprietary applications have no place in a distribution's package manager. They are designed for free programs with source code available, and trying to shoehorn pre-complied applications into them is a headache people should not attempt. Proprietary applications should just ship with their own installer, or use one of the excellent ones available such as mojosetup. Then you do not need to worry about using a deb, rpm, or any other format.
5 Sep 2013 at 10:08 pm UTC
Quoting: n30p1r4t3Ubuntu and Arch. Kill the rest ;)First, with Fedora and Debian gone, Ubuntu and Arch could not exist. Secondly, Arch would be a very stupid choice for a supported distro (and I am saying this as an Arch user, among other things).
I think most people who advocate for killing off all the other distros, especially Ubuntu fans, would be very surprised to learn how interdependent they are, especially on upstream distros like Fedora or Debian that provide most of the technology and infrastructure that the others utilize. And when it comes to that distrowatch statistic that has been floating around, one should realize that not all of those are desktop distributions, and many target certain niche markets which do need a specially tailored distro in order to be useful. There really is not as much specific desktop fragmentation as many believe.
And speaking in general terms, I really do believe that proprietary applications have no place in a distribution's package manager. They are designed for free programs with source code available, and trying to shoehorn pre-complied applications into them is a headache people should not attempt. Proprietary applications should just ship with their own installer, or use one of the excellent ones available such as mojosetup. Then you do not need to worry about using a deb, rpm, or any other format.
Porting Games Over To Linux Using Wine
5 Sep 2013 at 9:48 pm UTC
5 Sep 2013 at 9:48 pm UTC
I do not use Wine enough to honestly be bothered to get multiple versions of it, even if PlayOnLinux is supposed to make this less difficult.
Amnesia A Machine For Pigs GOL Teaser
5 Sep 2013 at 12:13 pm UTC
5 Sep 2013 at 12:13 pm UTC
Indeed, that does make more sense, especially if you are using an APU.
Porting Games Over To Linux Using Wine
4 Sep 2013 at 11:11 pm UTC
At any rate, I use Wine heavily for archaeological purposes, but I would never use it for a modern game. The only modern games I play are Linux native and DRM free, and that's final. The good part of this is that Wine works best with older games anyway, and I personally feel they should put even more of a focus on these and less time on moderns ones, but I am hardly in a position to tell them what to do.
4 Sep 2013 at 11:11 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweThen you have to deal with Wine updates, a single update from one version of Wine to another can completely break a game (this has sadly happened to me before) and rolling back to an older version isn't as simple as 1-2-3 done.Only once? :P
At any rate, I use Wine heavily for archaeological purposes, but I would never use it for a modern game. The only modern games I play are Linux native and DRM free, and that's final. The good part of this is that Wine works best with older games anyway, and I personally feel they should put even more of a focus on these and less time on moderns ones, but I am hardly in a position to tell them what to do.
Amnesia A Machine For Pigs GOL Teaser
4 Sep 2013 at 11:01 pm UTC
4 Sep 2013 at 11:01 pm UTC
Why the need for a new CPU? Since they are using the same engine, can the hardware specifications really have changed that much?
Time To Go Postal, Free Postal 2 DLC On Its Way
3 Sep 2013 at 5:53 pm UTC
3 Sep 2013 at 5:53 pm UTC
This should be interesting. ^_^
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure Will Be Release On Linux
28 Aug 2013 at 2:02 pm UTC
28 Aug 2013 at 2:02 pm UTC
But will he don a Fedora on Fedora? ;)
ShinyLoot Game Store Interview And Giveaway!
24 Aug 2013 at 12:00 am UTC
24 Aug 2013 at 12:00 am UTC
Quoting: SpeedsterHamish and Cheese are really good writers too, though a lot less prolific.Well, maybe when I get my main machine up again I can write more. But yes, Liam and Muntdefems are unstoppable. ;)
ShinyLoot Game Store Interview And Giveaway!
23 Aug 2013 at 1:49 pm UTC
23 Aug 2013 at 1:49 pm UTC
I love GoL because it puts up and even encourages me to prattle. :P
Project Night A Third Person Survival Horror Game
19 Aug 2013 at 4:28 pm UTC
19 Aug 2013 at 4:28 pm UTC
Could be worth a go if the controls are not too hard to wrap my head around.