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Manjaro Linux 21.1.0 Pahvo is out with installer improvements, new desktop upgrades
19 August 2021 at 5:22 am UTC

Quoting: BielFPsYou can change the default layout of gnome with one click
Here you can see how it works

Thanks; I see it's basically a UI to quickly enable/disable a bunch of GNOME extensions. So nothing really new, other than easy switching between groupings of them. Hopefully the extensions they rely on continue to be maintained (they are popular ones / I've used most of them, so I imagine someone will keep them going).

Manjaro Linux 21.1.0 Pahvo is out with installer improvements, new desktop upgrades
18 August 2021 at 11:59 pm UTC

Quoting: BielFPsIn my opinion their layout switcher function is a must have extension, it's the thing that makes gnome "usable" for me.

Can you explain what this changes exactly - or link to some site that describes it?

A fan for the Valve Index? Consider it an essential upgrade purchase
5 August 2021 at 5:56 am UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyOne town beat its previous climate record by 4-5 degrees C for days on end, hitting mid-40s, and then spontaneously combusted and burned to the ground. Really, WTF?!

Sounds like California... 41-43°C here this week, and there are fires quite close. :(

Splitgate gets an extended Beta, developers raise $10M
29 July 2021 at 6:00 pm UTC

Quoting: MayeulCTeleporters have been a longtime feature in games

Sure, even Doom had them long ago.

Quoting: MayeulCHere, I think the distinction is that players can place them on walls themselves.

That's much less common, for sure.

Splitgate gets an extended Beta, developers raise $10M
29 July 2021 at 12:20 am UTC

Quoting: MayeulCThe portals are interesting. I think they had this as some point in Quake World?

Weren't there some in Quake3 Arena?

Quoting: MayeulCI hope they can put out the fire from their servers before every other big game company starts to copy the concept.

I haven't seen mention of how they plan to monetize - are they selling cosmetic items?

A new Valve game for the Steam Deck? It's not out of the realm of possibility
23 July 2021 at 5:36 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: a0kamiThe other challenge is their engine, as they've always been quite friendly with FOSS tech and standards such as OpenGL, their old games are on Linux because they've included an OpenGL renderer

As I understand it, they used a Direct3D wrapper called ToGL:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ToGL

A new Valve game for the Steam Deck? It's not out of the realm of possibility
23 July 2021 at 5:30 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CatKillerSure, it would encourage them to press the "build for Linux" button for some free money, which is more than many devs do, but it wouldn't encourage them to do any testing or provide any support. At all.

Sure, but as users we can request refunds and leave bad reviews. Most devs don't want a bad reputation (which is one reason some of them don't bother to get their feet wet).

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS
16 July 2021 at 5:00 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: mylkasince it is an open device you may can install windows by yourself
but i think steamos is very optimized for it, so maybe even better performance with proton, than with windows on it

If it's a custom graphics chip, it may not be so easy to get good graphics drivers for Windows. Not to mention that AMD's drivers are a bit... lackluster, compared to the open source ones.

AMD releases FidelityFX Super Resolution source code
16 July 2021 at 4:04 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ShmerlHuh? The article mentions Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodhunt. Never heard of it. Is it a new game in development?

Upcoming F2P Battle Royale game, apparently:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/760160/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Bloodhunt/

Try out the new world generation in a Caves & Cliffs: Part II test for Minecraft
14 July 2021 at 4:54 pm UTC

Looks like some cliffs are stuck in anti-gravity fields.