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Latest Comments by Phlebiac
Helheim Hassle is a seriously funny adventure puzzle-platforming mix
18 Sep 2020 at 5:03 am UTC

Thanks for the review; got this in a trade a while back and haven't looked at it, but sounds like I should install it!

Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing
18 Sep 2020 at 12:38 am UTC

I was surprised to see "6.0" until I got to the part about it being open source. Commercial games usually put out a sequel they can charge for, rather than have so many major updates.

Free first-person shooter-strategy 'Unvanquished' is now properly open source
18 Sep 2020 at 12:32 am UTC

Quoting: Guesttoothwheel symbol
Is that a common alternative for "gear" or "cog"? Not sure I've seen it used before.

Valve developer shows off Gamescope for Linux at XDC 2020
18 Sep 2020 at 12:29 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: bisbyxI have no idea if there is any "bad blood" between X and Wayland devs
The X devs turned into Wayland devs; no one is really working on X11 any more.

GNOME 3.38 'Orbis' is out now to showcase a modern Linux desktop
16 Sep 2020 at 11:18 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Mountain ManSo it's pronounced "guh nome", huh?
I think that was inherited from "guh new" (it is/was GNU Network Object Model Environment).

KDE is/was Kool Desktop Environment.

I say "is/was" on those because I'm not sure if they have retained their original acronyms?

GNOME 3.38 'Orbis' is out now to showcase a modern Linux desktop
16 Sep 2020 at 11:15 pm UTC

Our 3.x.x release numbers are getting high, should we talk about version 4.x?
Nah, let's just drop the 3 prefix.

Amnesia: Rebirth from Frictional Games confirmed for launch on October 20
16 Sep 2020 at 12:43 am UTC Likes: 4

I really enjoyed SOMA, I hope they make more like that one (perhaps this will have some similar elements).

The Humble Better Futures Bundle is up for more budget gaming
16 Sep 2020 at 12:38 am UTC

Quoting: marcin1509What to do with games I have in my library? Can I sell it to anybody or gave it away?
Besides the other options mentioned, barter.vg is nice for trading with other users.

Quoting: thoughtfulhippoBear in mind, Humble has been clamping down on this behaviour (but mostly serial traders), so safest to give keys (non-traceable) rather than Humble giftlinks.
Someone pointed out some discussion threads on this to me recently, but it sounds like (I hope!) that it's people who do tons of key swapping and/or resell them to shady key sellers.

Regarding this specific bundle - as others have mentioned, it's games that many of us already have. But if anyone has an extra key for "Agent A" they don't want, I'll take it off your hands! :grin:

Manjaro Linux 20.1 'Mikah' is out now with a theme refresh
16 Sep 2020 at 12:30 am UTC

Quoting: lectrodeI have different hardware that requires different kernels
Quoting: lectrodeAt the moment, there are only 4 systems I put on different kernels...
OK, so you have "reasons" but not ones that really match your original statement. I was just wondering what hardware didn't work with newer kernels and was making you stick with older ones, or what "kernel spins" were required for oddball devices. But it's really just "I want to test the latest before I roll it out".

Manjaro Linux 20.1 'Mikah' is out now with a theme refresh
15 Sep 2020 at 6:00 am UTC

Quoting: lectrodeI have different hardware that requires different kernels
I'm curious of the details on this, if you don't mind sharing?