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Latest Comments by Phlebiac
Ubuntu LTS releases (and so derivatives too) to get updated NVIDIA drivers without PPAs
12 Jul 2019 at 11:54 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: bekoFedora next?
Nope, they will not include proprietary bits by default. It's well supported via RPMFusion though.

FOSS game engine "OpenRCT2" for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has a fresh release out
11 Jul 2019 at 11:58 pm UTC

Looks like I have the original game on Steam, which made me think about a cool project: a Steam compatibility tool that would auto-download the latest open source engine and launch the game with that.

It would be similar to dreamer's steam-dos project:
https://github.com/dreamer/steam-dos [External Link]

But rather than launching DOSBox, it would have to support specific games/engines.

Key reseller G2A is back in the spotlight again, as a petition is up to ask them to stop selling indie games
9 Jul 2019 at 5:08 am UTC

Quoting: Maathwith physical games, there has always been a used games market.
This is one of the biggest reasons I don't like paying "full price" for digital games. Besides that, by the time I get around to playing them, they have usually been out for quite a while...

Quoting: Maaththe continued failure of the credit card industry to secure their systems from such rampant fraud.
They could care less about fraud, they screw either the consumer or the merchant, and get their transaction fees regardless.

Quoting: MaathI'd love to see Steam allow selling and reselling keys as often as you like. If they already have the ability to take away one's access to a game after verifying a fraudulent purchase, then they should be able to manage the hand off of a used game from one owner to the next.
Sounds great to me!

The next Humble Monthly is out, with two more interesting early unlock games
6 Jul 2019 at 7:13 am UTC

Quoting: MorguldirSomething to note about Surviving Mars and the Deluxe Editions, if you purchase this humble monthly bundle you get the base game, but you will still have to pay the same price for the Deluxe Edition and First Colony Edition.
Yeah, I noticed (and was annoyed by) that, too. I thought I could get a cheaper upgrade to First Colony Edition, but nope. Paradox did the same with Stellaris and the "Starter Pack" - learn to use the bundle feature, guys!

The Inanimate Mr Coatrack, a free comedy adventure worth taking a look at
6 Jul 2019 at 6:45 am UTC Likes: 4

No idea of the quality, but I saw the same developers have a number of other free games (some are adventure games, some are other types):
https://powerhoof.itch.io/ [External Link]

Supraland 2, a sequel to the highly rated first-person metroidvania is crowdfunding and coming to Linux
29 Jun 2019 at 7:39 pm UTC Likes: 1

They also responded affirmatively to the original coming to Linux in the Kickstarter comments:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supragames/supraland-2/comments [External Link]

DOSBox is still alive, with a new bug fix release available
28 Jun 2019 at 4:54 am UTC

Quoting: namikoRight, the "math one" is "Super Solvers: Outnumbered!" and the "reading one" is "Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue".
Oh wow - been about 30 years since I've last seen those!

ZED from Eagre Games and Cyan Ventures is out for Linux now, it’s quite an experience (plus an interview)
27 Jun 2019 at 3:58 am UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Shmerl
Platforms like Proton and Lutris are beginning to make WINE obsolete.
Wine is really the base of Proton, and without it Lutris won't work with Windows games either, so it's hardly obsolete ;)
I'm guessing the intent there was "... beginning to make *manually mucking about with* WINE obsolete."

I was another Kickstarter backer, and I'm glad to see the project made it to completion! Sorry to hear the publisher tried to kill the Linux support, but not too surprising - they refused to support Linux for the new Myst collection, even though they used CodeWeavers to (partially?) support macOS:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1252280491/myst-25th-anniversary-collection/faqs [External Link]

Steam Summer Sale 2019 is live, here’s what to look out for Linux fans
26 Jun 2019 at 1:28 am UTC Likes: 2

For anyone who doesn't already know it, SteamDB has some very nice filtering options:
https://steamdb.info/sales/?displayOnly=Game&category=999 [External Link]

More shots of Steam's new Library design thanks to a leak (updated)
13 Jun 2019 at 4:24 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PhlebiacYes; it seems simply restarting Steam will cause it to want to re-download a bunch of shader caches it just downloaded.
Looks like they fixed it in today's beta update.