Quoting: mattaraxiaThese things need to be embraced. They are the best Linux Desktop security improvements we've had in . . . well maybe ever.

I think we can agree they like to believe they are. But that mentality not seldom comes from devs that don't really get the full picture. (I'm looking at you FreeGnomeHat :dizzy:). They have gotten so hooked on their own kool-aid that they tend to loose sight of if what they are doing is actually doing something.

As Kithop mentioned above, Wayland and xdg-desktop-portal really comes to mind, do note that pretty much all flatpaks you install have permission=all set for hardware devices. There is a system to filter permissions for hardware for sure, but no-one actually do because that breaks things. This has been the case going back years. You can have a lookie in Flatseal for instance to see the state of affairs, it can be a bit depressing...

And as Kithop also alluded to, this whole thing reminds me of UAC. Good in theory. In practice? Everyone clicked "Accept" so the thingie they want to run can do the thing. And suddenly you might as well not have it. Which is why they massively toned it down after its initial release back in Windows XP.

Now I do agree with you that it is a step in the right direction for certain things. I'm much happier running Steam through Flatpak than through native because then I don't have to deal with lib32 packages and all that. I know how to do it, and I know the pros and cons of doing it from my distro. But the Flatpak experience is pretty darn good for that particular use-case.

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Quoting: BrokattJust to illustrate how much of a disaster in leadership this is. Unity went from 4000 employees in 2020 to 7700 in 2022. That's almost doubling in size in two years.

That does sound though like the growth might have been unreasonable in the first place.

And do note that in the statement they don't talk about "long-term sustainability". It's "long-term profitable growth"...

*imagine a face being palmed pretty hard* *also a desk might be involved*

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: Anzaif you get past the few baffling AAA wins

Not "baffling;" trolling.

They're Boaty McBoatface.

Aye.

I know some people think they are being hilarious or that they are "sticking it to the man" by troll voting like this.

But all they are really doing is throwing a massive insult to all the devs that do their best to release good games.

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Quoting: Brokatt

Quoting: blindcoderAbsolutely, Starfield has pretty much zero innovation. It's a decent game, but innovation is not part of it, at all.

This is probably why Starfield won. https://www.gamesradar.com/starfields-new-game-plus-narrative-is-bethesda-rpg-innovation-at-its-finest/ [External Link]

Ah yes, the innovative power of "New Game+"! Such trendsetters, such visionaries. :woot:

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God Jul to ya all! May your stockings be full of cookies and joy.

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Reminds me of good old Hexen or Heretic in the best possible way. I'm def gonna keep an eye on this one! :woot:

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Quoting: CyrilI admit I don't know anything about ALSA, Pulse or Pipewire, why these are good or bad etc.
But I think I used PulseAudio since forever and I don't remember having serious issues like some people... but my usage is pretty standard.
What did I miss? :happy:

In the olden days?

Getting ALSA to output two sounds at once (dmix) circa 2005... Chanting hymns, burning incense and praying someone on the Arch or Gentoo forums had your exact hardware.. :cry:

Early day PulseAudio was pretty rough, it frequently broke things on updates and Lennart had some pretty strong opinions about sound which ran afoul of a good chunk of hardware. The last 10 years or so of PA have been mostly fine though! If it works for you, keep using it till your distro changes it from under you. :smile:

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Quoting: whizseI've been pretty promiscuous when it comes to audio subsystems. Over the years I've used OSS, ALSA, Jack, ESD, PulseAudio.

Maybe it's about time I got my tubes tied - my pipes wired?

Yeah, same here. Pipewire have so far been both a blast and a bore, it just works... :unsure:

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Emulationstation is really nice actually, especially on the deck.

An alternative to EmuDeck is RetroDeck, similar idea but with more emphasis on convention over customization. So what's the difference between RetroDECK and EmuDeck? [External Link]

I've found it worked better for me on the deck, on my desktop though I would probably want to have more control due to varying hardware.

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Render scale settings is gonna be real nice!

I can't run the game well in native resolution without my gfx going crazy (it just does not like unity for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), so would be nice to be able to play the game without a blurry UI.

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