Quoting: ArehandoroWell, not really. Debian sid is still on the kernel 4.19

And freeze just ended, so that's the result of it.

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Oh, the site just got a dark theme? Nice!

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Still playing The Witcher 3 in Wine/dxvk. It's a very long game.

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Quoting: Mountain ManCopyrights and IPs must be vigorously protected, or they can be forfeited by default. That's just how the law works.

Trademark on a common term shouldn't even exist in the first place. They didn't create the name, so it's not theirs to claim.

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Quoting: ArehandoroYes, of course, it would have to be Testing or sid.

Testing and Sid usually have up to date Mesa and kernel, so I don't think Debian need to do anything special about it. The only exception are freeze periods (one just has ended), and in such case you better build the kernel and Mesa yourself or install whatever is uploaded to experimental. May be providing Mesa and kernel in experimental more consistently during the freeze could be useful.

What would be an improvement, is if Mesa would make more frequent releases. Current release cycle is way too long.

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MS swallowed them. Will they still make Linux games in the future?

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I hope they'll support positioning too, including for Valve Index.

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Quoting: ShmerlInterestingly, according to Supraland developer, he can't see split per OS for GOG purchases [External Link].

Urgh, that’s terrible :(. The main reason why I buy so many games is to support Linux gaming. If the devs have no idea people buy their games for Linux, I might as well stop buying them. Or go back to Steam :(.

I posted this question in the official Linux FAQ thread on GOG. Their recent communication is abysmal though, since the times @linuxvangog has left. I'll try to reach their support directly with this question. May be if Liam tries, they'll pay more attention?

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Also backed this one. So far GOG release is listed, so it doesn't seem to be falling for Epic's exclusivity bait.

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Quoting: smantz0rZThere's an awful lot of people who 'demand' Linux ports an then when it comes time to buy, don't. The best way to show demand is to buy Linux versions that are on the market, show that you've bought them (reviews, comments, tweets, etc) and then go out and say "Look how successful Linux was on this game." That's what makes a difference.

Sure, for developers who already sell Linux games, that's an obvious way to do it. But I was talking about those who still don't. They can't see how other games are selling - that info isn't shared with them. So the only way for them to analyze demand are some requests from potential buyers. A more advanced version of that is crowdfunding, when demand is demonstrated by the number of backers (especially if there is also some poll for preferred platform in advance).

By the way, recently Supraland developer pointed out, that GOG doesn't show sales/downloads per OS for developers. That looks like a major problem for them to estimate such demand at least on GOG.

See: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_supraland_aec23/post64 [External Link]

Do you know why GOG are not providing such info?

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