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Amos from Itch has written a guide to distributing self-contained Linux builds
25 Mar 2016 at 2:42 pm UTC

Quoting: sobkas[...]

$() is bash specific I think and there is absolutely nothing wrong with ``

btw. do you use
#!/bin/bash
or
#!/usr/bin/env bash
Very true. I prefer to just require bash instead of targeting sh in general - less surprises down the line in case I forget some incompatibility issue.

I generally use /bin/bash. No real reason other than I've never had issues with it.

Amos from Itch has written a guide to distributing self-contained Linux builds
25 Mar 2016 at 2:38 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest[...]SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -f $0 | xargs dirname)"[...]
My favourite has been the following, for a number of years:
DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
Same thing really, I just like the non-piped approach.

GOL Podcast S01E01: Linux as a Gaming Platform
24 Mar 2016 at 12:17 am UTC

To get the "window spread" in XFCE4, install skippy-xd ;)
I have it mapped to one of the twelve buttons on my wonderfully supported Roccat Nyth - highly recommended (desktop-switching, window moving, navigation buttons and media control on the rest, such a wonderful mouse).

Want to use dual monitors but don't have enough desk space? I found a great monitor arm for you
23 Mar 2016 at 11:23 am UTC

Quoting: Seegras
Quoting: maodzedunAwwww, doesn't ship to Bulgaria. And the cheapest one there is twice that price :(((.
And the bloody buggers don't even ship to Switzerland. Bums!
Nor Greece. Does anyone know whether this is a suitable replacement? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duronic-DM351X2-Monitor-Adjustability-Warranty/dp/B00HYWLT8E [External Link]

Want to use dual monitors but don't have enough desk space? I found a great monitor arm for you
22 Mar 2016 at 11:21 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: MyeulC
Quoting: TheBoss
Quoting: MyeulCLooks really nice and sturdy. And way cheaper than the other ones I saw, too.
Would you mind adding a closeup picture of the clamp, to get an idea of how it if attached, please?
I am now seriously considering buying one :)
Yeah I can try and get a good picture of it.
Thank you very much. This is what I have been unhappy with in the other stands I have seen. This one looks quite sturdy, but I can't really see it in the first picture, while in the second one, the arm is right in front of it :-/
If you could just move the arm to the left and take the second picture again, it would be great :)
The Amazon page has some pretty detailed pictures of the clamp, if that helps.

The newest Worms game Worms W.M.D is confirmed to be coming to Linux
21 Mar 2016 at 5:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Team17 and Linux are a great pairing! Many Amiga users switched to Linux after the fall of House Commodore (myself included), so with a few more titles, we might again see some of that beautiful, classic love that can only happen between a platform and a games company ;)

RC Mini Racers now available on SteamOS & Linux
20 Mar 2016 at 8:00 pm UTC

I don't see a SteamOS or Linux icon on the store page. Is there a link to an announcement?

EDIT: Found it. [External Link] I guess my local repo just hasn't updated yet.

Vulkan at GDC videos now up, with Valve talking about porting Source 2 to Vulkan
17 Mar 2016 at 12:39 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: alexgol
Quoting: PeciskI hope Sony involvment means they look for possibility to add Vulkan API to PS4. Considering Vulkan driver is so much easier to support and it is much closer to what they have now, it would be a killer move.
?????
Easier to support than what?
Both XBone and PS4 dont need Vulkan or DX12. Games are developed
particularly for their hardware.
Yes, but if PS4 (or 5) supported Vulkan, a game built for Vulkan would be able to run on Linux, Mac, Windows 7-10, SteamOS, PS4 and Android; that's pretty much every platform out there apart from XBox and Wii U (but Nintendo's in the group as well... we'll see). On the other hand, a game built for DX12 is able to run on XBox and only the latest version of Windows, that's it.
Of course, games still need to be tweaked to run on each platform, but with Vulkan, it's just optimisation and code path changes, not an entirely new port.

OVERLOAD from the original Descent developers has been funded
13 Mar 2016 at 5:12 pm UTC

Quoting: DonkeyIf I set the native resolution for my primary monitor 1920x1200 the game will not render correctly. If I instead change it to 1920x1080 everything works great. With the lower resolution the rendering is still scaled to full screen without any black bars. To me it definitely looks like certain aspect ratios causes the bug.
I'm running it fullscreen in 1920x1200 without issue in both KDE5/Plasma and XFCE4 on an NVIDIA GTX 970. I haven't tried other resolutions though.

Linux usage on Steam is better than people think
5 Mar 2016 at 2:10 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ertuquequeI switched to Linux a year and a half ago, I use Steam almost everyday and not even once I've received a Steam Survey... Every month I check the "netmarkedshare" webpage to see more or less the Linux usage. I find it more realistic and "close to real world" usage: http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&qpcustomb=0 [External Link]

For February, it showed a 1.78% Linux usage... an increase over January (1.71%).

Is not Steam usage, I know, but I think it reflects better the Linux usage ratio in Steam that the actual Steam Survey crap.
I've been running Steam daily on Linux since 2013 and have received the survey exactly once. During the brief period where I used Steam through Wine (to play Batman and Deus Ex), I received it about 3 times, in the period of about two months, so yeah, you're not alone.

I really, really, really wished people would learn what the individual words in "hardware survey" mean so we can end this ridiculousness.