Kind of annoyed that they still insist on putting things in /home instead of /home/.local/share or /home/.config/ but whatever.

That said, it looks slick and I may give it a try over just using RetroArch.

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This actually isn't the first time malicious apps have landed on the Snap store, and it won't be the last.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/ubuntu-snap-malware [External Link]

As others have said, it's only a matter of time before Flatpak experiences the same thing.

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Quoting: Gavinx2031

Quoting: sprocketStill won't allow my kids to play this.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/09/the-trouble-with-roblox-the-video-game-empire-built-on-child-labour [External Link]

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/08/23/roblox-class-action-filed.html [External Link]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ [External Link]
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY [External Link]

While it is a issue on the platform, I dont see why you would ban your kids from playing it. The issues outlined are mostly developer related. And cases where pedophilia happens is very rare to a normal user just playing games.

I would just suggest letting your kids play it, just monitor their online activity and ban them from using communication apps like Discord, as thats where the majority of the pedophiles reside. Now im not a parent but it seems a bit excessive to completely ban roblox because of mind you 3rd party developers underpaying their staff. Thats a management issue on the 3rd party developers part, not roblox. While they could enforce rules on fair pay, its just not their job to do that.

Roblox Corporation themselves are complicit in the exploitation and misrepresentation. Their entire business structure is centered around tricking children into thinking they can make it big, and all the while taking their money and locking them into their Robux ecosystem (company scrip, but for kids!).

Frankly, we have enough of a problem with adults wasting money on gacha games, including some AAA titles. We do not need kids anywhere near this.

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Still won't allow my kids to play this.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/09/the-trouble-with-roblox-the-video-game-empire-built-on-child-labour [External Link]

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/08/23/roblox-class-action-filed.html [External Link]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ [External Link]
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY [External Link]

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I'm super excited about this update!

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: sprocketb) Push for an immutable operating system, something many of their competitors are doing. I'm not sure if this can be done with snaps (i legit don't know).

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/canonical-planning-an-immutable-desktop-version-of-ubuntu/

well there ya go.

Now they just need to make snaps less annoying overall.

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If they want to make the Ubuntu desktop world class, then the two things they need to do:

a) Fix snaps so that they aren't annoying to use (they finally fixed the forced auto-update, which is a big gripe, but not the only gripe)
b) Push for an immutable operating system, something many of their competitors are doing. I'm not sure if this can be done with snaps (i legit don't know).

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I'm *still* mad at them buying out the developers of Rocket League and basically forcing them to stop supporting the Linux port.

So, no thank you.

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Would be nice if I could put some beefy spinning rust drives in, and use these as a NAS case or server case.

But I guess for workstation and gaming machines, they do the job.

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Quoting: denyasis

Quoting: mamillerI'm scared how popular Roblox is right now. Is there even any game more popular among kids these days?

Fortnite. At least where I live, that's what all the young kids talk about. Even my children talk about it with "authority", having never played it (maybe at a friend's house).

Minecraft too. My kids play that a bunch. I haven't gotten to the point of putting together a server, but it might be an eventually (I'll prolly have to learn to play then...yikes)

Gotta love kids.

I won't let my kids touch Fortnite either because of their gambling loot box shenanigans.

Minecraft is perfectly fine IMO. I just don't let my kids go online, or buy anything off their marketplace without vetting it first.

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