Not the reporting, the Trump campaign trying to justify a few sentences with paragraphs.

If you have to offer multiple paragraphs of explanation for barely a sentence or two of his statements, you’ve already lost people’s attention, to say nothing of blatantly engaging in an Argument from Silence.

I have. I have it on a laptop and will probably put it on my desktop (waffling between Bazzite and Arch). It’s great, and it’s one of the easiest setups I’ve had to get going with gaming. I recommend joining their Discord, too.

The only thing that is currently a problem, that may be a non-issue when bootc has a full release, is installing certain VPN clients. If it exists as a flatpak, RPM, or in fedora repos, should be fine. If it installs by copying various files around and making system changes on demand at runtime (like Private Internet Access), doesn’t currently work.

Cool. My first thought was how this would differ from blendOS, which is also immutable Arch. Seems like the main difference is the use of systemd-sysupdate to handle unprivileged updates.

Not sure how rollbacks are handled, but I only glanced at it.

Read more books. Seriously. Having a fresh batch of words to draw upon helps me a lot.

I played MH World a bunch, but I couldn’t get into Rise, either. A bit too cartoonish, and not just graphically.

In any case, I have a backlog of hundreds of games from bundles and freebies (including the Mass Effect trilogy, which I’ve not yet played), so it’s not like I’ll be having less fun by skipping Factorio. We all have limited time, and we’ll all miss out on some gems.

And if the dev wants to gate the game by constantly raising the price, he’ll lose out on players like me. His choice, but he’s leaving money on the table, and the rest of the games are picking it up.

Yep, that’s a good way to view games. I do that as well.

And that’s what some people have said. I’ll play the demo tonight, but even for lots of fun, I can think of other ways to spend $35, as that’s a large sum for me.

But who knows? Maybe it will knock my socks off.

Good. Long past time the AAA studios got what they deserve.

It’s that pricing model which has consistently kept me away. Lots of people like it, and it’s supposed to be really fun, but it’s not the only fun factory builder out there.

I’d rather get a good deal, and I’ve never (re)played a solo game for anywhere close to the thousands of hours some people have played Factorio. I might be missing out, but I can buy an entire bundle of games for that price and still have money leftover.

Well, at least not anytime in the near future.

I think you underestimate how patient some of us can be… 😉

I think the spirit of what I was trying to get at comes down to the idea that RT is important for some and not for others. I’ve seen and played some games that look bad with raytracing, though I’d say on the whole it’s been positive.

Like other techniques, it comes down to intentional design choices. Where to place light sources, how strong they should be, what kind of surface radiance looks good aesthetically versus how well it functions to light the scene are all factors to consider.

I think until it becomes a requirement, there’s space for everyone’s tastes.

What if a project uses multiple languages?

I’ve used RT in various games, and for some, it makes a positive difference in the experience (gameplay only, not fps) and for others, the difference is unnoticeable or even negative.

Nvidia is still the RT king, but it’s not like classic lighting techniques are bad, either. I’d give up my RTX 3060ti for a 6700XT in a heartbeat to have better Linux compatibility.

Just installed that in a VM to play with! Any particular reason that became your daily driver?

I like both for different reasons. I’m hoping Cosmic will be a good blend of features from both, once it’s ready for the general public

Perhaps, but it’s also good to remember that it’s still in Alpha. That could still change. I feel like it would be hard to give a good review before it’s at least RC1

You’re thinking of Auto-Brewery Syndrome, I think.

To expand on that, just because I think it’s cool, radio frequencies are in the same category as visible light, gamma rays, microwaves, etc. (electromagnetic spectrum).

Go for it. That’s one of the benefits of being FOSS, and other countries have their own versions of Linux already (that meet whatever dumb authoritarian rules are required).