Quoting: sarmad

Quoting: rustynail

Quoting: sarmadThe snap file format and client side tools are completely open source. What's proprietary is the backend, i.e snapcraft.io, which is fine.

Doesn't that kinda mean that snap being open source is pointless to a large extent? It's like an open source client for a proprietary messaging service

Almost. Technically you can fork the snap front end to make it point to other backends, and I think someone has already done that, but practically such a fork won't be popular since the upstream is locked to a single backend and Canonical won't accept such a change to be upstreamed. I think if we didn't already have Flatpaks and AppImages such a fork would've been popular, but at this point Snap is a dying format outside of IoT.

Dying? Oh....
So why is it being installed by users on literally dozens of distros...? 🤔

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Quoting: _wojtek

Quoting: dpanterSnap? Uh, no. No thanks.

Cannonical is just annoying… What's more - it's not like they created something exceptionally new, they just want to ride the hype wave on something that mostly other created…

I strongly disagree with that statement, but whatever... 😅

From the enduser perspective, I'm very satisfied with snaps and with the 3rd party content it brings.

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Hhmmm.... Why does this look exactly like an extension gameplay to Carrier Command 2? 😅

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...and these are real stand-alone games only? (meaning without DLCs etc.?)

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So, if I understand it correctly: People/users do not like AI stuff in games? :huh:

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Quoting: rea987Well, it's hard to believe that 2 decade old proprietary has a 64 bit native build available for Linux already. It does require a bit library linking but Luxtorpeda automates that perfectly. Regardless, best arena shooter of all times.

Well UT2k4 "always" had a native Linux build; I believe it was just not added to the official DVDs during release...
(I've had the Linux build on old HDDs somewhere for years...)

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Quoting: GoEsrIsn't the whole point of WinBoat that you don't have to interact with the Windows DE to use the apps? That's a pretty big difference from just using a VM.

Yes, that too... (and it *mostly* works fine)

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Quoting: _wojtekWinBoat is super weird… and they still require windows licence so for me it's a huge "no-go" meh…

Well it can/will install windows even without a valid reg. key (into trial mode). So f you need some windows app for only a relatively short time frame (like me, who required m$ office for about a month due to me preparing/modifying a bunch of office docs for an event happening once a year [ISO 27001 certification audit]), it is absolutely great.

So yes and no at he same time :grin:

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This is a great news indeed! :woot:

On the other hand, I'm a little bit afraid that concerning "Linux support" and/or "Linux anticheat support" the standard desktop Linux might get sidetracked by (immutable) SteamOS in the future (resulting not in general Linux support but in SteamOS only support). We will see how this plays out...

Anyway, I wish Valve great success with this new hardware line; hopefully great Linux things lie ahead... :whistle:

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Nice update...
(Although I'm more into the Songs of Syx for the past year...)

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