[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 4 months ago

Yeah, it's fake, and as other commenters have pointed out, it's also inaccurate to how the GPLv2 works. It was not meant to convince anyone.

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago

No modern AAA games have been released this way, but there is at least one game made specifically for libretro (Dinothawr) and a few other games that have been converted into "contentless" libretro cores (Cave Story, Mr. Boom, Rick Dangerous).

The games (or their engines/emulators) would have to be modified to use the libretro API for things like input, rendering, and sound. Though it doesn't look terribly hard to program for, it does tie the game to RetroArch (or another libretro frontend) and possibly limit what the program can do.

I thought I'd also bring up Lutris, which is not only a libretro frontend but also a frontend for numerous other game platforms. It may not have the game console-like UI of RetroArch, but I think if you must have all games under one launcher, it's the best you could hope for.

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Doom was officially ported to Linux in 1994, and a modified version of Linux Doom was made source-available in 1997, then open-source (GPLv2) in 1999. It was one of the first high-quality open-source games. Those versions do not work on current Linux distros, but they have enabled modern source ports such as PrBoom+ and Chocolate Doom to be developed, and those are available in nearly every distro's repository.

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

These are the mixes of the Federation DJ Enterprise. His five-hour mission: to spin strange new records, to seek out new sounds and new labels, to boldly crate-dig where no DJ has dug before. (disco Alexander Courage theme plays)

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I always keep close track of these contests, it's fun to take a look at all the different concepts. Though IIRC only Juliette Taka (who designed the themes for 8, 9, and 11) even submitted a theme last time. She's great, and Emerald is great, but I hope this post gets someone even better involved with the artwork.

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Any software that is in the Xubuntu repositories will also be available in other Ubuntu derivatives, and most likely Debian and all its derivatives as well. Only the official spins are likely to advertise Ubuntu Pro.

Mint XFCE is a good replacement, but I'm also partial to KDE Neon, which keeps preinstalled software to a minimum and is by far the most performant KDE distro I have tried. I myself use regular Debian, with KDE, though you can choose XFCE during the install.

This is nice but there are already tons of "how/why to start using Linux" websites. Not sure if we need another one.

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Details:

  • OS is Debian bookworm, DE is Plasma 5.27.
  • Plasma theme is Oxygen.
  • Icon theme is a slightly modified version of Oxylite, only changes are that it follows my system color scheme, the "inherits" list is different, and the start-here and preferences-system icons have been changed.
  • Wallpaper is Haenau.
  • I'm using Oxygen for Qt widgets and decorations, with the Obsidian Coast color scheme, and standard Breeze Dark for GTK2.
  • Layout is entirely my own. I'm showing my Games activity because the main one contains a folder view that might expose info I don't want to expose here.

Hopefully this is original enough? I'm not sure. I've gotten away with posting desktops with mostly existing themes before, but on other occasions I've had posts removed for it. At least I mixed and matched some icons this time.

bonus screenshot with apps:

A KDE Plasma 5 desktop disguised as Plasma 4 with Neofetch in Konsole, KPatience, and Plasma Discover open

[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Memes go in !risa, fan theories go in !DaystromInstitute, and Star Trek related off-topic discussion go in !Quarks, otherwise, I don't see why not.

VOY: "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy" comes to mind.

It sounded like OP wanted to install Proxmox on their main PC, which would imply using it as a daily driver desktop OS, which it isn't.

I highly recommend playing Doom with the Crispy Doom source port and the Freedoom data files.

For something more modern, Xonotic is about the best-looking FOSS game out there and an excellent multiplayer arena shooter.

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