Since June is now nearing it's end I'd like to keep you updated on #SpaceConflicts Empires. What changed in the past month you can read here: https://z-ray-entertainment.itch.io/space-conflicts-empires/devlog/954767/devlog-june-25 Looking forward to maybe (big maybe) release the first playable alpha by the end of this year. #godotengine #indiegame #devlog #indiedev

You can now enable the "Unreal Mode" via editing the game config file and set a mysterious "UNREAL_MODE" key to true. 👀

I was so upset as a gamer by #UnrealEngine that I added an EasterEgg to my #Godot game today:

@nixCraft N1Xcr4ft! 👀

Today's morning sessions are on Uyuni, #Aeon Desktop, #encryption on #Steam Decks, #Kalpa, branding, #pytest for #containers, #zypper speed and more.! https://streaming.media.ccc.de/osc25

@itsfoss I even run old 16bit games on my system. Even though it's via Wine. But I am sure there's no single 16bit components available anywhere besides the game itself apparently.

@itsfoss shouldn't it be enough to run 32bit software via flatpak? At least it has 32bit compat runntimes. I personally hide away old software in a sandbox. Also if I am not mistaken running a 32bit (and X11 free) distribution in 2025 works just fine. At least it seems to work for me (afaik Aeon is free of 32bit). But maybe I do have the "wrong" use case? Someone care to explain why keeping 32bit libraries in the host is necessary while flatpak exists?

@itsfoss Now that Linux has degraded up to the next: Year of BSD when? /s 😁

@linuxnews @ingonymous *Sucht Kommentare hier on Mastodon, findet nix*
*Geht auf linuxnews.de*

@linuxnews Das sind immer mehr als ich gedacht hatte 👀

Be me: *Makes easy to follow well explained 4 Step Tutorial*
User: "This is why I can't switch to Linux, this process is way too complex"
Me: *Sigh*

@linuxnews Hm, abgesehen von Devuan kenne ich kaum eine Distribution die aktiv an einem SystemD freien System festhält. Gibt es denn überhaupt noch große Anteile an der Linux Community die systemD nicht verwenden?

@mrgrumpymonkey @itsfoss Actually it is the closed source firmware for the RX 7900 XTX and the iGPU of the 7800X3D which causes some troubles lately. AMD issued an update for the firmware a few days ago. Hopefully it will resolve the bugs encountered. For me personally both drivers / firmware (AMD and nvidia) are very rock solid all things considered. They just happen to have different types of bugs at times. Some resolved quickly some are open for years on both ends.

@mrgrumpymonkey @cyberpunkrocker @itsfoss Yeah you are probably right. Most ppl actual do not care as long if it works. It does not need to be exceptionally well working but working.

@cyberpunkrocker @itsfoss Oh ha that early? For me it started with XP (NT 4.0 and 2000 where fine for me) , got worse with Vista, solved itself with 7, started to fall apart with 8, got better and also worse with 10. Then I left. Wen't downhill with 11... Never looked back but still it makes me angry seeing ppl to actually LIKE Windows. Dunno what up there. Must be some sort of Stockholm syndrome I guess. 😅

@itsfoss I'm actually pretty good with nvidia. Radeon hardware however does causes some headaches for me lately. 🥲

#openSUSE’s OBS is getting a #GraceHopper #Superchip system thanks to collaboration with #SUSE & #NVIDIA! #Supercharge #Armv9-based #Tumbleweed builds! Expect faster compile times, smarter #energy use & #nextgen performance. #BuildService https://news.opensuse.org/2025/06/20/grace-hopper-to-boost-tw-armv9-builds/

@itsfoss Sure ppl can use flatpaks / snaps / appimages to get their newer fancy user space software. But this does not solve the driver situation imho. While there are ppl which insist on native packages nonetheless. Which, as outlined earlier, is ... well not as optimal on a point release if you ask me.

And there is me... Rolling release user but also uses flatpaks for nearly any user space software, or a distrobox if it is missing on flathub. 😅

@itsfoss I mean there is a reason why the Bottles devs for example don't want us to package their software beside flathub. Because of those darn point releases. Which then causes them to get bug reports about something they fixed 3 releases ago but which never made it into any point release yet or wheren't back ported.

I dunno not here to convince ppl otherwise but for me personally point releases are not to be used on a desktop computer. Servers are different no opinion on that.

@itsfoss From a package maintainer point of view it is even worse for me. Packaging newer software for a point release is dependency hell x10. Deps are missing / out of date for newer software to even build. Which then requires to re-package newer versions of the deps or you wait for the next merge window in a year or more to squeeze in the updated / new deps IF they even get accepted in the first place. Not to speak about the software then be frozen in time until next time.