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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Heroes of Might and Magic II, using the fheroes2 recreation engine.

https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2

 

For those not familiar, it's a 3D (with VR support) remake of Riven, which was originally released in 1997 as a "point and click" sequel to the classic adventure and puzzle-solving game Myst.

 

Very impressive project!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That sounds extremely infuriating! Regarding Lenovo and Linux Mint, I actually had a very good experience with them a little over a year ago. I bought a new IdeaCentre 5i pre-built desktop tower and had zero issues installing Mint on it. All I had to do was press F12 and select to boot from the bootable USB to install, no screwing with the BIOS or anything. But I've never tried installing Linux on a laptop. I only use desktops.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

That's too bad. I remember reading it some back in 2022 and 2023. Best wishes to the author.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I started playing back in 1996 too. I haven't actually played with Daggerfall Unity since late 2017, so I am excited to try it in its current form at some point soon. I want to try it out with the DREAM, World of Daggerfall, and Real Grass mods (and maybe some others).

DREAM https://www.nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/5

World of Daggerfall https://www.nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/249

Real Grass https://www.nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/20

 

Daggerfall Unity is a recreation project letting you easily play and mod The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall on modern operating systems, like Linux. It recently reached a major milestone, version 1.0. Below is a link to a video showing how good modded Daggerfall (originally released in 1996) can look in 2024:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BahULQDXGas

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Great news, I've been using Linux Mint (Cinnamon) since 2016 as my only operating system without any regrets. The newer versions of Cinnamon keep getting more and more stable too. I have virtually no hard crashes or freezes anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yep. Windows XP was my last Windows and when it became obsolete I permanently switched to Linux Mint (without dual-booting). Everything that I use has worked very well. I've never even thought about switching back to Windows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I use the terminal in a variety of circumstances (like working on Node.js and other programming projects) where there is either no good GUI alternative or using a CLI is actually faster. I've been using computers since 1989 and my first operating system was MS-DOS, so the thought of using a CLI when necessary doesn't bother me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Windows XP Pro was the last Windows that you could install on as many of your machines as you wanted without contacting M$. When I found that out, I knew that XP would be my last Windows and that I would inevitably switch to Linux. When XP became totally obsolete, I permanently switched over to Linux Mint. I've never gone back to Windows and I have zero reason to ever do so. I promote Linux whenever I can.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to recommend Linux Mint. I've been using Linux Mint (Cinnamon) for over seven years now as my only operating system (and no dual booting) without any major issues or any desire to "distro hop." Cinnamon has also gotten a lot more stable during that time too. I have almost no crashes anymore.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

Best just to boycott those games/companies and play/promote Linux-friendly games.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yes, ProtonDB is full of very helpful information for getting tons of games up and running flawlessly. I always check it before I launch any new non-native Linux games from Steam.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I use Pulsar for working on my many JavaScript projects. It's a FOSS, community-maintained replacement for the canceled Atom text editor.

https://github.com/pulsar-edit/pulsar

 

Just found out about Starwind, a Star Wars themed total conversion for Morrowind that can be played using the FOSS OpenMW engine (i.e. it can be played natively on Linux).

I haven’t tried it myself, but I watched this video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo-NO61jcX8

It can be downloaded from nexusmods for those who want to try it out on OpenMW: https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/48909

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