Yeah this is a big part why I’m very skeptical of Signal. It feels a lot like Ubuntu’s snap store, it’s technically open but you can’t really interact with the main corporate controlled ecosystem.

Did you read the article? It’s talking primarily about how this could be really good for consumers.

Oh yeah, to be clear I don’t think Macs can’t be good gaming machines, it’s just that it doesn’t seem to be heading that way right now.

Windows has one major thing going for it: it’s best-in-class for gaming. It might even be the greatest gaming platform of all time. Linux and even Mac are gaining ground, but they’ve got a little ways to go.

…is Mac gaming actually gaining ground? From listening to a friend of mine who has a Mac, it sounds like Mac gaming is going steadily backwards. Wine and similar doesn’t work very well for them, and Mac compatibility is happening with fewer and fewer games. Game Porting Toolkit isn’t really for end users, is it? Is there something else my friend is missing?

That said, Valve does not support the official Ubuntu way of installing Steam, which is via snap (‘apt install steam’ will install the snap). So you have to make sure to install the Steam way (manually via the deb) instead.

Yeah, Wine is very strict about this; IIRC if you’ve ever even looked at the leaked Windows XP source code, you’re not allowed to work on Wine.

Welp, you discovered why blockbusters with tired plots sell so well. The masses eat that up.

YouTube Music. Google Music doesn’t exist anymore.

This Key and Peele skit shows what it could be like for a party. Who wants to do only downtime activities now?

I want to try a dwarf Grand Strategy game. I’d probably be lost for my first 1000 hours, but I think it’d still be fun to try.

Samsung phones don’t have this issue. Turning off WiFi and data are incredibly easy.

Painfully real.

Diversity is a huge strength of Linux. We should encourage users to use whatever works for them.