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lunar_rover

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    Comment #49039569

    Source uses licenced middleware such as Havok so SDKs are likely all we're going to get officially. Source 2 might be a different story if HL3 releases one day since Valve replaced…

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    Comment #48736044

    It's part of "What's been keeping Linux from having good UX up to this point?" Making good products means lots and lots of drudgery, just for fun volunteers aren't going to touch t…

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    Comment #48735798

    Windows Vista primarily suffers from technical issues. Aero is virtually unchanged in 7.

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    Comment #48653267

    The repo summary has multiple typos.

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    Comment #48647140

    This only works on large enough tablets. On phones the page isn't readable without a 3x zoom.

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    Comment #48633796

    At best it'll take over Steam hardware survey as the standard spec of PC gaming. I can't see anyone other than enthusiasts buying it over a normal console or Windows laptop.

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    Comment #48623006

    It's likely allowed in some miscellaneous permissions file from a bygone era. The lines are probably over a decade old now.

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    Comment #48618268

    > One day, when I die, and go to heaven or hell, when I arrive, my first question to the ones receiving me, will be "Finally, tell me - is there ANY possible way to navigate upward…

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    Comment #48618237

    Most works GNOME did are somewhat invisible to users. GNOME is the main driving force behind immutable OS and containerised sandboxed apps, both are intended to make the OS maintai…

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    Comment #48611001

    If you ban IPsec ESP people will start using WireGuard on random ports. If you ban WireGuard using DPI people will start using SSL VPNs. If you ban SSL you ban the entire internet.…

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    Comment #48244365

    Wayland is a bunch of amateurs trying to be strict and secure and the end result is everyone opening their own security holes to make it usable. It's working now, mostly. KDE got s…

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    Comment #48183609

    > I'm so continuously confused why Minecraft doesn't have a show-off mode where a team of people can build something, and then someone else can spectate it, without causing undue s…

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    Comment #48129648

    It might be the year of Linux gaming systems. The desktop went from terrible to bad and is still at least a decade behind unless some organisation invests dozens of millions and ge…

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    Comment #48126071

    Right now AMD is the better choice due to support from Valve. It might change in the future due to Red Hat's effort.

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    Comment #48124604

    On mobile the map prevents the user from scrolling down, you need to drag the padding area instead. Google maps embed doesn't have this issue as it requires two fingers to pan.

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    Comment #48056445

    To solve the issue from the source, you need to enforce security through means like mandatory access control. The problem is that existing desktop and server systems are too mature…

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    Comment #48056348

    In many ways non mobile computers are very much still stuck in 1999. Android is significantly more secure than other Linux systems because it's much younger and had the chance to i…

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    Comment #47937945

    > What should Google do when a change they are making to protect regular less-technical users breaks functionality needed by more advanced users? Put it behind an USB ADB only togg…

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    Comment #47935264

    > and what would those features be, exactly? Have system search index image, video and audio contents, for example. So you can type dog and media with dogs in them will show up. > …

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    Comment #47921961

    Hopefully they're bringing existing ML features from other systems to Linux.

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    Comment #47815762

    > How is KDE doing with respect to QT, given that QT is commercial (with LGPL licensing) and has passed through several ownership changes? KDE has the right to distribute Qt under …

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    Comment #47792472

    What truly made Wii/DS and Wii U/3DS era Nintendo OSes great are the built in games and mechanics that extend into other games as well. Loved collecting houses in ACNL and receivin…

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    Comment #47737454

    Whether a longer or shorter cache TTL is considered a downgrade depends on the context, so the title is ambiguous to laymen.