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Comment Postal III coming to windows/mac/linux (Score 1) 541

That's what it says on the wikipedia page, and they provide sources that check out. Postal III is also on the source engine. The game doesn't excite me, but I'm assuming that means that a linux port is in the works as well (though it may be a bit behind), and that is exciting. Sometime this year, they say.

But then, I've been disappointed by "sometime this year" announcements before.

coughblackmesasourcecough

Comment Re:Mint (Score 1) 766

Up until I discovered Linux Mint I would recommend ubuntu for people who hadn't used linux before. Ubuntu has a great community and support system behind it, and it was relatively easy to install packages. However, I always had to either walk through or setup non-free software that refused to follow the package manager (ex. flash, java, dvd playback, etc) and while some people were good at picking up new interfaces as long as they made some vague amount of sense, others may really need that start menu. That's where Linux Mint saves ridiculous amounts of time. Flash, Java, and dvd playback are already there, and while it doesn't try and copy windows, it's layout is much more similar that ubuntu's. It's got a main menu that looks an awful lot like XP's (though I never use "favourites mode") only less bubbly (thank god) and has a default desktop layout that makes sense to former windows users, as well as a control panel window (big plus). I've always been weary about designs similar to windows, as they generally try too hard, but mint seems to keep to it's own design, making it feel more like an OS and less like a clunky imitation.

Comment "It's my hardware..." (Score 2, Insightful) 146

Y'know, I was actually thinking about getting a DS, but now that I can't load up emulators for older systems (like my GameBoy Pocket) or homebrew games, I might have to get a PSP. It seems you can't have both a system that's well known for a good library of games, popular, and a system that's open to homebrew (officially or otherwise) in the same package. Of course, there's Windows, I guess - but I'm tired of dealing with all of the slight-little driver issues to full blown failures of my computer and such with PC gaming, and would like a console that's open for development without this app-store xbox-live approval (sdk costs money) nonsense. It would appear that game publishers would avoid a console like that like the plague though, for fear that someone will develop a "Game Backup Tool." Of course, if consoles create a legal, fair way to backup games and do homebrew, then there would be little to no reason to hack except for piracy. Unless you're hacking for hacking's sake, in which case you probably don't care about whatever online service they'll ban you from anyway.

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