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Re: Laudato Si on the Inadequacy of our Devolution into STEM Education

Clean3d — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:55:53 -0000

An alternative that has been proposed is "STEAM", where 'A' obviously stands for the Arts. Adam Savage (from Mythbusters!) has said he prefers this to STEM.

I'm not sure any acronym is going to be sufficient without becoming alphabet soup, but this one is a little better.

Re: Godot Game Engine Goes Open Source

Clean3d — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:56:16 -0000

As far as I know, it's import-only, although it seems you can do some animation with it.

Re: Of Butterflies and Astronauts

Clean3d — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:08:23 -0000

I really like this image! The render looks like it could be hand-painted, in a way.

Re: “How Should Artists Get Paid?” Isn’t a Question, it’s an Insult

Clean3d — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:44:16 -0000

At this point I'm just relieved to know I'm not the only person who thinks this article is terribly misguided.

Re: The Aurora Wager V4 (And What’s Next?)

Clean3d — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:30:14 -0000

I expect you've figured it out or given up by now, but I got the binary to launch by changing the file permissions to be executable. This can be done from the terminal with "chmod +x [filename]" or by right-clicking the file and toggling the executable checkmark in the permissions pane.

Re: 3D Game development goes AAA with Leadwerks for Linux | Linux Game News • 3D Game development goes AAA with Leadwerks for Linux

Clean3d — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:28:22 -0000

I'm also concerned about this. I'm think it's likely that Leadwerks 3 will have advanced graphics eventually. However, It's unclear whether pledgers are receiving an unmodified port with Leadwerks 3's current features, or if they are being promised a port AND planned improvements to the renderer.

I experimented with Lua interface in the demo, and I liked what I saw. It is not obviously capable of high-end graphics yet, though.

I hope this isn't a disappointment for its developers and pledgers.

Re: Humble Indie Bundle Shows GNU/Linux Gaming Statistics | Linux Game News • Humble Indie Bundle Shows GNU/Linux Gaming Statistics

Clean3d — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:29:22 -0000

I would be interested to know where Id said they plan to port Id Tech 5 to Linux. While that would be wonderful news, the last I remember hearing was that John Carmack had serious reservations about Linux.

Also, I think Humble would have different numbers if platform-specific averages weren't released. When there's something to prove, passionate Linux users will put in the extra effort, but I suspect cross-platform devs who haven't been in a Humble Bundle might have a different story. An ideal comparison, I think, would be if Steam decided to share some financial data.

Re: Jedi Knight source-code liberated & Flare 0.18

Clean3d — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:25:42 -0000

I'm not sure, but I believe that player models and animations for Jedi Outcast/Academy had to be made in 3DS Max due to a custom exporter. I suppose there's a possibility that the model exporter was open-sourced as well (I haven't looked at the downloads yet), but it seems unlikely to me that much new content will appear for these games.

Ports would be enough for me, though! : D

Re: Raring Retires System Tray Whitelist

Clean3d — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:26:11 -0000

I agree that consistency is a great thing, but I believe it should be up to developers to conform to standards (or not) according to the needs of their application. Breaking compatibility with software to force maintainers to conform seems unnecessarily heavy-handed. In abstract, it could also lead to platform constraints that prevent 3rd-party projects from coming up with better solutions to problems than the OS designers themselves.

I was not using Windows at the time Vista came out, but from what I understand much of its criticism came from (albeit necessary) new standards that broke compatibility with old software. It would be a pity to see Ubuntu go down the same path.

Re: Ubuntu One Announce Tomboy Note Sync to Stop Working Late February

Clean3d — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:43:52 -0000

I've taken to using Dropbox (my personal preference, but U1 would work exactly the same) to sync ANY program by dropping its configuration folder in a special directory (Something like ~/Dropbox/config) and symlinking back to the original location. Works quite well, although the initial setup probably isn't as automated as using the U1 API.

Re: Usability Tweaks Proposed for ‘Software Updater’ App

Clean3d — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:06:42 -0000

I agree, although I would prefer it if the package name were displayed, and the description was the tooltip. I suppose that might be confusing to some users, though.

Re: Ubuntu One Music Store Plugin Dropped from Ubuntu 13.04

Clean3d — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:36:19 -0000

Huh. This was from me. I hit posted accidentally, tried to delete the reply, and now I'm a guest.

Anyway, I'm more worried about the removal of the button as a sign of an absolute transition away from workspaces. I was also concerned when they removed Synaptic from the default install, but was surprisingly not-bothered by it as soon as I reinstalled it manually. If they make workspaces optional, I guess that's fine. If they decide to remove them for good in a year, though, I'll be very disappointed. This is hardly far-fetched, as it happened with the (fast but less pretty) gnome 2 of old.

There's always XFCE, I suppose.

Re: Ubuntu One Music Store Plugin Dropped from Ubuntu 13.04

Clean3d — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:42:18 -0000

Workspace button gone (by default), music store plugin gone... I wonder what else they'll be removing for 13.04. Do we get to call it an "unrelease"?

Re: Ubuntu Phone OS Unveiled by Canonical

Clean3d — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:27:47 -0000

Obviously I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing the phone store will simply be a subset of the Ubuntu Software Center, and will go through similar approval processes.

Re: “What a Year in Linux” Video Celebrates Successes

Clean3d — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:24:08 -0000

Fun video, although there's no mention of that Linux marketing campaign called "Windows 8".

Re: Steam for Linux Beta Opens Up for Yet More Users

Clean3d — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:13:08 -0000

I, a random person from the Internet, highly recommend it.

Re: Popular Indie Game 'Dear Esther' Coming to Linux, Testers Needed ~ Ubuntu Vibes | Daily Ubuntu Linux Updates

Clean3d — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:36:06 -0000

I played Dear Esther through WINE a few weeks ago. I'd definitely recommend it! It's an inspiring experience, and I'm glad to hear about it coming to Linux.

Re: Popular Indie Game 'Dear Esther' Coming to Linux, Testers Needed ~ Ubuntu Vibes | Daily Ubuntu Linux Updates

Clean3d — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:12:00 -0000

There's a teaser-trailer out. : )

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Humble Bundle, Vessel, and Porting

Clean3d — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:24:15 -0000

I suppose I'm projecting my own hopes onto this news, but I'm intrigued by the mention of this developer program. Having more developers experienced in porting is already good news, but I've thought for some time that Linux could really use a comprehensive website dedicated to educating developers on building cross-platform friendly code and introducing them to the Linux platform. I think that Humble Bundle Inc would be an ideal match to organize such an effort. Is there any possibility that we'll see something like this happen someday?

Best of luck on the new job, Edward!

Re: CryEngine 3 Coming to Linux? ~ Ubuntu Vibes | Daily Ubuntu Linux Updates

Clean3d — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:36:54 -0000

http://www.phoronix.com/sca...

No information about the source of external links to further information, but I gather that's just how Phoronix reports.

Re: Art Asset Overview #37 - Wolfire Games Blog

Clean3d — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:56:08 -0000

Oh good, pointy sticks... And what happens when someone defends their camp with a piece of fresh fruit, eh?

(Just kidding - it all looks great, Aubrey!)

Re: Crowdfunding Games Into Freedom

Clean3d — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:25:20 -0000

Without knowing the details of what projects are and aren't allowed on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites, I've also wondered why existing projects don't raise funding this way.

Do all these projects have to start from scratch? Or could developers leverage existing communities to integrate new rendering engines, better mod tools, or new artwork for existing FLOSS games?

Re: GameMaker Aims to Be the Unity of 2D Games with New Releases

Clean3d — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:10:25 -0000

Looks interesting, and I'm glad to hear about Ubuntu support. I hope the editor turns out to be cross-platform, too. Not having to piece together a game engine myself would be a great help!

Re: Valve: “Windows 8 a Catastrophe for Everyone”

Clean3d — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:29:50 -0000

I think the "free" aspect of Linux will be a big selling point (haha) for it when Windows 8 comes out. However, in patent-encumbered countries like the USA, OEM manufacturers will still have to pay to provide video codecs and potentially other software. Users who care about patent infringement and piracy will, too.

So, this would be a great time for software patents to die, anyway.

Re: FPS Intruder: Security Cams, Laser Sensors, and Doors. Oh, My!

Clean3d — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:09:49 -0000

If I remember correctly, it's Unity.