The original publisher probably just doesn’t care. The game isn’t currently available for sale. I do wonder if Lego would care, but most they would likely do is a cease and desist. It seems like a typical abandonware game situation.

This seems like it was probably written by AI. Has anyone actually fact checked this?

With the Steam Deck getting more popular and more SteamOS handhelds on the way, it has never been a better time for game companies to support Linux. GOG does already sell some games that have Linux support, they just don’t have a convenient way to download and install them.

GOG galaxy appears to use CEF and Qt, as well as some parts (such as plugins) that use python. All of those are cross platform. So I doubt it would be incredibly difficult to port to Linux. The fact that there is already a macOS version indicates that it can be made cross platform and can run on Unix-based systems.

This whole situation was a concern for me too, but with Ladybird being spun off into its own not for profit, these kind of things are much less likely to occur again going forward. The project is a lot more focused now.

Yeah it was the sliding mechanism I was thinking of as a potential issue, not the actual keys themselves. Phones with keyboards that don’t slide seem ok, but I personally wouldn’t want one.

I am too young and missed this era of phones, but personally I don’t like the idea of slide out keyboards. They seem like they would be very prone to dirt clogging it up. Would it even be possible to get an IP68 rating with a slide out keyboard?

The one phone feature I miss most is the alert slider from the OnePlus 5T I had. The 3 position switch is so intuitive when it comes to putting the phone on vibrate or mute. It sucks that no other phones have it, as I vowed never to buy a OnePlus phone again due to them never selling phones officially in my country. That, the increase in price, the trend towards more mainstream conformity, and the software deficiencies really soured my opinions of OnePlus.

GTA Online isn’t server based, it is peer-to-peer. Hence why it is so easy to cheat. Rockstar decided to use the cheaper option instead of the much better option.

I am typing this from a device which uses PulseAudio (FuriLabs FLX1 phone). I wish it used pipewire instead, but for now I don’t really have a choice. Pipewire doesn’t work yet with everything on this phone, so everyone with this phone is using PulseAudio (unless they don’t want working audio).

Wait nitter is back? Hallelujah

He knows what he is saying. Putin’s hand is so far up Trump’s ass at this point that Trump is basically just a Russian puppet.

Well, not really. The FLX1 has a reasonably good phone SOC (Mediatek Dimensity 900). The big problem is that the phone SOCs typically use more proprietary software and use kernels that aren’t mainline. The massive obsession of using mainline Linux kernel only leads most Linux phones to use SOCs that aren’t suited to phones, basically trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Furilabs has proven with the FLX1 that you can get competent Linux phone hardware, if you concede using mainline Linux kernel.

Although the FLX1 has some hardware downsides (size, weight and screen technology), these are more down to the implementation and goals of this specific device. The ODM of the FLX1 intended the hardware as a rugged phone, hence the size and weight. Price was likely a factor in the choice not to use OLED.

With the hardware of the FLX1 being competent, it highlights the shortcomings of the software. Phosh still needs a ton of work to be great, most Linux software isn’t designed to be used on a phone, etc. I especially hate the phosh keyboard and it needs a ton of work to be even semi-decent. Phosh should honestly just copy the design of the Android keyboard.

Yeah FLX1 uses phosh

There are 2 main problems with Linux phones.

1. Hardware. Most Linux phones don’t use an SoC intended for a phone, or use outdated/slow hardware. This is a big reason why devices like Librem 5 and PinePhone aren’t viable in the long run.

2. Software. Currently the software side of things still needs a ton of work.

From what I can see, there seems to be a bit of a bit of a focus (obsession?) on Linux phones only running mainline Linux kernel and as FOSS as possible from the very beginning, rather than building something that works and then improving things over time.

This is why I like the approach that FuriLabs is taking. Yes, they don’t use a mainline kernel (they currently use the MediaTek kernel). And they use Halium and (probably) some proprietary drivers. But they are building something that (mostly) works like an actual phone, which from what I have seen/heard is a lot more than what can be said of other phones. And they have been putting in quite a bit of work improving the UX, which makes up a lot of the software side usability problems. They can try to mainline later.

I should also probably mention I own an FLX1, which may make me slightly biased when discussing this topic. There are some things I don’t like about it though, such as the size and weight. LCD screen instead of OLED is also a bit of a bummer.

What’s the bet that soon trump will want to revisit the “rods from god” idea. Seems like it is an idea plausible enough to convince him to go ahead, while still being a dumb enough idea to be terrible.

If you are following best practices, you would be using a device with a password (ideally full disk encryption, but whatever) to access the password manager in the first place. Using just biometrics to log into PC or phone is a bad idea. Most phones require a password/passcode for first unlock due to disk encryption.

Technically not WordPress. They were purchased by Automattic, which runs WordPress.com.

While Automattic is among the many companies contributing to the WordPress project, neither it nor WordPress.com are affiliated with the software/project or the WordPress Foundation.

Tumblr is owned by Automattic, which runs WordPress.com. Tumblr migrating to WordPress is not a surprise in the slightest.

I think you are forgetting that most home-labbers probably can’t afford to get a fur suit due to their homelab.

Source: Am home-labber

Real meat grapes have already been made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVHTd9Ne_s

I did forget to mention something, provider support.

USA: Verizon doesn’t work due to Verizon whitelisting devices. From what I have heard, AT&T and T-Mobile both work.

Australia: The situation is quite complicated. Due to the ECS determination, MNOs and MVNOs need to block phones that they can’t verify can make calls to emergency services via VoLTE. As a result, Optus and MVNOs that use Optus have started blocking FLX1 phones. Telstra definitely still works, with multiple MVNOs confirmed to be working. But who knows for how much longer. Not sure if Vodafone (Australia) works or not. This mess in Australia is solely thanks to the Australian government. I do have faith that it will either continue to function on Telstra or, if blocked, can be made to work again in future.

Not sure about any other countries at this point, these two seem like the biggest concern at the moment from what I have read in the Telegram and forum.