I Think KFN should...

[dequire]

Have a Gaming section! I mean...Linux Gaming is here. Hello...Rocket League??!? But for you old-timers out there that remember Defender...I can't stop loving this game: Sky Force reloaded
[MYOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/PQIkfrvMaJs[/MYOUTUBE] I mean helllllloooo...fun awaits!.

[oldgeek]

There already is a gaming section section under 'Miscellaneous Linux Information.'

[shag00]

Have a section for tutorials. Eg, how to make X software or hardware work.

[Don B. Cilly]

They have it, in Documentation>How-To's.

You might have missed it because you though it was in some foreign language...

[shag00]

Right up there with the game area suggestion, it's just where you would never think of looking lol.

[Don B. Cilly]

I think they should tweak vBulletin to not disable smilies by default when using the advanced mode editor :·)

[Snowhog]

I tried some time ago, to 'fix' that issue; even made inquiries. I never found or got a proper solution. Oh well.

We are going to be moving over to vBulletin 5 'soon' (Open Source has already purchased the license for it), so maybe issues like that 'might' not be a problem.

[Don B. Cilly]

Yeah, I saw you. You were all got up as a penguin in a Sherlock costume
Oh well. You can imagine it's not important, just a thought.

[claydoh]

Don't we already have 6793.67 sections here already ??

The above kinda highlights how bloated we are, in terms of sections and sub-sections.

Personally, I don't think the gaming section is overly useful, particularly as there is nothing specific to Kubuntu that is relevant to this topic, outside of general chit chat.
There are only ~183 posts in the gaming section, going back to 2007, when there were vastly more user activity, and a much more slim forum layout.


On the topic of general chit chat, I am reminded that I have been gaming on Linux for so long that I have never played Half Life, or anything via Steam for that matter, on a Windows system.
I think the last ones I played there were System Shock 2 and Grim Fandango.

Currently playing Metro Exodus and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

[shag00]

Well, those stats don't really support a game section. Claydoh, are you using Lutris? I recently finally got Doom and Divinity Original Sin 2 to work for me but it was a bit of a chore. I also don't use Steam and I think that's half the problem I have.

[jlittle]

I think they should tweak vBulletin to not disable smilies by default when using the advanced mode editor :·)

I tried some time ago, to 'fix' that issue; even made inquiries. I never found or got a proper solution. Oh well.

An alternative to the old text smilies is to use the Unicode characters. One can make them a little bigger with the size tags, but there's no animated ones (I really like our nana, rofl and banghead). Here's a cheat sheet I copy and paste from:

😀 grinning face
😁 grinning face with smiling eyes
😂 face with tears of joy
😃 smiling face with open mouth
😄 smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes
😅 smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat
😆 smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes
😇 smiling face with halo
😈 smiling face with horns
😉 winking face
😊 smiling face with smiling eyes
😋 face savouring delicious food
😌 relieved face
😍 smiling face with heart-shaped eyes
😎 smiling face with sunglasses
😏 smirking face
😐 neutral face
😑 expressionless face
😒 unamused face
😓 face with cold sweat
😔 pensive face
😕 confused face
😖 confounded face
😗 kissing face
😘 face throwing a kiss
😙 kissing face with smiling eyes
😚 kissing face with closed eyes
😛 face with stuck-out tongue
😜 face with stuck-out tongue and winking eye
😝 face with stuck-out tongue and tightly-closed eyes
😞 disappointed face
😟 worried face
😠 angry face
😡 pouting face
😢 crying face
😣 persevering face
😤 face with look of triumph
😥 disappointed but relieved face
😦 frowning face with open mouth
😧 anguished face
😨 fearful face
😩 weary face
😪 sleepy face
😫 tired face
😬 grimacing face
😭 loudly crying face
😮 face with open mouth
😯 hushed face
😰 face with open mouth and cold sweat
😱 face screaming in fear
😲 astonished face
😳 flushed face
😴 sleeping face
😵 dizzy face
😶 face without mouth
😷 face with medical mask
😸 grinning cat face with smiling eyes
😹 cat face with tears of joy
😺 smiling cat face with open mouth
😻 smiling cat face with heart-shaped eyes
😼 cat face with wry smile
😽 kissing cat face with closed eyes
😾 pouting cat face
😿 crying cat face
🙀 weary cat face
🙁 slightly frowning face
🙂 slightly smiling face
🙃 upside-down face
🙄 face with rolling eyes
🙅 face with no good gesture
🙆 face with ok gesture
🙇 person bowing deeply
🙈 see-no-evil monkey
🙉 hear-no-evil monkey
🙊 speak-no-evil monkey
🙋 happy person raising one hand
🙌 person raising both hands in celebration
🙍 person frowning
🙎 person with pouting face
🙏 person with folded hands

[Don B. Cilly]

I use SMF smilies, they're a lot prettier

The only Windows game I still play is Command & Conquer Generals. Works fine with Wine.

[shag00]

Don, why don't you see if you can get Wolfenstein Youngblood up and running and let me know how you did it. Please see this chat https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2927 as I have one of the effected CPUs. I don't use proton or steam. My MB manufacturer put out a fix in late October and a new BIOS in late November and December, which I have installed, to help with the problem but my attempts to install kernel version 5.4 have been unsuccessful.

[claydoh]

Well, those stats don't really support a game section. Claydoh, are you using Lutris? I recently finally got Doom and Divinity Original Sin 2 to work for me but it was a bit of a chore. I also don't use Steam and I think that's half the problem I have.

I mainly run Steam, but usually games ported to or supporting Linux. Metro Exodus I use Lutris and a bunch of trial and error finding the best combo of settings and Wine variants.

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[shag00]

claydoh,

if it's not to much trouble , did you use an install script and which runner?