mintCast 294 – Linux Gaming is Alive Again!

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Bi-weekly Wanderings:

• Isaac
  • Worked on getting several Linux Mint tickets issues closed
  • Had a PR accepted for Linux Mint
  • Been playing with Visual Studio Code and Vue.js
  • Dumped Ting and started back with T-mobile
• Rob
  • Getting DDO running under Steam on Linux
  • Got ncdu installed based on a listener’s suggestion…thanks!
  • Updated the Podcasting box from LMDE 2 to LMDE 3
• Joe
  • Proton playing the Batman Arkham games
  • Paprefs setup and issues
  • Why would i want to
  • Linux Mint VM on Windows tablet
• Tony W
  • Mint 19 recording/podcast machine build
  • KDE Neon in place update went smoothly
  • Flashed Lineage OS on a couple of devices, saw performance improvement on both over stock
• Leo
  • Lutris and DXVK setup on Mint
  • Fiddling with LMDE and sore spots with Audacity
  • New audio hardware (boom arm, shock mount)
• Moss
  • Fiddling with my partitions, grub repair
  • VPN issues
  • Rant on monthly costs, and why Mullvad
  • Temporary issues with Mullvad LOL

News:

• Google kills Google+ after security breach (temporarily)
• “The New Microsoft” adds 60,000 patents to open innovations Network
• Google to charge a licence fee in Europe for use of Play store and other Android apps.
• Flatkill.org says “The sandbox is a lie” and Flatpaks are a “security nightmare”
• Ubuntu 18.10 released on Oct 17. Mint 19.1 is coming. Updated Ubuntu usage stats

Linux Innards:

• This week the crew shares some exiting new developments that are making gaming much more viable on Linux.
• Some of the links we referenced:
  • Albion Online – native Linux MMO
  • Steam Play Proton approved list
  • Lutris Open Gaming Platform
  • DXVK – A Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation for Linux / Wine

Vibrations from the Ether:

• We hear from a good friend of the show, Sgt MacBear!
• An interesting letter asking if we would accept sponsorship and/or advertising on the show. We ask for listener feedback… so what do you think?

Check this out!:

• Tony H
  • A YouTube video on how to make LibreOffice look like MS Office for non-geeks and those you are trying to get to use open source software.
• Isaac
  • Babel.js
  • Gulp.js
• Joe
  • What is on everybody’s podcatcher, and what podcatcher is everyone using?
• Moss
  • Experimenting with new version of ferenOS with disappointments.
  • New social media giant? MeWe offers contacts, no tracking or ads.

Pre-Show Music:

• “Yesterday’s Conversation” by Angus Wallace
• “The Red Stone” by Ground & Leaves

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Tony, Tony, David, Bo, Moss, Leo, and Joe
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

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Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

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