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[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Reading that Flatpak is struggling to merge new features is concerning. Flatpak is a really important project for getting commercial developers on board. I don't want to go back to unpacking .deb files built only for Ubuntu 12.04 to install an application and I want closed source apps to be sandboxed.

[–] rah@feddit.uk -1 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I want closed source apps

Ewww

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I am eagerly awaiting your FOSS implementation of all Jetbrains IDEs; and no the half-baked solutions that are Visual Studio Code and the various other editors that need approximately 50 plugins to get basic refactoring features don't cut it. While you are at it, please also reimplement the whole Steam catalog.

[–] rah@feddit.uk -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you considered using GNU Emacs? Or even shudder vim?

There are plenty of free software games available: https://libregamewiki.org/

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, I did. They are both perfectly fine editors but they don't hold a candle to a proper IDE with a good Vim plugin. I also want to play some games that go beyond the production values of SuperTuxKart and Battle for Wesnoth.

[–] rah@feddit.uk -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They are both perfectly fine editors but they don't hold a candle to a proper IDE

I'm not sure what you mean by "proper" in this context. Every IDE I've ever used has seemed like a child's toy compared to Emacs. An annoying child's toy with cracks and sharp edges.

I also want to play some games that go beyond the production values of SuperTuxKart and Battle for Wesnoth.

Try 0 A.D. or FreeOrion.

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