Interesting Links for 29-10-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Labour Deputy Lucy Powell says EHRC's single-sex spaces draft is 'not right'

(tags:LGBT transgender GoodNews bigotry UK labour )

2. Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows

(tags:games windows Linux )

3. A satellite runs Doom from orbit, using Ubuntu on Arm

(tags:space doom games )

Comments

#2 Linux gaming

[mellowtigger]

I'm glad that the article notes, "On the flip side, there are some popular titles that don’t look like they will be becoming Linux-friendly anytime soon. The well-known compatibility issues with various anti-cheat technology platforms look set to persist, for now."

I've used Linux Mint for more years than I can remember now, and I can play all of the titles that I want to play. I've never been into the competitive first-person shooters ("twitch games", as I call them, requiring fast-twitch dexterity), so their reliance on anti-cheat interventions doesn't impact my city-building or exploration games at all. But those competitive games are a technical challenge on Linux.

Re: #2 Linux gaming

[andrewducker]

They aren't all like that, and there are some that are supported/running. But yeah, lots still to go:
https://areweanticheatyet.com/

[mountainkiss]

You need two different Doom tags

[andrewducker]

There are a fair number of tags which are used in multiple senses.

Sadly, I'm limited in how many I can have (I think Dreamwidth has a hard limit of 4,000 and I have 3,742).

But this is why I haven't tagged things to do with the Reform party as "reform".

And I rarely post about the game Doom, so it hasn't become something urgent to fix.

[anef]

Glad to see the statement from Lucy Powell. Let's hope for a bit more support from the rest of her party.

[andrewducker]

Fingers crossed