Sebastian Krzyszkowiak @dos@librem.one

I do not envy the #Godot devs right now.

I used to be heavily invested in GNU #Octave, a free #Matlab replacement. That was a bit of a more ambitious goal, because Godot isn't trying to be exactly like Unity, but Octave is trying to be exactly like Matlab. The overall problem, however, is similar.

It's a difficult, mostly thankless task. Users don't care what it takes to make it look exactly like what it's supposed to be replacing. Photoshop users going to the GNU IMP, Matlab users going to Octave, Maya users going to Blender, Chrome users going to Firefox... they all want the same thing: basically the same software, but without the fees and restrictions. It is extremely draining to continuously disappoint people who aren't getting exactly the same software but without paying for it.

A few users will offer donations, but never enough to rival the budget of the software they're fleeing from. Nowadays there's better infrastructure to collect from these benevolent donors and get a steady income than when I was working on Octave.

All this to say: if you're migrating to better, less enshittified software, try to be kind and considerate of the smaller, more grassroots organisation and individuals that are trying to give you a comparable experience with no strings attached. :)

@aparrish I keep telling people this story about how around 2015 I tried making some generative music in JavaScript+WebAudio and my friend Tammy did the same as Game Boy ROMs, and within three years my WebAudio apps had been broken because Chrome made changes (with the apparent goal of advantaging YouTube over other websites), and Tammy's Game Boy ROMs still work embedded in a web-page today (by embedding a game boy emulator, of which there are many)

Reminder that availability & porting of any open-source engine to consoles is only less evident because consoles manufacturers decided their _API_ was sacred & unique & under NDA. First console manufacturer who opens up will see 100+ custom engines avail within a month.

Actually, big thanks to #Unity for elegantly demonstrating a huge part of the risk model of proprietary software.

top 10 computing betrayals: wine (not an emulator) includes code for emulating things https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/b80ea4153b096970514f86f385a37c9ceaceada2/dlls/ntoskrnl.exe/instr.c#L645

Multiple Render Targets are working - finally. Took me some time to "see" the missing register write in the cmd stream dump.

#etnaviv #mesa3d

Plasma developer David Edmundson demonstrates how a desktop using Wayland, Qt6 and KWin can recover from a catastrophic crash as if nothing had happened.

http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/qt6_wayland_robustness/

You will lose no data, the video you were watching will not skip a frame, and the contents of your clipboard will remain intact.

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/5C7uct72cxGnEQJn6LqdSn
https://youtu.be/u4HnwqidYFo?si=2Dr9MM9mzi1cQmwr

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#Plasma6

get your niche programming jokes about source code hosting, and get them while they're still freshmeat

If I was going to make a 3D game I would use #godot, no question. But for 2D, my engine works great and I know it well because I built it.

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#Librem11 #Phosh #Purism #Tablet #PureOS

We are excited to introduce a major improvement in funding the development efforts of the #GodotEngine – the Godot Development Fund!

Help us secure stable funding and ensure the longevity of the project 💙

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-developer-fund/

#GNOME #Mobile « #Phosh now available on #ArchLinux » 📲
› https://vdwaa.nl/arch-linux-phosh-package.html

QtWayland Robustness through compositor handoffs https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/256f53dd-c4b4-4411-a0dd-3f6451a113f9

Using compositor handoff to switch between desktops https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/80984927-38af-4dfd-b4aa-43b4fde02d37

Checkpoint Restore For Graphical Applications using QtWayland compositor handoffs https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/1733b5ff-a088-4a1d-89ba-e40e59241e9a

Major progress towards decoupled, crash-safe Wayland sessions!

"QtWayland 6.6 - Robustness Through Compositor Handoffs"

http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/qt6_wayland_robustness/ #linux #qt #wayland

ADHD people: switching between things very quickly.

also ADHD people: tasks must be challenging enough to be engaging, but not so challenging that it triggers frustration intolerance.

... this is literally impedance matching.

Another portrait of one of my favorite ravens. I’m always trying to convey the curiosity and empathy in their eyes. Sorry if I’ve posted this one before.