Arch linux. Hmm. Could it be because of the users? Lately arch linux has become the most popular distro for people trying linux for the first time. Are they all congregating on duckstation’s github to cry about it?
Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.
Submitted 4 days ago by Pro@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
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Integrate777@discuss.online 3 days ago
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 4 days ago
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 days ago
But then someone else would have to maintain it for Linux, and Arch Linux specifically. That’s a lot of work, especially as things diverge.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 days ago
After being on Lemmy, I have some kneejerk sympathy.
Seems harsh though.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Dude just stated how much of his free time he is willing to provide to others for free and put a line on what he is willing to commit.
And somehow this thread thinks that’s harsh or unprofessional?
Is literally any person complaining about this guy setting reasonable boundaries paying him money to do this work?
LePoisson@lemmy.world 4 days ago
And somehow this thread thinks that’s harsh or petty?
Is literally any person complaining about this guy setting reasonable boundaries paying him money to do this work?
No they’re a bunch of entitled assholes who need a fucking wake up call.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Please see my edit. You’re correct. No one is entitled to someone else’s work.
It’s the same with piracy advocates, actually. People should be able to put boundaries around their work.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 days ago
yeah, no. it’s not harsh.
harsh would have been pulling the source entirely online and telling everyone to fuck off because he’s going home. find your own baseball.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Please see my edit. You’re right.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I think he should just drop linux support.
no need to whine or complain.
“not doing linux builds anymore, here is the source, build it yourself if you want”, done.Lemmchen@feddit.org 4 days ago
Well, then fuck you too, buddy.
serpineslair@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Ffs… I loved this emu.
Nico_198X@europe.pub 3 days ago
What a whiny baby XD
tantamoq@feddit.nl 3 days ago
As a Linux user, I disagree. It’s his time and investment. Sometimes you gotta make difficult choices and when users complain about stuff that’s unrelated, it’s a mess for a dev to deal with. And Linux users are loud
Nico_198X@europe.pub 3 days ago
He’s a total baby. He gives off big 2000s Windows only user energy
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 4 days ago
ArchLinux users can be a pain sometimes, but we’re also often right when calling out someone’s broken software.
Given other drama around that project and the developer clearly being a Windows fanboy, they’re probably doing a lot wrong and blaming the Linux fragmentation for it instead of doing things properly, getting called out on it, and then being pissed at the users for it.
Makes me want to write an intentionally buggy PKGBUILD with wildly unsupported patches out of spite.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Kinda reminds me of when Lizardbyte had a falling out with the Arch base re:Sunshine.
It sucks but I can understand considering how terminally online and entitled a lot of users are, plus there’s an AppImage for this still so hopefully that covers the gap.
hisao@ani.social 4 days ago
Sad news. This is the only PSX emu I’ve ever used because I always considered it the best.
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 4 days ago
Since you made me go look wtf it was…
“Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64”
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’ll still be using it regardless…its not like its going to dissappear
SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 4 days ago
A dev with some sense.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
mvirts@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It sure would be a shame if his software was covered by the gpl because it’s statically linked against Qt or FFMpeg or any other library… 👀
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I really liked the widescreen option. Do any other PSX emulators have it integrated like Duckstation does?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I don’t know how Duckstation does it, but Retroarch cores (Beetle/Mednafen and PCSX) support widescreen?
vividspecter@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I also don’t see Swanstation going away any time soon, even if it gets no new features. It’s pretty close to feature complete in the ways that matter anyway.
Zozano@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Its moments like this I’m glad to be a nixos user lol.
Slap that shit in a flake and forget about it. No matter what updates the dev has, or what system the user has, its always gonna compile.
Fuck I love nix.
If it had genitals I’d fucking date it.
mutter9355@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Least obsessed nixos user
Nico_198X@europe.pub 3 days ago
Slap those genitals in a flake and get those dinner reservations ready!
Nixos can be whatever your imagination wants it to be!
Zozano@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Not far off base lol. As long as it compiles on whoever’s machine decides to repackage the application, it’ll run on everyone’s.
Most updates its usually just a matter of updating a key.
Its not that hard to make a wrapper for a program designed for hard-linked paths.