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Applications and Porting / Re: [GAMES] Raptor Call of the Shadows

« Last post by mparnaudeau on April 17, 2025, 05:08:48 pm »

 @tle Thank you for mentioning this game. I tried and have just answered that in the opened issue (https://github.com/skynettx/raptor/issues/15):

I've just checked the `dev` branch on my PowerMac G5 that run the latest Debian image (https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-03-31/), the first one that works for a long time.
The result is that it builds well and I played the first mission until the boss. The music seems to be good too but sound effects (shoots, explosions ...) are not played.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by ClassicHasClass on April 17, 2025, 02:55:04 pm »

Is it still possible to fire up an X11 session? Are the packages gone and it can't be done anymore?

Well GDM has disabled X11 Session. Users are forced to go with Wayland moving forward. To me it makes no difference because X11 apps can function fine with XWayland

Yet another reason not to use gdm for session management ...

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by Hasturtium on April 17, 2025, 01:59:02 pm »

I'll defer to ClassicHasClass's preview before leaping in, but F41 was rather nice. Even managed to enable the HEVC decode and encode for my Radeon W6600 where it hadn't worked on F40.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by tle on April 17, 2025, 06:03:44 am »

Is it still possible to fire up an X11 session? Are the packages gone and it can't be done anymore?

Well GDM has disabled X11 Session. Users are forced to go with Wayland moving forward. To me it makes no difference because X11 apps can function fine with XWayland

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Applications and Porting / Re: [GAMES] Raptor Call of the Shadows

« Last post by tle on April 16, 2025, 11:53:52 pm »

The author is asking for help from the POWER community.

If you are running PPC64BE Linux distro, could you please compile the dev git branch and let the author know if the game works?

Many thanks

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by ClassicHasClass on April 16, 2025, 08:49:49 pm »

Is it still possible to fire up an X11 session? Are the packages gone and it can't be done anymore?

At least for 41, there was https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/kdesig/plasma6-x11-unsupported/ . GNOME worked in X11 still, and I think that remains the case in 42.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by migsutu on April 16, 2025, 11:53:37 am »

One issue I have noticed is the System Monitor in the GUI doesn't show total Memory, Disk and CPU usage at the top. For the individual apps at the bottom it shows correctly. The error pops up "The page is missing some sensors and will not display correctly." Not sure if anyone else has this issue, otherwise smooth. I have been putting F42 through the ringer today.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by migsutu on April 16, 2025, 09:16:31 am »

Good question. I have been using Wayland for my day to day since F40 so I can't really comment on it. Wayland has been quite stable since the install yesterday. I'm using an RDNA2 graphics card if that makes any difference.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by DKnoto on April 16, 2025, 02:16:11 am »

Is it still possible to fire up an X11 session? Are the packages gone and it can't be done anymore?

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 42

« Last post by migsutu on April 15, 2025, 05:34:43 pm »

Just finished fresh install of Fedora 42 KDE. Smooth and simple install. No issues found as of yet with the exception of the Discover showing 61 available to install even though command line with dnf says everything is up to date. Fast, responsive. Moving up from Fedora 40. Very happy to get kmail on ppc64le!