They're responsible for much of the IOS HLE work lately, the USB passthrough work, and a few other things I've forgotten.
What does Team Dolphin think of Linux?
|
05-19-2017, 07:28 AM
Yes, leolam is an undercover dev
So, bt passthrough will never be perfect on Windows? It Works fine, but it s so easy to break. ie. Pressing wiimote buttons before the game launch, sometimes break the adapter and wiimote wont connect (wii bt adapter) and sometimes pressing a button when the game was running for some time, make the wiimote not able to connect too. 05-19-2017, 03:57 PM
(05-18-2017, 07:41 PM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote: There's some ways you could make the dolphin experience better. I posted a suggestion about distributing it as AppImage, but no dev has responded to my threads or suggestion on the issue tracker. The way you typically install programs into Linux is one of the the main reasons I don't like using it. From what I've read Appimage is meant to work like an exe. (IE go to website click on and install or run) if that's the case Linuc would be a lot easier to use. 05-19-2017, 05:03 PM
(05-19-2017, 07:28 AM)magmarock64 Wrote: I meant [color=#c68e17]leolam[/color] Yeah, I know. I meant that they are a developer. Sorry if I was unclear. 05-19-2017, 11:27 PM
(05-19-2017, 03:57 PM)magmarock64 Wrote: The way you typically install programs into Linux is one of the the main reasons I don't like using it. From what I've read Appimage is meant to work like an exe. (IE go to website click on and install or run) if that's the case Linuc would be a lot easier to use. I like having an official package that 'just works' and having a unified system to keep everything updated. In fact, I even use Chocolatey to do the same thing on Windows.
OS: Windows 10 64 bit Professional
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900X RAM: 48GB GPU: Radeon 7800 XT 05-20-2017, 12:07 AM
(05-19-2017, 03:57 PM)magmarock64 Wrote: The way you typically install programs into Linux is one of the the main reasons I don't like using it. From what I've read Appimage is meant to work like an exe. (IE go to website click on and install or run) if that's the case Linuc would be a lot easier to use. That's one of my favourite bits of linux. Rather than having to look everywhere on the web and potentially downloading fake/malicious applications, you can just search for it in your distribution's software center and be at least somewhat sure that they made sure it doesn't have a virus in it before putting it in the repos. And everything is kept up to date by the system, rather than everything needing its own self updater. 05-20-2017, 04:16 AM
(05-20-2017, 12:07 AM)Ivybridge11 Wrote: That's one of my favourite bits of linux. Rather than having to look everywhere on the web and potentially downloading fake/malicious applications, you can just search for it in your distribution's software center and be at least somewhat sure that they made sure it doesn't have a virus in it before putting it in the repos. And everything is kept up to date by the system, rather than everything needing its own self updater. In theory that's how it's suppose to work but in my experience I found that a lot of the software in the repo that I wanted to use was outdated, and that I'd need to install a PPA for the latest version. This has been the case for Nvidia drivers Wine and also Dolphin. The second reason I don't like this system is that it requires a package manager to install the software. Package managers such as apt, pacman and yum require a direct internet connection to function making them feel like DRM. They also give you no control over where the software goes. At no point are you asked which directory you want things to be installed. Finally, a lot of programs for Linux share dependencies with one another which might makes things fast but it also means that the wrong combination of programs or updates can break the system. As for downloading from the internet I've never in my life picked up a virus from downloading a program from it's host website. Typing in the name of a popular program into a search engine often leads you straight to the host website and sites such as cnet and downloads.com also provide links to the host sites. (05-20-2017, 04:16 AM)magmarock64 Wrote: Package managers such as apt, pacman and yum require a direct internet connection to function making them feel like DRM. What the hell? How else would you download software? mail the software writer a flash drive for them to copy their program on to? Also, anybody can host their own repository. Tons of software do this. Enterprise does it as well to keep internal software controlled. Quote:They also give you no control over where the software goes. At no point are you asked which directory you want things to be installed. That's because it's all standardized. If you need software installed to a different disk, mount that disk on /usr or something. The point of that is so that software devs can have a reliable place to put files that is the same everywhere. Useful if software interacts with each other. And in any case, flatpak solves users wanting to choose directories anyways, for better or worse. There is nothing actually stopping you from mounting these standardized directories to different places, and is recommended to do so if you so require. Quote:Finally, a lot of programs for Linux share dependencies with one another which might makes things fast but it also means that the wrong combination of programs or updates can break the system. This is actually a valid point, probably the only valid point in your post. It's why non-rolling release distros exist. Quote:As for downloading from the internet I've never in my life picked up a virus from downloading a program from it's host website. Pardon me if I don't believe you. 05-20-2017, 05:06 AM
This is the first time I've seen someone actually defend the Windows way of handling software.
Quote:What the hell? How else would you download software? mail the software writer a flash drive for them to copy their program on to? Also, anybody can host their own repository. Tons of software do this. Enterprise does it as well to keep internal software controlled.What's more, most package managers don't even need any connectivity and can perfectly handle offline, local repositories... |
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|
Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)