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  • simple@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.orgThoughts on minetest?
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    1 year ago

    Minetest is really cool but it’s always struck me as kind of a shameless Minecraft clone instead of trying to do something new. The graphics are identical, the UI is similar, the gameplay is practically the same, there isn’t a huge reason to play it compared to Java Minecraft + mods. It is free and open source though, which is cool.

    I’m more of a Vintage Story enjoyer myself. It has its fair share of issues but I appreciate how it’s not trying to be Minecraft.











  • It’s the Hololens all over again and I legitimate don’t understand why the internet is so obsessed with this. If the Meta Quest 2 can’t break into the market at $400, this sure as hell won’t. Everything they showed of the Apple headset is a gimmick. Watch a blurrier version of your TV on a 2 hour battery! Capture videos by wearing a bulky headset that’s not very portable! Use apps that already exist on your phone in a clunkier way!

    Am I missing something? It looks like good tech but I agree with OP, there’s no market for this.



  • Maybe it’s just that it’s familiar, but Zorin OS has always had the most “it just works” GUI to me. It’s clean, stable, and provides many sensible presets if you prefer windows environments, mac environments, old school gnome, etc.

    Aside from being very pretty it also has great UX and linux beginner onboarding features. For example if you try to open an exe file for the first time, it explains that this is a Windows-specific file and sets up Wine for you.

    A lot of people recommend Fedora and PopOS for people getting into Linux but honestly Zorin Core has always been my #1.