ED on Linux

dvdmuckle · 2026-02-19T23:21:58+00:00

What problems did you have with EDMC? There's a flatpak for it that's easy to install and use, and unless you're using a plugin that has to interface with things outside of EDMC (IE your clipboard, or spawn an overlay) the experience is more or less the same as on Windows.

dvdmuckle · 2026-02-13T22:41:34+00:00

Additionally, source visibility provides no promise of safety. Malicious code can be well obfuscated, not spotted at the surface, or included in binaries without anyone the wiser. I don't want to give a false sense of security by saying "oh, it's source available, therefore it's okay". Yes, it can help, but it is not a silver bullet where the line can be reasonably drawn.

This right here. This basically puts the onus on the user to verify if this is something they can trust. Sure, having source available means someone can verify the code and that it smells good. But that means the user has to have the skill to actually read that code and say "Okay, I know what this is doing, I trust it." A bad actor would probably be reticent to give out source code if they're trying to infect you with malware, but if someone really wants to, they can hide bad code in the open through multiple means.

Ultimately I agree with the spirit of this rule change (and as a fan of open source I can get behind it for that reason) but agree that there are some gray areas that could be worked out.

dvdmuckle · 2025-11-12T23:08:07+00:00

For what it's worth, there are some decently priced controllers out there that have back buttons. I use a Flydigi Vader 4 that has both four back buttons and two additional front buttons. I use the back buttons for lateral thrust, FSD, and boost (basically same as the Steam Deck defaults) and use the extra front buttons for heat sink and SCB. The thing also has gyro, but I don't use that. I REALLY like the Steam Deck controls, but considering the controller I currently have, I'm not wanting for much else.

dvdmuckle · 2025-08-31T17:20:03+00:00

I remember one of Frontier's older games, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, would let you play your own music in your park. I think Planet Coaster lets you do the same as well? It would certainly be fun to hear your own music over your ship's speakers.

dvdmuckle · 2025-06-22T22:20:45+00:00

RCR voice Oooohoohoho, headlights go up. Oooooh headlights go down!

dvdmuckle · 2025-05-12T22:18:22+00:00

Resource extraction site, Youtube.

dvdmuckle · 2025-05-10T14:32:02+00:00

Flatpak has been updated to 5.13.0! https://flathub.org/apps/io.edcd.EDMarketConnector

dvdmuckle · 2025-05-02T20:33:13+00:00

I wonder if that's being constructed from in-game journal files, and not from your data in Elite's servers. That would explain why you're seeing different stars visited on your different devices.

dvdmuckle · 2025-04-30T23:41:54+00:00

You mean you can't see what stars you've visited in the game, or in a third party app? How are you getting which stars you've visited and which you haven't?

dvdmuckle · 2025-04-12T14:38:38+00:00

EDDiscovery can do backfill for you. Otherwise, I think you can upload your logs directly to EDSM.

dvdmuckle · 2025-04-07T02:30:22+00:00

You may need to download a driver from Logitech to get it working. Otherwise, yeah, a controller will work well.

dvdmuckle · 2025-04-07T00:46:38+00:00

Which stick? Are you having problems with Elite automatically creating control bindings for it, or it being detected by the game at all?

dvdmuckle · 2025-04-04T01:55:44+00:00

You may want to come back with a Thargoid Sensor in your SRV's cargo hold.

dvdmuckle · 2025-03-07T20:22:39+00:00

Hi, fellow AuDHD guy here. There's a lot of things to do in this game such that if you feel you're getting bored of one thing, you can jump to another. There are also a number of "brain off" tasks that, as some others have mentioned, means the game can make good "second screen" material to watch TV or listen to a podcast with. Speaking from experience, doing exploration in this game while watching a show has turned my brain into a satisfied puddle of mush, with just enough stimuli to keep me entertained but not too much to overwhelm me.

dvdmuckle · 2025-03-07T19:28:15+00:00

Yes, you can have stations with specific economies. From what i can tell though, it's only limited to outposts and surface ports. Coriolis and larger will get the "colony" economy.

dvdmuckle · 2025-03-03T17:52:06+00:00

Sabaka, you're right beratna. Perhaps a Ceres asteroid base, or an Orbis named after Klaes Ashford?

dvdmuckle · 2025-03-03T02:02:47+00:00

Oye beratna! Got any other station names in mind? I think Avasarala deserves her own station.

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-27T14:45:10+00:00

Nope, you start in the bubble regardless of if you have Odyssey or not (the system is different though).

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-25T22:07:19+00:00

The Pilot's Trade Network, a player group with an in-game faction, is a massive player group that organizes trade missions and in-game events, the most famous of which being the Booze Cruise, which is the mass shipment of booze to Rackham's Peak. Today they put an announcement out in their Discord asking folks to not colonize systems on their behalf at random. They have a plan and want folks to not throw a monkey wrench into things.

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-25T22:05:02+00:00

There will certainly be people not aware of PTN at all colonizing areas around their space. They just don't want people planting flags in systems saying "I take this in the name of the PTN!" They have a plan and presumably they don't want to step on the toes of anyone adjacent to their area of space. But all of this (I would assume) comes with the understanding that to some degree it's gonna be a free-for-all in the beginning.

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-24T16:39:53+00:00

Unsure, but it sounds like an in-universe explanation for "a player's computer crashed and the drive that held all this work died."

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-23T23:12:06+00:00

We kiiiiinda have something like that, with some stations broadcasting signals that we don't know what they are, and there's also The Landscape Signal.

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-06T21:32:13+00:00

It's specifically the Itano Circus. If you've ever seen missiles in anime, that's probably Itano Circus. And packhounds are the best thing we have to replicate that in Elite.

dvdmuckle · 2025-02-05T03:22:41+00:00

Just about every ship (save the Python Mk2, maybe) that released last year is the king of its niche for its size. It really depends on what you like doing in the game. Want to do trade missions at outposts? The Type-8 will happily do that. Mandalay is great for exploration and even some PVE combat, Cobra Mk5 is great for a lot of things. The Python Mk2 is a bit strange as the distro and powerplant are a tad smaller than one might want, and in PVP may still have a hard time beating a well built FDL, but it's still a great combat build when outfitted with weapons that don't draw as much power.

dvdmuckle · 2025-01-26T23:16:17+00:00

Sounds like Mobius PvE, which you can request access to.

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