If Meta is calling BS, then they were caught doing unlawful shenanigans and are trying to lie their way out of a mess they caused.

Sounds incredibly pointless and dangerous, given that 'AI' is hilariously insecure. Brute force attacks are super effective against them...I'd rather use my own brain and look up information myself, without feeding these techbros my data for their nefarious uses.

ROFL What a bold faced liar, they want to please those billionaires so desperately! Tragic, but unsurprising.

ROFL I'm so glad that there aren't any pushy cashiers at my Best Buy (shop online and pick-up in store, typically) It would be a pain in my ass, especially ones which harbor stupid thoughts or misconceptions like those described in this post.

This is the worst timeline, I'm not surprised that they lied and tried to hide the truth. As they knew, it would raise alarm bells...Their little mole going to attempt to sabotage one of the few safety nets the USA has. Just because those rich bastards and corporations want more money.

It's interesting how PewDiePie has evolved as a human being over the years; I felt genuine excitement for his Linux journey, and even find myself watching his project videos now. This Felix, who's overcome past mistakes, is now a pretty cool dude bringing attention from everyday people to Open Source projects!

Kubuntu is pretty solid, I personally went with the full install...KDE Plasma is so flexible and can look it's best with the tweaks users can apply. For the getting Flatpaks over Snaps, you do need to enable the option in Discover, but once you have and restarted...Snaps (save system critical ones) will be optional to install, and Flatpaks will take priority in Discover. Canonical low-key annoys me with their insistence on focusing on Snaps over Flatpaks. They are creating fragmentation in the Linux space just to establish a proprietary packaging system; Canonical is one of the most corporate Linux distros, but damn, the advantages of third party support codecs and drivers right before installation is blessed. Makes setting up a PC so easy. I hit the ground running, often after only 20 minutes, being able to use my PC without further configuration demands.

Ubuntu 24.04 would both be a solid recommendation, as you don't really need a 'gaming' distro per se to game on Linux! It boils down to software choices, hardware support, and a recent Linux Kernel for said hardware support. (I edited this due to noticing the laptop you are using has an NVIDIA Graphics card, and historically Fedora takes umbrage with proprietary drivers).

I run Kubuntu 24.04, using Heroic Launcher for installation and playing my GOG games, Steam (with Proton Compatibility Layer for non-native games) for games I bought there.

If you want to, there's nothing wrong with using Bazzite on your laptop. Bazzite is more useful for gaming handhelds in my opinion; while any distro with sane defaults work just as well.

Indie Stone did have a rough start, but, I do feel they are doing quite well. Despite the many setbacks, they've created a great game. I don't play a lot of it, due to the desire to play a 1.0...However, I appreciate the small slices that I allow myself.

Yeah, I agree, this is purely due to poor project management decisions. They're scope seemed to grow into an unmanageable thing, this is likely a first time project... So this team didn't have the knowledge to make a solid plan of action.

As for Project Zomboid, as a person who paid for an early access version when it first landed...That game wouldn't be where its at without early and steady funding.

Yeah, its a shame that the Hytale team didn't think to do this, instead they wasted hype by doing an engine switch mid production.

I'm not surprised, the opportunity that Hytale devs were given had been squandered thoughtlessly. I believe the game's fate would've been different with a playable EA version. One that generated sales while building hype with major patches. With a game that has good bones, this style of development works rather well.