Best of Gaming — May 2024

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   The Verge·2y

   Discord’s turning the focus back to games with a new redesign

   Discord is rolling out a new app redesign, focusing on gaming and helping people connect before, during, or after playing a game. The company plans to improve the reliability of its voice, video, and streaming technology, while making it easier for users to reach conversations faster. Discord's shift back to gaming comes after a period of growth, staff layoffs, and concerns about child safety.

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   This Week in Self-Hosted (24 May 2024)

   This post provides self-hosted news, software updates, and introduces Stirling PDF, a self-hosted PDF editing tool. It also mentions new software releases and apps in the self-hosted community.

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   habr·2y

   How I Replaced Gaming with Coding and Became a Web Developer

   The author shares their personal journey from being a gamer to becoming a web developer, highlighting the games they played and how they started their career in web development through freelancing.

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   omg! ubuntu!·2y

   Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)

   Ubuntu can now be run on the Nintendo Switch through the Switchroot project, despite not being officially supported. Various Linux for Switchroot distributions have been released, with the latest ones based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The internal hardware of the Nintendo Switch functions properly in Linux, and the performance is decent.

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   Hacker News·2y

   netrisdotme/netris: [Experimental] Open-source GeForce NOW alternative with Stadia's social features

   An open-source cloud gaming platform with Stadia's social features, offering Proton-GE compatibility and QUIC protocol for reduced latency. Users can self-host Netris or access it through the website without needing their own GPU. Self-hosting requires an Nvidia GPU and certain software dependencies.

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   Community Picks·2y

   LinkedIn is going Into Gaming

   LinkedIn is venturing into gaming with the introduction of simple games like Wordle on their platform.

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