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We ALL want to encourage MORE NEW Dink fans to become attached to (what for most of us is) our favorite game.
As an alternative to Skurn's suggestion, could we ask Redink1 to PLEASE:
1) Put ALL the versions of DFarc, the Dink engine and FreeDink-data on one web page, with notes on compatibility and stability. We could include notes that it iavailable on many Linux Distros.
2) VERY CLEARLY label the downloads on the DN as to their stability and utility? The Dink engine may be cantankerous and hard to use, with any number of problems with it. But, we are making it worse by "ruining" the first experience many players may have with it.
I agree that "we're DUCKING BLOWING IT, MAN", as Skurn said.
EDIT:
Hmmm, after yeoldetoast's remarks below, I went back and more carefully checked the output of Ubuntu package managers, such as synaptic.
Ubuntu 16.04 still has the 1.08 SUPER STABLE and COMPATIBLE version available. I have downloaded whichever versions Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 offer and run them without problems. I'm not sure which version what was downloadable from Ubuntu 18.04 as it has been awhile since I've had that version in house. It may have been 1.08 or 1.09. *But, 1.09 is definitely what is offered with 20.04*.
I was unable to run the http://www.dinknetwork.com/file/gnu_freedink/ .EXE 1.09 version of FreeDink on Ubuntu 16.04 using WINE though it DID work with Ubuntu 20.04 and WINE.
So for conclusions to this rambling posting
-- see my response to Robj's posting below.
As an alternative to Skurn's suggestion, could we ask Redink1 to PLEASE:
1) Put ALL the versions of DFarc, the Dink engine and FreeDink-data on one web page, with notes on compatibility and stability. We could include notes that it iavailable on many Linux Distros.
2) VERY CLEARLY label the downloads on the DN as to their stability and utility? The Dink engine may be cantankerous and hard to use, with any number of problems with it. But, we are making it worse by "ruining" the first experience many players may have with it.
I agree that "we're DUCKING BLOWING IT, MAN", as Skurn said.
EDIT:
Hmmm, after yeoldetoast's remarks below, I went back and more carefully checked the output of Ubuntu package managers, such as synaptic.
Ubuntu 16.04 still has the 1.08 SUPER STABLE and COMPATIBLE version available. I have downloaded whichever versions Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 offer and run them without problems. I'm not sure which version what was downloadable from Ubuntu 18.04 as it has been awhile since I've had that version in house. It may have been 1.08 or 1.09. *But, 1.09 is definitely what is offered with 20.04*.
I was unable to run the http://www.dinknetwork.com/file/gnu_freedink/ .EXE 1.09 version of FreeDink on Ubuntu 16.04 using WINE though it DID work with Ubuntu 20.04 and WINE.
So for conclusions to this rambling posting
-- see my response to Robj's posting below.
