Imagine if Linux developers building the libraries this was built on where as petty.
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
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Dude has a history of acting bipolar.
It's not the first weird rant I hear coming out of this project, which I don't follow otherwise, so it definitely seems like it's a thing.
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Lmao welcome to the world of open source
Project doesn't have an issue tracker, wonder why
This is sad. Various programs have gone through the same type of situation with Debian stable. Debian is very conservative and doesn't ship upgrades quickly on their stable branch. Various authors have complained because they frequently get emails / bug reports from Debian users, who happen to be using a few-years-old version of their software.
I do understand the frustration, but it does feel a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
It's possible there are other solutions, like detecting whatever random issue is frustrating people and pop up a dialog.
For example, if he's upset with it being broken on Wayland, why not detect Wayland and start off with a dialog: "Wayland is beta and is not officially supported. See FAQ here: [........]"
Just blocking people feels over the top. But hey, it's his project, if he wants to go this way, it's his choice and right. Depending on the license he might get forked, but that's just how it goes.
Since it's an open source project, it's pretty easy to make a fork and readd Linux support.
The licence doesn't permit derivative works, so no forks and no downstream packages.
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I don't know who the bad guy is here because closing the source a while back makes me distrust this dev yet also I 100% believe Linux users (or at least the power users) are almost certainly insufferable in ways that would drive a reasonable dev out of development for Linux.
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Imagine if Linux developers building the libraries this was built on where as petty.
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So what other ps1/2 emulators are on Linux yall would recommend. I don't wanna support this dev
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