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Re:0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 ... by nephanth on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:55PM (#36089414)
0ad is always the first listed package of linux distro repos (in alphabetical order). That might have helped with discoverability
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Re:0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 ... by scrapcode on Friday May 26, 2023 @05:21PM (#36089660)
Ye ole Yellowpages marketing trick!
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Re:0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 ... by mattigames on Friday May 26, 2023 @11:23PM (#36091811)
The modern version of that trick is adding "near me" to the name of your business, there was a viral pic of a restaurant called "Thai food near me".
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Re:0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 ... by Ruq on Friday May 26, 2023 @09:06PM (#36091143)
You are 100% correct. I remember over the years always seeing it when viewing alphabetical listings of packages in various distros.
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Re:0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 ... by BlueTemplar on Sunday May 28, 2023 @06:38PM (#36108460)
Damn, Zero-K really missed on that one...
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