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I think DF names are fine. They are amusing. The problem is that the game generates way too much names for insignificant stuff. How I'm supposed to remember that my civilization is called The tongs of doom if there are hundreds of other similarly named groups.

IMO the game should only name civilizations, sites, artifacts and notable groups. Other things should have generic names (it does some of this already, like the second battle of Steelbarrels, etc)

There is a missing option (neither). I don't really care about adventure mode, but of these the trader option is the most interesting, mostly because it hasn't been done before.

You can get DT from the repository but you should compile it yourself anyway, the one in the repo is often old and doesn't support the latest version, also I think not all features work. I have read that DF+DT work well under wine, so you can try that.

There is also an unofficial java launcher that reportedly work well under Linux, it will download the latest version and everything for you.

Usually I throw a tantrum, rage quit and then delete the save so I can't even consider replay the thing.

There are several things that do nothing, so I don't see how that would hurt. But is Toady releases stuff frequently the community can test these new features and report problems and give feedback earlier. This allows toady to tweak mechanics earlier and make them more fun/interesting before building stuff on top of them.

On the other hand a release after several months may make more financial sense (judging by the 0.34.01 release).

The ones that says this is Toady's masterpiece and don't want other people to touch it gives a good idea that Toady is not likely to work in someone else's project.

There are known issues when using graphic tile sets and TrueType:Yes. It's quite high in the worst bugs poll so hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Medium or smaller regions. No oceans. Rain/drainage set to whatever I want to accomplish. No evil/good areas. Five starting civilizations (don't see the point of having more). 100 years of history. 800 mineral scarcity.

My embark is whenever there is some soil and multiple metals. I like deserts and forests and there are usually a stream or brook.

I always start with one or two miners, a mason, a planter/gatherer and a carpenter/woodcutter. The rest depend on the situation.