1. Zram? In my opinion, this invention should be gotten rid of. It may be the cause of delays. The Linux kernel has everything it needs. Now, memories are fast - why waste time on additional compression and decompression? This whole zram is an illusion - if someone has too little RAM, it is better to add physical memory. If anything - 'tmpfs' is more necessary. 2. Compiling 0ad is not difficult. I recommend compiling ver. 0.27.1 rc: https://releases.wildfiregames.com/rc/ But on Debian Bookworm (12.11) you will not compile this version, because the requirements for 'rust' have been raised (Bookworm has ver. 1.63, and a minimum of 1.66 is required). There is a way to do this: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/127464-debian-bookworm-129-rustup-successful-compilation-of-0270-rc2/#comment-592272 If you are afraid that the compilation will clutter your system with various unnecessary packages, you can always compile on Debian Live https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ You have to remember that directories on Live are created in RAM, and compiling 0ad requires a lot of space, so you have to attach external memory and create a compilation directory on it. But be careful - this memory must have a Linux file system (e.g. ext4), because fat32, exfat do not support symlinks and compilation will fail. After compilation is complete, we move the 'binaries' directory with the 'data' and 'system' subdirectories to the target location. The remaining compilation directories are unnecessary. Best regards  

https://www.indiedb.com/games/0-ad/news/a-year-in-review "Since the last IOTY we have added two of the remaining civilizations: the Iberians and the Carthaginians. In the upcoming Alphas we will add the final two, the Persians and the Romans." The game was meant to be much more humble originally. There's a lot of interesting points in the article. 

Maybe we should adjust the answer to the corresponding FAQ. IMO: Abandoning the alpha-versioning doesn't mean the community is resilient enough for a murderous increase of players and need for moderation due to a listing in Steam etc. I take over the 'disgusting place'-argumentation of @Seleucids. Have you used the search function of the forum software with the query 'steam'? There are many more arguments than the ones stated in this thread.

On some of the maps all the enemies are completely passive. They don't build anything or expand their population. It's the case for example in White Cliffs of Dover (5). Difficulty settings doesn't matter.

I'm thinking about adding this question and answer to the FAQ. But I need some time. If someone's willing to add it earlier, I'd be happy.

LR checks metadata.json, which doesn't store the date. commands.txt does, but would be another step costing time. I appended to my replays also a string so I can mix replays of different pcs but I can change that to cater to LR too.