[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I have never cared what work wanted me to use. It's their computer, not mine. They can use a potato for all I care. As long as I can do my job, and I can just fine with windows. Collecting my package is what I most care about.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You didn't say where you have those games! On another entire separate drive? A separate partition on the same drive?

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have kobo sage. It runs on a Linux based OS. Not fully Linux, but very open and doesn't get in your way. Easily jailbreakable if you want to install KOreader on it. I turn off the wifi on it and go for it. Been loving it. Only issue with it is the battery is on the smaller side, so it doesn't last for weeks like the Amazon ~~kindled~~ Kindles, but it's good enough for me when the wifi is off.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I've found Elisa too buggy, so I started using strawberry. Too bad, I really like the design of Elisa. So elegant.

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submitted 6 days ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/freegames@feddit.uk

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here it is.

Also Edit: this giveaway comes with several packs/DLCs and it's a platinum edition.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/steam@lemmy.ml

I'm asking because I got an update for steam today on my HT console that is running Bazzite OS and I checked the changelog, and some of the fixes pertained to some "non-deck" devices then they went on to list ROG Ally x and onexplayer... Etc. Is it now official? Does that mean I can now grab steamOS and install it on my onexplayer?

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submitted 3 weeks ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hi all, I have tried everything, and now I am coming here for help. Hopefully someone can tell me what's happening here. So, I have this older pc that I have converted into a steam console, first with Bazzite and now with Chimera OS. Both work very nicely, but the one issue that persisted on both distros is that when I put the pc to sleep from game mode (press xbox button>power>sleep) then wake it up, the screen is not receiving a signal, it not even a black screen, just no signal. I would have to force reboot it to be able to get in. Nothing works. I can't even get into a tty screen or do anything. It is connected to a samsung tv 65mu8000 via HDMI cable. I have UHD color input enabled for that input, just to give more details.

I have tried disabling the wake up animation like some folks suggested and that didn't do anything. I have tried disabling the display core like some other searches suggested by putting amdgpu.dc=0 in modprob.d in its own file. I have tried blocking the intel iGPU, even though this CPU doesn't have one. Nothing works. It has an intel core i7 5930k and an AMD RX 6600. I would appreciate any help or suggestions Thank you

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And omfg!!! I'm amazed and blown away. I have this old PC that I've had since 2016. Replaced the old 1080Ti that died with an RX6600. Connected it to my TV in the basement and installed Bazzite OS HTPC on it.

A friend of mine has over 2500 games on his steam and gave me access through this family sharing feature. Man, I'm amazed. I didn't know that steam mode has built in upscaling where all the games I play are now running ~50 - 60 FPS on medium to high settings on this 4k TV. It's like having an actual console but with more games and better graphics. For controller, I got this Gamesir cyclone 2 and it's freaking fantastic. Just trying to figure out how to wake the "console" using the controller. I don't think I'll ever touch my PS4 pro ever again.

I did have one issue where Bazzite wouldn't wake up after suspend, but fixed that by disabling runtime power management for AMDGPU by Adding options amdgpu runpm=0 to /etc/modprobe.d/amdgpu.conf and disabling the wake up animation for steam mode.

That's it. Just came here to share with you all this amazing discovery. lol

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

Nope, not a sell out. Just a person using the tools at hand. You can't just live in the past. You did it without Google back then because there was no Google and you had to use what you had to use. Now you use Google, because again, you have to use what you have to use. In the end, I personally only care about the outcome.

I just chose to use tools to make my life easier

If you don't then I'd call you stupid. Keep doing that, friend. That's the best way actually. You want your life easier so you can put out great work.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Google in 2024: Net profit: $100 billion

The government: "here is a tiny fine that you can't even see in a microscope."

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago

They did it before the Internet was even a thing, my friend.

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Hi all, I have an HDR capable monitor, HDR enabled in KDE plasma, but I still can't get some games to let me switch on the HDR toggle. Every time I turn it on in the game, it says something along the lines of "your hardware must support HDR" or some shit like that. After some online searching, I was able to enable it on ONE game in the heroic games launcher with (I think) a launch command? Where I threw there a "--HDR" and some other strings in there after enabling gamescope (this is where shit starts to confuse the hell out of me), then the game let me actually toggle HDR on. I can never do that on Steam. I am trying to play Indiana Jones and the great circle and it says the same. Same with Resident evil 4.

How do you do it? Is there a guide or something to follow? Is it like per game? Like some games allow it and others don't? Also, and most importantly, how the hell does gamescope work? On heroic, there are things like "Game width, game height, upscale width and upscale height". On Lutris, there is a cleaner way with dropdown menus where you choose a "Output resolution" and a "Game resolution" resolutions. What are those? Which is which? Sorry for the very long post, and I appreciate any help Thank you

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Hi all. I am getting sick of the stick drift on the Xbox and PlayStation controllers, so I've started looking into 3rd party controllers with hall effect. Two kept popping up, flydigi and 8bitdo. If anyone owns one of these, how's their support on Linux? Do they work out of the box? Just plug in the dongle and you're good to go? Are they stable? I don't ever use any other buttons than the main ones, so I think won't need their software. Unless even the main ones needs programming! Do they? Thanks in advance

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

New refugee here. Ran away from the chaos that is "new gaming".

I've set up RPCS3, PSX2 and Duckstation (sorry Xbox and other consoles folks. I'm from a country where the PlayStation was the dominant force) and I've been having so much fun. What brought me back is the realization of how crappy most new games are. The infinite chase after those "shadows", "lights", and "details" has killed gaming. All of this made the hardware requirements really high, and good hardware is really expensive. Also, there is no joy in new games (at least for me). It's just all the same.

I've been going through a catalog of old games I've missed out on in my youth, and oh boy! Games were really good back then.

Edit: I welcome all the suggestions if you would like to suggest some good older games.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I've been dualbooting for over a year now. Made sure each system has its own separate drive. I've noticed that every time I had to reinstall Linux, my windows boot entry is gone and then I can't access it no matter what I tried. Turned out installing Linux first then windows was my mistake. When installing windows while there is a Linux install, windows will see the EFI partition already there and just decides to share it, and doesn't create its own.

I found that out by accident while I was in windows' storage management. There was no efi partition. Took a whole day to find out how to create one on the same drive where windows is installed and removing the one it created on the Linux partition. It was so painful.

Bottomline, install windows first if you want to dualboot. After that, even if windows takes over the boot after an update, all it does is resets the boot sequence and makes it default to it. You'd just need to access the bios and reset the sequence to prioritize Linux. That's it

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/steam@lemmy.ml

This is getting out of hand. The other day I saw the requirements for "Hell is Us" game and it's ridiculous. My RX6600 can't play anything anymore. I've downloaded several PS3 ROMs and now I'm playing old games. So much better than this insanity. This is probably what I'm going to be doing now, play old games.

Edit: I wanted to edit the post for more context and to vent/rant a little.

I don't want to say I made a mistake, but I buy everything used, and I have scored a good deal on two 27" 4k monitors from Facebook marketplace. Got both monitors for $120.

They're $800 on Amazon used. Great monitors and I love 4k. I also bought an RX6600 AMD GPU for $100 from Facebook. It was almost new. The owner upgraded and wanted to get rid of it. My whole build was very cheap compared to what I see some folks get (genuinely happy for those who can afford it. Life is too short. Enjoy it while you can).

I can't afford these high end GPUs, but now very few games work on low settings and I'd get something like 20 FPS max. My friend gave me access to his steam library and I wanted to play Indiana Jones the other day, and it was an "omfg, wtf is this horrible shit" moment.
I'm so sick of this shit!

I don't regret buying any of these, but man it sucks that the games I want to play barely even work.
So, now I'm emulating and it's actually pretty awesome. I've missed out on so many games in my youth so now I'm just going to catch up on what I've missed out on. Everything works in 4k now and I'm getting my full 60FPS and I'm having so much fun.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

I dont know if the title makes much sense, but I'll explain as much as I can here to (hopefully) make it make sense. I want to report this issue to the kde team, but I wanted to come here first to ask for opinions on how to report it, especially the wording/technicality, so I don't confuse them when they look at the report.

When I install anything through wine/proton, the apps on the screen lose their focus/or their focus becomes all messed up. For instance, when I right click on dolphin or the terminal, the right click menu is now showing behind the app and I can only see some of it (when I click close to the edge of the app). If I have a browser that is maximized, I won't be able to see the menu at all, as it's behind the app.

When I bring up an app into focus from the panel, it shows behind whatever app that is already on the screen. Clicking on the app that is already on the screen still clicks the app I brought up from the panel as if it were in the front. So the app that I brought up from the panel is the one in focus and is clickable, but it's hiding behind the one already on the screen. I'm so sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm trying my best to explain it. Hope this makes sense. If not, please ask questions and I'll answer. This issue has been consistent across distros and a Wayland exclusive one. I do have 4k monitors if that makes any difference and I run all AMD.

I can only fix it by either changing to a new workspace, logout/login or reboot.
Current distro is CachyOS

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submitted 1 month ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hi all, Sony loves these data collection messages at the beginning of their games. They don’t even give you the option to opt-out. It is mandatory and is either “Full data” or “limited”. I don’t want to give them either. Is there a straight forward way to do this? Thanks in advance.

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submitted 1 month ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

Hi all, Sony loves these data collection messages at the beginning of their games. They don't even give you the option to opt-out. It is mandatory and is either "Full data" or "limited". I don't want to give them either. Is there a straight forward way to do this? Thanks in advance.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

LibreWolf strips Firefox of telemetry, adds privacy and security tweaks, disables Pocket, and ships with uBlock Origin by default. It's basically Firefox with hardened defaults and no Mozilla connections.

If Firefox ever collapsed, libreWolf couldn't continue independently long-term, they rely entirely on Firefox’s upstream codebase. They don’t maintain their own engine (Gecko), so they'd lose the foundation their browser is built on. It'd be the end unless a fork of Gecko emerged.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Immutable distros are a great invention, and soon I'll be switching to one, once I figure out a couple of things.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 145 points 3 months ago

apt is a newer, more user-friendly front-end for apt-get and apt-cache.

apt = combines commands like install, remove, update, upgrade into one tool, with prettier output

#apt-get = older, lower-level, more script-friendly For normal use, just use apt now. For scripting where 100% backward compatibility matters, use apt-get.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

That's really cool, man. Glad you're enjoying Linux. I love the connection you have with the people who are making all of this available for us at no cost. Make sure you donate to the tools that benefit you daily so we can help the good people who make them pay their bills.

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