d3Xt3r
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Current obsessions:
📖 The 31st Piece Turns the Tables
🎮 Path of Exile 2 ⬩ Project Diablo 2
🎶 Pomplamoose ⬩ Flight of the Conchords
🐧 Asahi ⬩ Bazzite ⬩ CachyOS ⬩ Chimera Linux
Current obsessions:
📖 The 31st Piece Turns the Tables
🎮 Path of Exile 2 ⬩ Project Diablo 2
🎶 Pomplamoose ⬩ Flight of the Conchords
🐧 Asahi ⬩ Bazzite ⬩ CachyOS ⬩ Chimera Linux
But before Robin Williams could shoot the bad guys in Max Payne, he had to go thru ritual of scanning his disk for errors, which explains his expression here.
July 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
But before Robin Williams could shoot the bad guys in Max Payne, he had to go thru ritual of scanning his disk for errors, which explains his expression here.
ZZT (1991). Even though there were some decent games with "fancy" graphics back then (Prince of Persia 1, Dangerous Dave etc), ZZT showed that even a game made out of just ANSI characters can be fun.
May 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
ZZT (1991). Even though there were some decent games with "fancy" graphics back then (Prince of Persia 1, Dangerous Dave etc), ZZT showed that even a game made out of just ANSI characters can be fun.
TUI file manager Yazi's v25.5.28 release is packed with features - redesigned tabs, 9x faster image previews, 2x faster folder size calculations and lots more! github.com/sxyazi/yazi/...
#foss #opensource #linux
#foss #opensource #linux
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
TUI file manager Yazi's v25.5.28 release is packed with features - redesigned tabs, 9x faster image previews, 2x faster folder size calculations and lots more! github.com/sxyazi/yazi/...
#foss #opensource #linux
#foss #opensource #linux
Tried it again with all extensions disabled (in IronFox browser), that dwres page shows my review, but it's not in a submitted state. And pressing the Submit button takes me back to the same page, and my review doesn't appear on the distro page.
May 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tried it again with all extensions disabled (in IronFox browser), that dwres page shows my review, but it's not in a submitted state. And pressing the Submit button takes me back to the same page, and my review doesn't appear on the distro page.
Hmm, I didn't get that, I got this page instead: distrowatch.com/dwres.php
Tried submitting it twice, same thing happened.
Tried submitting it twice, same thing happened.
May 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hmm, I didn't get that, I got this page instead: distrowatch.com/dwres.php
Tried submitting it twice, same thing happened.
Tried submitting it twice, same thing happened.
I wish they picked up the full-featured AQEMU instead, and worked on porting it to Qt6: sourceforge.net/projects/aqe...
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I wish they picked up the full-featured AQEMU instead, and worked on porting it to Qt6: sourceforge.net/projects/aqe...
Even the slowest and worst #Linux distribution performs 30-50% faster than Windows. That's how bad Windows 11 is. www.phoronix.com/review/amd-s...
May 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Even the slowest and worst #Linux distribution performs 30-50% faster than Windows. That's how bad Windows 11 is. www.phoronix.com/review/amd-s...
Is the US keyboard really that big of a deal? I bought laptop from Germany as well, but I use a US layout (set via BIOS) and it works fine, the OS and programs all see it as US keyboard. And you can even get US-layout keycap stickers if the lettering bothers you.
May 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is the US keyboard really that big of a deal? I bought laptop from Germany as well, but I use a US layout (set via BIOS) and it works fine, the OS and programs all see it as US keyboard. And you can even get US-layout keycap stickers if the lettering bothers you.
Thing is, Wayland is currently the best option right now for dealing with complex multi-monitor setups, and it does actually support color corrections (assuming you're talking about an ICC profile).
May 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Thing is, Wayland is currently the best option right now for dealing with complex multi-monitor setups, and it does actually support color corrections (assuming you're talking about an ICC profile).
It did come on floppies—two of them to be exact. This is the first time I'm seeing a CDROM version.
Most PCs didn't even have CDROM drives back then, they only started becoming commonplace in the latter half of the 90s.
Most PCs didn't even have CDROM drives back then, they only started becoming commonplace in the latter half of the 90s.
May 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It did come on floppies—two of them to be exact. This is the first time I'm seeing a CDROM version.
Most PCs didn't even have CDROM drives back then, they only started becoming commonplace in the latter half of the 90s.
Most PCs didn't even have CDROM drives back then, they only started becoming commonplace in the latter half of the 90s.
It can work on Linux if they really wanted it to. Eg, EAC & BattlEye supports Linux, but the game studios need to enable it. In fact for BattlEye, the studio only needs to email BattlEye to enable support: dub.sh/UpJCqE6
But sadly some studios don't care. R* even straight up LIED about BattlEye!
But sadly some studios don't care. R* even straight up LIED about BattlEye!
May 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It can work on Linux if they really wanted it to. Eg, EAC & BattlEye supports Linux, but the game studios need to enable it. In fact for BattlEye, the studio only needs to email BattlEye to enable support: dub.sh/UpJCqE6
But sadly some studios don't care. R* even straight up LIED about BattlEye!
But sadly some studios don't care. R* even straight up LIED about BattlEye!
...and penguins, and foxes too!
May 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
...and penguins, and foxes too!
Also, I have a Brother printer like you, and it works without a hitch. In fact, installing it took only 3 clicks—and it didn't even require a driver! Usually Brother printers are very well supported under Linux, so I'm surprised you had issues. But it could very well be a *buntu/Mint quirk.
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May 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Also, I have a Brother printer like you, and it works without a hitch. In fact, installing it took only 3 clicks—and it didn't even require a driver! Usually Brother printers are very well supported under Linux, so I'm surprised you had issues. But it could very well be a *buntu/Mint quirk.
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This is one of the reasons why I never recommend *buntu/Mint and related distros, and would instead suggest something based on Fedora and KDE, such as Aurora, Bazzite or Ultramarine. I've been running Bazzite on my ThinkPad for the past ~3yrs and have had literally ZERO issues.
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May 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is one of the reasons why I never recommend *buntu/Mint and related distros, and would instead suggest something based on Fedora and KDE, such as Aurora, Bazzite or Ultramarine. I've been running Bazzite on my ThinkPad for the past ~3yrs and have had literally ZERO issues.
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Um.. you're in the Column view, you just need to switch to the List view and you can sort by date. And you can also right-click the header to sort by more fields (date created/added etc). :)
May 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Um.. you're in the Column view, you just need to switch to the List view and you can sort by date. And you can also right-click the header to sort by more fields (date created/added etc). :)
Hmm, that is a very strange way to describe the distro. There's nothing "anime" about Ultramarine, it's just a standard Fedora-based Linux distro. I just tried the flagship Budgie edition and it looks normal to me, doesn't even have any anime avatars.
May 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Hmm, that is a very strange way to describe the distro. There's nothing "anime" about Ultramarine, it's just a standard Fedora-based Linux distro. I just tried the flagship Budgie edition and it looks normal to me, doesn't even have any anime avatars.
Found grub cafe: www.instagram.com/grub_.cafe/
May 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Found grub cafe: www.instagram.com/grub_.cafe/
Linux also has the benefits of better performance and customisation. You can easily theme it to make it completely look like say, Windows XP (git.new/CMtufT4) or macOS or whatever (without any "uxtheme" hacks), or replace various core system components to suit your needs.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Linux also has the benefits of better performance and customisation. You can easily theme it to make it completely look like say, Windows XP (git.new/CMtufT4) or macOS or whatever (without any "uxtheme" hacks), or replace various core system components to suit your needs.
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Hyprland is old. There are newer and *better* Wayland compositors for #Linux, such as Niri - which is written entirely in Rust and is a heck of a lot more smoother and stable (unlike Hyprland, which is buggy af). git.new/raEXrpb
If you wanna surpass PDP, follow your own path, don't try to ape him.
If you wanna surpass PDP, follow your own path, don't try to ape him.
April 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hyprland is old. There are newer and *better* Wayland compositors for #Linux, such as Niri - which is written entirely in Rust and is a heck of a lot more smoother and stable (unlike Hyprland, which is buggy af). git.new/raEXrpb
If you wanna surpass PDP, follow your own path, don't try to ape him.
If you wanna surpass PDP, follow your own path, don't try to ape him.
I use FDE too, but I use an OPAL2 SED (self-encrypting drive), so there's virtually no performance loss. Also, the encryption is transparent to the OS, making it easy when you want to muck around with partitions, dual-boot etc. If your drive supports OPAL2, I recommend checking it out.
April 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I use FDE too, but I use an OPAL2 SED (self-encrypting drive), so there's virtually no performance loss. Also, the encryption is transparent to the OS, making it easy when you want to muck around with partitions, dual-boot etc. If your drive supports OPAL2, I recommend checking it out.
The first 24 seconds are from your BIOS, so you can ignore that (nothing much you can do about it, unless your PC supports coreboot/libreboot).
The 11s userspace time is a bit high though, maybe try running "systemd-analyze critical-chain".
For ref, my KDE 6 install takes 3.6s to load on CachyOS.
The 11s userspace time is a bit high though, maybe try running "systemd-analyze critical-chain".
For ref, my KDE 6 install takes 3.6s to load on CachyOS.
April 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The first 24 seconds are from your BIOS, so you can ignore that (nothing much you can do about it, unless your PC supports coreboot/libreboot).
The 11s userspace time is a bit high though, maybe try running "systemd-analyze critical-chain".
For ref, my KDE 6 install takes 3.6s to load on CachyOS.
The 11s userspace time is a bit high though, maybe try running "systemd-analyze critical-chain".
For ref, my KDE 6 install takes 3.6s to load on CachyOS.
And Bio Menace. Why do people keep leaving out my man Snake Logan, the hero who single-handedly saved Metro City (or what was left of it) and foiled the plans of the evil Dr. Cain?!
April 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And Bio Menace. Why do people keep leaving out my man Snake Logan, the hero who single-handedly saved Metro City (or what was left of it) and foiled the plans of the evil Dr. Cain?!
The original #Debian logo was a genie's bottle, with the swirl on top. The idea was that the bottle was a vessel that released a powerful entity into the world. The swirl represented the genie, who while immensely powerful, cannot do anything by itself; instead, it grants all that power to the user.
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The original #Debian logo was a genie's bottle, with the swirl on top. The idea was that the bottle was a vessel that released a powerful entity into the world. The swirl represented the genie, who while immensely powerful, cannot do anything by itself; instead, it grants all that power to the user.