Ulrich

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

EVISCERATED

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Same. It literally told me to go use a search engine to answer my question. Okay, thanks for nothing Lumo!

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

No, but all of them have different repos out of the box, which will lead to confusion when consumers can't find the one they need.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

I need AI...to fucking die already.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Uhhhhh as far as I can tell none of that legislation has passed. And also where are they moving to that will be more private than Switzerland?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

although actual native-linux games seem to have issues while running the windows-version of the same game on proton just work - WEIRD.

Its not really weird.

  1. Windows is unfortunately what most people are using so it gets first priority for everything
  2. Linux environments can vary considerably. Running it in Windows gives a fixed environment for the game to run in
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cachy. So hot right now.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Yes lots of them still do. But I'm beginning to see more and more products reviewed by the community with nary a mention of the fact that they're disposable and have severely limited runtime...

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

Impossible to say without knowing everything about your opsec but yeah, most likely the airline just sold your info to them. Especially if it was Spirit or similar cheap airline.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

This is why I use aliases.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A key component to this is being locked in

No it's not

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I said “usually”, and I’m talking about mainstream distros.

They don't all have that either

 

Hi all, big fan of Bazzite and have it installed on several of my devices.

I just picked up a new (to me) laptop. This laptop has an 8845HS APU w/ 780M iGPU and also a NVDA 3050 6GB dGPU.

Using this laptop in desktop mode works perfectly fine. However, I reallllly want to use gaming mode, which, upon initial installation works just fine, but after reboot it opens to a black screen.

Now the Bazzite website says:

Some devices with two AMD GPUs (iGPU and dGPU) cause gamescope to be unable to detect your display resulting in a black screen. If you are affected, use an image without Steam Gaming Mode or disable your iGPU.

Obviously neither of those suggestions are ideal...

I assume this also applies to AMD iGPU + NVDA dGPU.

However the issue they link to in the above message pertains to several Framework 16 users. And if you select the Framework version of Bazzite, you get this message:

Enjoy enhanced dGPU support on the Framework 16…Applications like Steam and Lutris are automatically configured to run on your dGPU for optimal performance…Be sure to select Steam Gaming Mode for the ultimate console-like gaming experience

Implying that there's no problem with hybrid GPUs? So is there a fix somewhere they're not pushing to other versions? Or is this a hardware issue I'll never be able to overcome? Should I try and install the Framework version?

I posted this on the Bazzite Discourse forum but honestly it seems dead as hell over there.

Currently I'm using Nobara and using NVDA on desktop and AMD in Game Mode but that's obviously not ideal and Nobara doesn't ship with Game Mode + GNOME and honestly I really don't like KDE. 😬

 

Can't see my comment history... Using phtn.app

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
 

Hardware: 27" 2017 iMac

Connection: Wired

Storage: 1TB SSD

Hi all. I installed Linux Mint on my Mac on an external drive, which was all good fun. But when I went back to boot into MacOS, I got the 🚫 symbol. Booting into recovery mode and running first aid revealed that the disk was corrupted. The only advice it gave was to run first aid in recovery mode, which I was already doing.

Whatever, no big deal, everything important was backed up. So I went ahead and erased the disk using Extended Journaled (I guess APFS is unavailable for Sierra, which is what recovery mode wants to install). I made an installer disk with a later OS but I just received 🚫 again upon selection. Ran first aid again and it passed. Backed out of disk manager and selected install MacOS. Then after about 3 mins. received the error "an error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again". Tried several more times, receiving the same error every time.

The log reveals even more errors including:

  • "Could not find package ref in any source for:" 15 times for different packages such as "base system resources", "essentials", "OSInstall" etc.
  • No native mechanism to verify InstallESD.dmg
  • Couldn't mount base system dmg! (error code 110)
  • IATOOL: Failed the mount outer dmg

I have installed MacOS several times before, including on the same device.

 

I have an exclusive gaming PC. Ideally what I'd like to do is shove it in a closet or other vacant room to contain the heat and then stream games over LAN.

The problem with existing solutions is:

  1. They need a monitor connected
  2. The monitor to be powered on
  3. They don't support varying refresh rates/resolutions. Only whatever is displayed on the connected monitor. I want to play on my 4k/60Hz TV in the living room for AAA visual spectacle games that work best with controller, and the 1440p/120Hz display in my office for FPS or otherwise fast-moving games that demand KBM, and the 5k monitor for photo/video editing.
  4. I haven't had much success getting these working at all. Red screens, 1/4 screens, image noise, etc.

They're literally just mirroring the screen of the connected display.

I really don't want to have to buy a dedicated PC for each use-case. Does a solution like this exist? What are their pros and cons? Preferably something that doesn't require a degree in software engineering.

Currently I am using Bazzite OS with 5700x + 6800xt, if that matters.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

E: I AM NOT USING FEDORA. Please stop linking to guides for Fedora. They will not work. uBlue/Bazzite does not use dnf.


I got a free iMac. Installed Linux on an external drive. Bazzite, specifically. WiFi does not work. My research leads me to a problem with proprietary Broadcom drivers but no solutions. If you know how to get this working, your advice would be appreciated.

Also if there's another distro that works "out of the box" on Macs with GNOME I'd be open to installing that as well.

E: "System information" says it is a

Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.111.1 AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1772.1)

 

Compatible with PeerTube. Unfortunately there is no login support but you can search, watch and subscribe to videos in the same feed with youtube and whatever else.

 

I set up a Cinny instance. If I link users directly to the Cinny instance it prompts them to create an account on my Matrix server but then they have to manually search for the space to join. If I grab the link directly to my space from Cinny, it links to matrix.to as an intermediary, which will prompt them to sign up with the matrix.org instance, which I DO NOT WANT. Is there no way to send an invite directly from/to my Cinny instance/space? You can only send invites via matrix.to?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
 

Strava is an absolute nightmare to use. My feed is absolutely chock full of ads and dog-walkers. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy they're taking a 0.2 mile walk around their block and logging their progress, but I don't need to see it. Nike, TrainerRoad, Zwift, Peloton all have giant ads every time their users upload an activity. And I don't understand it because it's not an ad-supported network. Like I would happily pay to have all this shit hidden. It would be extremely simple for Strava to fix this, which would just be to provide me with a simple filter for what type of activities I'd like to see. The fact that they haven't done so, a long time ago, leads me to believe that they simply don't want to, for whatever reason. Plus they've already begun to enshittify by breaking integrations with third parties.

Are there any good options for this?

E: to be clear, I'm asking about the social aspect of Strava.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
 

Steam revenue estimated 2024: $10.8B

Google Play Store gaming revenue 2024: ~$31B

Why doesn't Valve want a part of that? I mean they already have an Android app. Several, actually. I realize there's some amount of investment but surely the payoff is worth it, and they have the necessary funds and skills? I mean if F-Droid can do it with nothing but volunteers and grants...?

Certainly plenty of games won't lend themselves well to the mobile experience but also plenty of them do.

From a personal perspective: I don't really care a whole lot for mobile games but I do like Balatro and want to play it on my phone, but if I want to do that I have to buy another license, which I can't even do because I don't run Google Play Services.

Epic got in on this already. Where's Valve?


Edit: my reflections on this conversation:

Valve could distribute their own app like Epic but they'd also probably have to remove it from the Play Store because now a cross-platform game would give them an Android version, thus breaking Google's ToS. So would doing such a thing outweigh lost sales from the Google version, and would it impact customer satisfaction? I wonder how many people are actually purchasing PC games in the Steam Android app...?

 

This seems like a super useful app with almost no community around it. I can't seem to find very much information at all anywhere. Someone add me: briar://acqllat453fdlhu6vgmjeslxuize2ms55iswqqkt4s7qi2pyhuwt6

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/Test@europe.pub
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