whats_all_this_then

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[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I swear, every time I hear about Bazzite I'm tempted to switch. Seems like Fedora with but with the rough edges sanded down

Huh, now that you mention it, I think I've had that happen a couple of times with my old laptop running fedora (Atheros chip). A simple restart would sort it out and it didn't happen often enough that it was front of mind but it was definitely a thing. I haven't had any issues with my current laptop (Intel chip) so it may well be a driver issue.

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's weird, I've never had that happen before but threads about that specifically were all I could find when researching my particular issue. I think it ended up being a power saving issue, I'll link if I can find it. Hopefully it helps

 

Instructions

Edit /etc/bluetooth/main.conf (sudo required), go to the line that says #FastConnectable = false and replace it with FastConnectable = true.

Rant

My distro: Fedora 42

If this was common knowledge then I guess I'm just an idiot but I recently found out about this after years of trying to fix it on and off across multiple devices and complaining the whole time that "linux bluetooth sucks" and it has fixed 99% of my problems. My biggest issue was my keyboard refusing to reconnect after it goes to sleep when the same behavior works fine on ~~spyware~~ windows. Quick change, restart the bluetooth service, and it works exactly like you'd expect now. Why it's off by default on a relatively modern wireless chip is beyond me (I suspect power saving on older chips but idk).

Most of these are great but I wanna point out some of the ones I don't agree with

  • I've found that the elbow grease bit is gonna be a dealbreaker for 90% of Windows users even when they hate windows. I hate it but that's the truth
  • Nvidia is much better than it used to be but it's still a PITA unless you use a gaming distro or one that comes with proprietary drivers preinstalled and properly configured (even for someone already very comfortable with linux). This is important if you want Wayland to work correctly or need optimus on laptops. Furthermore, and this is laptop-specific, KDE Plasma is gonna have low FPS on secondary monitors or drain tf out of your battery by defaulting to dedicated graphics if your config is wrong (and it's wrong by default on laptops)
  • Switching desktop environments is a massive PITA so choosing the one you like first time is important.

If IT guy thought they new, why not bring it up, offer consolation, maybe buy a few rounds...you know, human with empathy stuff?

Discord cannot make voice calls through VPNs

I've never had any issues with this, am I missing something? Is my VPN not configured properly?

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Been a minute since I set it up but I use a seperare metadata provider for anime and it's just easier to keep separate in that scenario. You can still group libraries together to show up as one in the UI so I have a "TV Shows" library group that contains everything from both "Series" and "Anime"

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Listening to Björk for the first time because of your comment.

Violently Happy was cool, but Venus as a Boy and Army of One are definitely more my speed (guessjng that's a normie ass take).

It's not for everyone but I feel like the only people who "hate this with a passion" only ever listen to the top 40 charts and NOTHING ELSE, which is really hard to do if you have Spotify tbh

First time listening to Violently Happy and idk what you're on about, it's literaly a 4 on the floor beat with occasional intentionally off-beat elements

I had to look through their profile after you said that and GOD DAMN, they posted the ones I found most memorable!

We don't deserve you!

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ah, that's completely understandable. Most people don't realize that in a lot of companies, even if you are involved, the decision to make the stupid feature/break your workflow comes from a suit 10 pay grades above your level and despite everyone involved trying to explain that it's a bad idea.

Also it's a big fucking company haha

 
 
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