It’s the UI setup. All DE/WM combinations are, and have been, factually inferior to Windows Explorer in terms of optimization, clarity and animation.
Which may or may not be because of their excessively modular structure and fractured development. Each layer has its own opinionated dev team unlike in Microsoft or Apple, where it’s all synchronised and everyone across the board have (at least at the time of development) a clear vision of the product they want to make.
Isn’t vanilla KDE Plasma faster and less resource-intensive than Cinnamon?
The Mint devs present the XFCE option as a “more lightweight” alternative to the Cinnamon option, and Plasma has been more efficient than XFCE for over three years now.
After literally 6 complete playthroughs, I am tired now. I really doubt they can keep adding much more to keep me hooked, just retire the thing and focus on future projects already.
My backlog is so large, I’m definitely going to die before getting through it.
Don’t call it that, man! games are an escape, a leisure activity. Not some work assignment you need to compulsively finish. It’s OK if you don’t play everything there is. 🙂
It’s almost exactly like AC:Unity if you’ve played it, just with a different world (similar to Origins’ “middle-east yellow” aesthetic), boring story and uglier cutscenes.
WhatsApp does not come pre-installed on most phones (for some reason it often isn’t included even with Facebook’s crapware). It is still the de facto chat app in India, Brazil and dozens of other Asian, South American and European countries.
After recently installing a new system, I had a rude awakening when I realized I’d been tinkering with broken dotfiles for over a year. It’s time to simplify things. I’m considering adopting popular dotfiles with established installation processes and leaving my existing setup behind, transferring essential configurations...
I’ve often wanted a movie/series based on the Dragonlance books or the Dark Elf trilogy. What would you all like to see done if you had the ability to do it?
All the biggest tech/IT consulting firms that used to hire engineering college freshers by the millions each year have declared they either won’t be recruiting at all this month, or will only be recruiting for senior positions. If AI were to wipe out humanity it’ll probably be through unemployment-related poverty thanks to our incompetent policymakers.
Hello! I’m looking for help in finding ways to stay up to date with News “of the World” in the modern age. Having de-Googled (and, therefore, abandoned Google News), I find it hard to track what is going on outside of links posted to Lemmy/Mastodon (my only social media), and have no subscriptions to any streaming channels...
While WSL2 has a better overall performance than its predecessor, it’s known for hogging a lot of memory. WSL’s read and write times also take a hit if you try to modify or save documents to the Windows file system.
There are tons of Notes app available in the playstore and f-droid. I have use my fair share of them these are my best 5 recommendations. All of these are free to use and have to pay extra if you want specific features....
I wish Ars handed over coverage of Android to a person who wasn’t this unabashedly hostile against it and Google. These same people claim “revolutionary” changes when Apple so much as modifies one bit of the iPhone’s layout.
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a harmless (EDIT: please check at least en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylcysteine for possible side effects) compound which protects your liver, you can buy after searching like for 10 seconds...
You say this is “just another competitive shooter” out of a pile and that the industry is stagnated. I’m asking who made something like this before for you to come to that conclusion
Windows as a software package would have never been affordable to individuals or local-level orgs in countries like India and Bangladesh (especially in the 2000’s) that are now powerhouses of IT. Same for many SE Asian, Eastern European, African and LatinoAmerican countries as well....
Windows and Office were successful in enterprises precisely because they were popular and the familiar choice among staff. They got popular from piracy.
How do those companies audit businesses that they don’t know are using their software? Do they have a special force built just to track creative releases from indie makers?
In most countries other than those in Western Europe, North America, Japan and China, computers arrived roughly a decade late. In fact PCs never ended up being used in the mainstream till the late 90’s/early '00s in India, a lot of options had matured by then.
The past 20 years is what’s relevant for all countries apart from Japan, China and those in North America and Eastern Europe when it comes to PCs.
I don’t think any cost above ₹200 (~ $2.5) would have been justifiable for an OS in third world countries in the '00s, and the “dirt cheap CD keys” were certainly more expensive than that anywhere.
Linux’s development would have accelerated a lot had there been more demand. There wasn’t enough demand because pirated Windows was getting the work done.
Unbelievable. You genuinely think the rest of the world wouldn’t have had computers had your god Microsoft not been so benevolent as to donate a few machines to a few schools for PR
Stay happy in your pathetic white saviours’ world, I guess. There’s no point discussing anything with you
PSA, FitGirl and Dodi setups do fail during installations on Proton and Lutris Wine, but if you were to run them using vanilla Wine they (generally) work perfectly. Just open a terminal in the downloaded folder and enter wine ./setup.exe. Just make sure you set the correct installation folder (e.g. Z:/home/username/games)
Update: the latest FitGirl setup for Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t work on either
Even the FPS monitor numbers show the same but there is visible lag when playing on wayland as against X11 (you’ll perhaps need a side-by-side comparison to notice). This isn’t just my observation, it’s well-known in the linux gaming community
Larian/BG3 is bold enough to make player choices matter to the extent that several paths and entire storylines in the game get locked out based on your decisions. Bethesda (and literally any other developer) is not. They’d rather you not miss everything they’ve taken the effort of building in the game.
The game has such awesome visuals and detailing, and the story has so many great characters and moments, but the overall plot in the end fails to establish any kind of hope or stakes to get behind. The whole world is fucked, the protagonist is doomed, there are no good endings and everything is depressing. If only they could’ve dialled down on the nihilism and made the CP2077 universe a bit more fun, its story could have gone down as among the most iconic ones in the industry. Video games are meant to be an escape and nobody wants to be the loser at the end. It’s a medium where bad endings just don’t work.
This post will guide you on how to install and run pirate releases of games on Linux. Basic knowledge (how to install stuff, get around files, opening the terminal) is assumed....
Optimising Ubuntu performance on amd64 architecture (ubuntu.com)
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition — Official Launch Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (www.youtube.com)
Google CEO Pichai advises Android users not to sideload apps (www.phonearena.com)
Assassin's Creed: New Game + mode for Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be available in a free update this December. NG+ will come an optional permadeath mode also available across all difficulties. (twitter.com)
Nitter link: nitter.net/assassinscreed/…/1724910151604289815...
Nothing Announces "iMessage on Android" (us.nothing.tech)
“Nothing Chats, powered by Sunbird, allows you to directly message other phone users from your Nothing phone via blue bubbles.”...
Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft renames Bing Chat to Copilot as it competes with ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)
Is it too late to date for me?
Hi my fellow Lemmy users! It’s been a while since I used this platform and boy did I actually miss you all ❤️...
OnePlus Open brings back Facebook/Meta bloatware apps (9to5google.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 dev shows off the level of optimization achieved for the Xbox Series S port, which bodes well for future PC updates (www.pcgamer.com)
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Are there any popular and well-maintained dotfiles for Arch Linux that come with a solid installation process?
After recently installing a new system, I had a rude awakening when I realized I’d been tinkering with broken dotfiles for over a year. It’s time to simplify things. I’m considering adopting popular dotfiles with established installation processes and leaving my existing setup behind, transferring essential configurations...
What type of piracy do you use the most? (strawpoll.com)
Personally I use public trackers the most and only recently private trackers for stuff in my native language....
What book series would you like to see made into a movie trilogy or a show with multiple seasons?
I’ve often wanted a movie/series based on the Dragonlance books or the Dark Elf trilogy. What would you all like to see done if you had the ability to do it?
Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market (finance.yahoo.com)
Big Tech is lying about some AI risks to shut down competition, a Google Brain cofounder has said....
Help Getting News
Hello! I’m looking for help in finding ways to stay up to date with News “of the World” in the modern age. Having de-Googled (and, therefore, abandoned Google News), I find it hard to track what is going on outside of links posted to Lemmy/Mastodon (my only social media), and have no subscriptions to any streaming channels...
5 reasons Linux is the best OS for coding (www.xda-developers.com)
From XDA
Highly recommended note taking apps
There are tons of Notes app available in the playstore and f-droid. I have use my fair share of them these are my best 5 recommendations. All of these are free to use and have to pay extra if you want specific features....
18+ Android 14 review: There’s always next year (arstechnica.com)
Android 14 offers a lightly customizable lock screen and not much else.
NAC makes you insensitive to alcohol
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a harmless (EDIT: please check at least en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylcysteine for possible side effects) compound which protects your liver, you can buy after searching like for 10 seconds...
i need a PDF for Think by Judith Boss
i need because Mcgraw system for reading the book sucks cheeks.
Ex-DICE developers’ very un-Battlefield shooter goes into open beta (The Finals) (www.polygon.com)
Random thought: Windows is largely successful because of Piracy
Windows as a software package would have never been affordable to individuals or local-level orgs in countries like India and Bangladesh (especially in the 2000’s) that are now powerhouses of IT. Same for many SE Asian, Eastern European, African and LatinoAmerican countries as well....
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UNPACKED - team of UNPACKERS who love to share releases unpacked. Join us! (zerobytes.monster)
Just letting you know of new site we are building....
Linux Mint bringing Wayland sessions to Cinnamon (blog.linuxmint.com)
Ex-Skyrim Developer Explains the Key Difference Between Bethesda Games and Baldur’s Gate 3 (www.ign.com)
Chevron boss says the $300 billion oil giant has changed life on Earth for the better: ‘We’re not selling a product that is evil’ (finance.yahoo.com)
Says exec of company that has objectively caused more environmental harm to the world than any others
Cyberpunk 2077's redemption is complete, but the future remains murky for CD Projekt (www.pcgamer.com)
What do you think about MX Linux
It’s really great for someone who doesn’t know how to use debain itself and their community are super friendly so do you think it’s worth it’s legacy
The simplest guide to pirating games on Linux
This post will guide you on how to install and run pirate releases of games on Linux. Basic knowledge (how to install stuff, get around files, opening the terminal) is assumed....