grueling_spool

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I thlammed my penith in the thower door

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No webRTC apps work for me at all in Firefox. Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, whatever. I can connect but there is no video or audio in either direction.

RIP Presto :( I wish they had open-sourced it when they abandoned it

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This also refills your fuel and extracts toxic pollutants from the air!

The gatekeeping in these comments is the wrong kind of dull. Hope you enjoyed your coffee, OP ☕

Username checks out

Thanks for the heads up. I'm fine with X11 for general usage, but I've read that games tend to perform better under Wayland, so that's probably going to be an important factor.

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Imagine the answer to the Fermi paradox being that the aliens found us and immediately quarantined our entire planetary system.

This is my first time hearing of Bottles. It looks like it serves a similar purpose to Lutris? Have you used both, and if so, how do they compare?

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience! It sounds like Mint is mostly pretty manageable for a casual user, which is good news for me.

I think a lot of Linux programs have moved to a distribution format called "flatpak" which I am not super familiar with, but I believe behaves the way you prefer (just download the app file and run it). Though fwiw, the command-line script installers are generally not actually doing much different from installers on Windows or Mac - they're just not hidden behind a progress bar.

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The person in question loves their Steam Deck, but occasionally wants to play a game that requires a little more processing power. My first thought when I started researching was to check whether SteamOS was generally available for PCs (sadly, it's not).

Have you used Bazzite for long?

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I appreciate the concern, friend. They are absolutely getting a debloated Windows install if Linux doesn't work out for any reason. And I'll probably be avoiding Gentoo for this particular use case, which should hopefully minimise the issues with drivers and compatibility software. ;)

 

I'm putting together a gaming system for the kind of person who needs help if their TV is set to the wrong input. Obviously I'm committing myself to providing a certain amount of tech support no matter what, but I'm wondering if any of these modern Linux distros can provide a user experience at least on par with Windows in terms of ease of use and reliability for someone who doesn't know how to do much more than check their email and log in to Steam.

So far, I've looked at Bazzite, Cachy, Nobara, and PopOS based on what I commonly see recommended here. I'm leaning toward Bazzite based on its stated goal of being friendly to Linux newcomers, and the quality and amount of available documentation. Are there any other distros I've missed, or other considerations that might sway my preference?

I'd also like to hear about your subjective experiences with Linux gaming:

  1. What distro are you using for gaming?
  2. How long have you used it?
  3. How often have you had issues that require Linux knowledge and/or searching the web to solve?
  4. Have you had any other minor/annoying complaints?
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47404500

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