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atmur

@ atmur @lemmy.world

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  • Shift 2 Unleashed has aged incredibly well (and also a wall of text about racing games)

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  • The single player mode was decent. I like the career structure, it's something unique compared to most other racing games' checklists of events.

    Driving physics were a minor improvement over Heat, which was already solid on that front (especially compared to the train wrecks of NFS '15 and Payback).

    Contrary to most NFS fans, I wish they leaned more into the cartoon/anime aesthetic, something closer to Auto Modellista. I'm guessing EA didn't want to risk it though, so Unbound's aesthetic feels a little half-assed as a result.

    Car customization is great as expected, Ghost nailed this in NFS '15 and basically copy/pasted the same system into everything since, which I'm fine with.

    The multiplayer is live service garbage and I'm very disappointed that all post-launch updates have ignored the single player mode entirely... Or maybe I should be happy that they didn't incorporate live service garbage into the single player...

    Overall, 7.5/10 if you ignore the multiplayer. It's Ghost's best game.

  • Is there a path forward for better support of newer hardware on desktop Linux?

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  • Minor update on this: I ended up returning the Samsung G80SD since it was being a finicky piece of shit in other ways and got an HP Omen Transcend 32 instead (I know, HP sucks, but I have nothing but good things to say about my HP Omen 27i so I took the chance). Same exact 3rd gen QD-OLED panel but this time it just works™. 240hz, VRR, all good out of the box.

    So my point about the monitor is kind of moot, the G80SD just sucks, Linux is fine.

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  • Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite Wifi7

    I tend to avoid Gigabyte, but the only stock of 9800X3Ds available was in motherboard bundles on Newegg, so I ended up with it lol

    I also noticed that Bluetooth still isn't working, so I am still waiting for 100% compatibility.

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  • I game on Linux lol

    is it even noticeable beyond 100hz when not gaming

    Actually yes, honestly it's most noticeable when moving your mouse or dragging windows around. It's insanely smooth.

  • Is there a path forward for better support of newer hardware on desktop Linux?

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  • My old monitor was 165hz and I didn't expect the jump to be noticeable, but it actually was. It's definitely well beyond the point of diminishing returns (120 is fine imo), but it's still a nice upgrade.

  • Is there a path forward for better support of newer hardware on desktop Linux?

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  • For sure, if I was in the market for a laptop, System76, Tuxedo, and (while not exclusively Linux) Framework would be at the top of my list

    For general PC hardware though, I've always been late to the party. I upgraded to Ryzen 3000 right before 5000 was coming out, so hardware support was already perfect on Linux. That's basically been my upgrade strategy for the past 10 years, so I've personally never really encountered these teething problems before now.

    adding in support for end user hardware is an accident and requires extra effort on hardware makers' part who don't always rise to the challenge when they don't believe it's profitable enough for the effort; in which case, volunteers have to step in to fill the gap.

    That's really the crux of the problem. How can we make companies care and/or better support volunteers to get patches out sooner.

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Is there a path forward for better support of newer hardware on desktop Linux?

  • He wasn't ready for that distro

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  • I yearn for Fedora

  • He wasn't ready for that distro

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  • When CPUs were a lot slower you could genuinely get noticeable performance improvements by compiling packages yourself, but nowadays the overhead from running pre-compiled binaries is negligible.

    Hell, even Gentoo optionally offers binary packages now.

  • He wasn't ready for that distro

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  • That's easy, just pick btrfs, gnome, pipewire, systemd, gdm, grub, and add flatpak in your additional packages.

    Every other configuration is wrong.

    /s

  • He wasn't ready for that distro

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  • Now imagine the same meme but with Gentoo and LFS

  • How are you actually doing today?

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  • Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years

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  • Fedora/dnf makes installing additional desktops super easy, also with no risk to data. To hijack your comment a bit:

    To install Plasma: sudo dnf install @kde-desktop

    Logout and log into the Plasma session to use it.

    To rollback, get the transaction ID of the above: dnf history list

    And then rollback: sudo dnf history rollback <ID>

    If Gnome's fonts/icons don't revert, install and open gnome-tweaks and reset settings.

  • Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years

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  • Yeah if you're looking for a traditional/Windows-like metaphor, you're WAY better off with Plasma than trying to wrestle Gnome into that shape.

  • Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years

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  • Definitely worth a try, especially if it's been a few years since you've last played with it.

  • Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years

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  • I'm amazed by the level of polish overall, I've encountered very little jankiness that used to be super common with Plasma when I last tried it. Plasma feels like a really mature desktop now, which is awesome. I'm running Plasma 6.2 at the moment, and I think 6.3 is right around the corner as well.

    My problems so far are more subjective. Gnome may be a very opinionated desktop, but I happen to agree with most of its opinions. Gnome's workspaces feature is miles better than Plasma's virtual desktops, which feel tacked on in comparison. I'm still trying to tinker with this to make it work for me, but honestly this seems like the thing that will push me back to Gnome if I don't find a workflow I like.

    KDE obviously has more features overall though, HDR support happens to be the one that I'm interested in at the moment since I've been toying with the idea of buying a new monitor.

  • Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years

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  • Ironically most of my customization so far has been to make it more like Gnome lmao

    Still trying to figure out how to make workspaces/virtual desktops more...usable.

    Overall though it's amazing how solid Plasma is now, it sure as hell isn't the buggy mess it used to be in the earlier Plasma 5 days.

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    Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years

  • Best profile picture rule

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  • One of my clients at work has this IT guy with a furry profile picture on Zoom.

    I assumed it was a mistake, people join with dumb pictures/names sometimes, but no. He never changed it in any of our meetings.

    And then I looked at his account in our software, which allows users to upload their own photo, and he put a different furry picture there. A strictly work related account, that only his coworkers and us can see.

    And you know what, I respect it.

  • Flirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢

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  • The biggest problem to me was the official Proton reddit account making an official statement agreeing with Andy. Andy blamed this on a "miscommunication" and it has since been deleted, but probably only because of the backlash they were receiving.

  • Flirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢

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  • Holy shit he's still arguing with people about this today?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    An animator with 850K subscribers talks about using Adobe alternatives and switching to Linux

    James Lee - How I Broke up with Adobe

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Redlyne - Exploring Dead Games 4

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    What games did you complete in 2024?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Self-hosted music streaming (and me giving up on it)

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    All hail 2B's ass

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    New Frame Plus

    The Overanimation of Zenless Zone Zero

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    Seeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.

  • Music @lemmy.world
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    2006

    Junkie XL - Today

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Update on 'Best "convertible" or 2-in-1 device to run Linux on?' (Minisforum V3 first impressions)

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    firestarter rule

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Best "convertible" or 2-in-1 device to run Linux on?

  • PC Gaming @lemmy.world
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    A couple extra Humble Bundle keys (WRC9 + 10, MudRunner, Inertial Drift)

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Cognitive Dissonance Blues

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    every time i can't remember how to use a command

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Do any of you have that one service that just breaks constantly? I'd love to love Nextcloud, but it sure makes that difficult at times

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
    atmur @lemmy.world

    What games did you complete this year?