Alk

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DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

One monitor will be fine no matter the resolution.

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Hey I will give my anecdotal recent experience. Several months ago I switched to Pop! OS and have had basically no issues. I have an Nvidia GPU and I play a lot of games. I don't play any games that are blocked by anti cheat (not because I can't, I just don't happen to play the few that are blocked).

I spent the first day getting everything signed in, installed, set up and tweaked to how I like it with very minimal terminal usage. Mostly gui and clicking.

Steam+Proton along with lutris makes it easy to play any game for me.

Side note: I have 4 monitors of varying resolution, size, orientation and refresh rate and it hasn't caused problems other than the initial setup (I used cursr to help with this)

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[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago

This is no time for casting spells.

My girlfriend got an ad on Etsy in c/shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Found it.

Fuck that i aint forgot what happened to my boy steve irwin 😤 in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What does the (x) mean?

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[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Why in the world would I not want to see downvotes?

Boy, 15, who fatally stabbed teenager he did not know in Birmingham is jailed for life in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They are describing revenge but don't want to say that word.

Yet another "What distro should I use?" post, but at least I did some homework. in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I fear I might not have results soon. I am going to stick around until Pop Cosmic comes, and then switch to bazzite or tumbleweed if it doesn't tickle me pink.

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Nobody came trick-or-treating :( (sh.itjust.works)
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I moved to a house (my first) recently and we bought full size chocolate bars and beef jerky sticks to give out (in case someone doesn't want chocolate).

Not a single child came. I didn't see or hear anyone under 20 the entire night. We all stayed out on the porch for hours.

The only chocolate bar we gave out was to the pizza lady.

Does nobody trick-or-treat? We have kids in the neighborhood. I see them rising bikes during the day.

How was everyone else's Halloween?

Edit: We got one! Long after trick or treating hours were over, a little cowboy knocked on our door. I gave him like 5 candy bars and 2 jerky sticks. He was very happy. His dad stopped in a car and he got out to knock on our door. I reckon it had to do with the fake neon LED "trick or treat" sign we hung on the porch.

Yet another "What distro should I use?" post, but at least I did some homework. in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah I actually know about that. Pop's whole shtick of versatile tiling and workspace management doesn't really benefit me at all, and I reckon the new DE will heavily feature that as well. That's not necessarily a downside, but it doesn't really make me want to use it over anything else either. What I do know is that KDE is great, I love using it, I love using its apps, and many of its apps don't work quite right on POP as it is.

However, I AM interested in Cosmic's support of nvidia hardware, variable refresh rate, and support for obscure nonsensical monitor setups (which I have haha). So I think I'm going to give it a try, and hope it isn't worse than gnome. I'm not particularly a fan of gnome, but it does have some cool plugins and wide support.

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[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

From what I can tell, nothing is better about the KDE implementation than other KDE distros, but it does check most of the boxes for me. Rolling (ish) release, supports plasma put of the box, not too much work to set up. Kubuntu isn't as frequently updated which is the main downside for me.

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[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you. I'm definitely doing to trial bazzite and tumbleweed. Both have received near unanimous praise from anyone who mentioned them in my 2 posts, Tumbleweed moreso.

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[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thank you so much, that was very informative. Tumbleweed is looking more attractive the more I think about it. Or bazzite. I'm going to trial run both of those plus Endeavor OS.

At the very least I want any Ubuntu derivitive to be as good as pop OS, which means no snap and mildly acceptable package maintenance, so that rules out a few options. Pop OS does seem to be one of the best Ubuntu based distros for Nvidia support, and already checks a lot of my boxes so I may even make the decision to stay on this until I can build a red team PC for much easier hardware support (which I already planned on doing eventually).

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Yet another "What distro should I use?" post, but at least I did some homework. (sh.itjust.works)
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Edit: Tumbleweed and bazzite are currently the most attractive options based on what I've learned from the comments. I will trial run those and 1 or 2 others.

I am currently on Pop OS.

I am dissatisfied with the DE/UI and I've been playing with others but half the point of this distro is it's custom UI. So I figured I would try another. I have several criteria that may narrow it down.

  1. I am going to use KDE or KDE Plasma (preferred). This is the only non-negotiable criteria.

  2. I will be gaming. This means I would like relatively up to date kernel and software. Rolling or semi-rolling releases are preferred.

2.5. I also work from this pc. This mainly entails using discord and Firefox though so no special requirements. I do have 4 different sized monitors with 3 different refresh rates that I use for work. Only one for gaming. One is vertical. I can tell I'm pushing x to its limits with that setup.

  1. I would prefer Debian-based as that is what I'm used to and because .deb packages are so common.

  2. I don't want it to be a ton of effort to set up. Pop OS worked out of the box with my Nvidia GPU and all other hardware. I am willing to put in some effort though.

  3. I have been using and very much like apt and flatpak. This is not a requirement, just an observation.

  4. Wayland is neat

  5. Active community with lots of support to search through. Pop OS has been good for this as it's Ubuntu based and has its own great community.

Ultimately I want an easy to use desktop OS that uses some sort of KDE, supports up to date packages and drivers, supports most games and isn't a pain to maintain.

Here are some contenders that fit at least some of my requirements.

KDE Neon user edition

Opensuse tumbleweed

Kubuntu

Endeavor OS

Debian

Manjaro

Bazzite

Mint Debian edition

Right now I'm leaning toward KDE Neon, Kubuntu, or Debian (whatever the rolling release version is), but the others all have their draws. I've heard the aur is great but I have come across several applications only available in website downloads of Deb packages so I'm hesitant.

I have been using pop as my first desktop distro after Windows and I've enjoyed it a lot. I barely run into anything I can't solve with some effort and headache and not a single game I can't play. I'd like to keep it that way.

Now that that's out of the way, does anyone have suggestions? Am I looking in the wrong direction? Am I asking the wrong questions? Should I just install arch, live in the terminal, and throw away my mouse? /s

Thank you all for your advice in advance.

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