Dariusmiles2123

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Dariusmiles2123,

Yeah and don’t forget that even with the inflated price, a ps5 is cheap compared to a pc as powerful.

Dariusmiles2123,

Okay thanks I’m gonna try that package name as soon as I can get in front on of this computer. Let’s hope it works.

I’ll keep you posted.

Dariusmiles2123,

Sudo dnf remove plasma-welcome removed the package but it’s still appearing as intalled in the package center. I’m gonna try rebooting and see if it solves the issue…

Edit: rebooting solved the issue so thanks a lot!

Dariusmiles2123,

I had heard that having two DE installed could cause problems, but when I checked docs.fedoraproject.org/…/switching-desktop-enviro… I didn’t see any warning so I tried.

I guess, if I really wanna try KDE outside of a virtual machine, I’m gonna do a Clonezilla backup of my Gnome Fedora installation and wipe everything before starting on a fresh KDE installation.

Dariusmiles2123,

I ain’t gonna try anything anymore, as I feel like I dodged a bullet and could have broken my precious installation.

That is unless I grow tired of Gnome one day.

Dariusmiles2123,

I upgrade Fedora from one version to another as doing a clean install would be a lot of work. Maybe I’m just too much of a rookie, but I don’t see the advantages of a clean install.

Even if I installed Fedora on a new computer, I’d just use my clonezilla backup if possible. But I haven’t tried it so I don’t know if this would work.

Dariusmiles2123,

I love Gnome even if the fact that I have to add 2-3 extensions to make it work to my taste bothers me a little bit.

It should have a bit more options by default, while still retaining the beautiful UI.

I’m trying KDE in a virtual machine a little bit, but I guess I’ll never really explore its capabilities if I don’t daily drive it.

By the way, could someone explain what’s the difference between a WM and a DE?

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the answer. But then it means that people get a distro with a DE and install a WM on top of it? Or do you have distros coming with just a WM? What’s the advantage of a WM compared to a DE?

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the really good and helpful explanation!

To be honest it’s often difficult to understand every Linux subtilities, but the community is really great and compensate the lack of information you’re getting inside your distribution.

Dariusmiles2123,

Oh is it? It’s one of the cheapest second hand phones I’ve been investigating.

That’s something I don’t understand and would need someone to explain. How can it become end of life on an alternative OS? It’s as if someone was telling me my computer was too old (not not powerful enough) to run Linux.

Dariusmiles2123, (edited )

Do you know if these could run something like graphene os or /e/os?

I would want to end up on a Linux phone OS, but I’d also want to have as much choice as possible.

Dariusmiles2123,

But why is it riskier to have an end of life phone? As far as I know, my girlfriend MacBook Pro from 2012 was end of life for macOS (not receiving updates) and I installed Linux on it and it doesn’t seem more at risk than my newer Surface Go with Linux too. Is it different for phones?

Dariusmiles2123,

From what I’m seeing on the /e/os website and their list of compatible devices (doc.e.foundation/devices), a lot if phones would get « safetynet »(even if I don’t really know what it means).

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the answer👍

I’m trying to learn a maximum of information before buying any phone, but it’s difficult to find answers sometimes.

Dariusmiles2123,

Oh thanks 🙏 I guess I’m gonna try this first.

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the explanation. It’s a shame as it’s the perfect way to create mountains of e-waste.

Dariusmiles2123,

When you do such a thing and install a Linux mobile distro on it, does the End Of Life aspect of the phone still is a problem?

Dariusmiles2123,

Okay thanks as I wouldn’t want to put cash in a device (even a cheap one) I’d only be able to use for a few years.

Dariusmiles2123,

I hope everyone keeps putting some pressure on legislators about such things.

We have to remind companies that buying is buying.

I wish there was a petition for my country.

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the info.

I had already looked at it and nothing applies to my country, especially because I don’t own « the Crew ».

But I just watched this video and it’s revolting : youtu.be/QZYy9KzFT2w?si=znDa-mFop0AQvSu9

Dariusmiles2123, (edited )

I’m really interested in trying it if one day I have to get a private phone on top of my company’s iPhone.

It’s great that we start having alternatives to Apple and Google again.

Dariusmiles2123,

It’ll be interesting to see what it changes for us consumers.

What I’m happy to see is that they talk less about games as a service lately.

Dariusmiles2123,

I’m fine with this as long as I’m still getting FFVII part.3 on PlayStation.

To be honest I don’t really care about exclusives and I think it should just be for first party developers.

Although I wouldn’t mind getting Gears of War on PlayStation.

Dariusmiles2123,

I’ve played FFVII remake and I’ve played 45 hours of rebirth and I’m enjoying it so far.

Maybe less than the original but I guess I’ve changed in 25 years and I want more mature and less japanese dialogues.

Dariusmiles2123,

Played it two times on ps5. Once on 1.50 and once on 2.0. I haven’t experienced crazy glitches…

Dariusmiles2123,

I loved the world, enjoyed its story but didn’t like the combat as it felt a bit messy and I felt overpowered as a hacker.

After two playthroughs, I’ll probably do the expansion at one point but I don’t know if I should play it from one of my playthrough or from a new save.

Dariusmiles2123,

Sim City 2000 used to be my game and I’m looking for the same vibe on a non-demanding game I can play on my Surface Go 1 with Fedora.

Dariusmiles2123,

Except getting more user information, I don’t really see the big advantage for Sony so it’d be interesting to know why they want to require a PSN account in countries where you can’t get one.

Also I’d want to know why you can’t get one in some countries.

Dariusmiles2123,

Incredible game series until Kojima went crazy with its base management and soldier recruitment.

MGSV was such a disappointment that I’m trying to erase it from my memory.

Dariusmiles2123,

And the lack of a real story on top of the base management just finished destroying the game.

Dariusmiles2123,

I don’t remember this mission. In MGS V? Since I played the game around its launch, I just remember how disappointed I was.

Dariusmiles2123,

I guess I really wasn’t into the game as I wasn’t emotionally involved at all. Not like in Last of Us 2 when Abby and Ellie are fighting. I was feeling their pain and anger and was really destabilized as if two of my close friends were fighting.

Dariusmiles2123,

I might be dumb but I still don’t understand the use of such a download manager.

I mean I guess I have an integrated download manager in Firefox and it’s sufficient for my user case.

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the explanation 👍

Dariusmiles2123,

Huge thanks to all the people working hard to bring us Linux phones. One day I hope to be able to use one of them🙏

gmr_leon, to patientgamers
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How do you like to approach writing about games?

I've noticed there are some folks writing at length here on their experiences playing games, so this felt like a good place to ask. Do you take notes as you play, and/or after each session, then write out full thoughts upon completing a game?

Or are your reflections compiled only after finishing a game, no notes?

I've dabbled with different approaches, and haven't really settled on a consistent process personally.

@patientgamers

Dariusmiles2123,

I’ve never really written about a game, but I’m admirative of people who are able to while still enjoying the game.

The only time I tried it was on Reddit to try to redeem Dead Space 3 and encourage people to still try despite what they could hear about it. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t well written at all, but it was really sincere as I enjoyed the game 😅

Best "convertible" or 2-in-1 device to run Linux on?

The last device I own that doesn’t run an open source operating system is an iPad. I basically use it as a laptop most of the time with a keyboard case, but I do like being able to take just the screen to use as a drawing/note-taking tablet. I treat it more like a “convertible” device rather than a tablet alone....

Dariusmiles2123,

I have a Surface Go 1 with a 128gb SSD and 8gb of RAM.

I’m almost never using it as a tablet, but it runs Fedora perfectly.

I’ve installed the surface kernel on it and I only have two small problems on it:

-my Bluetooth mouse takes some time to be recognized on startup or after watching a 15 minutes video

-sometimes, without reason, the battery is depleted on startup when it was 100% as I turned the computer off correctly a day before

I wouldn’t want to give my money to Microsoft anymore, but for around 450$ in 2019 it was a great investment.

What's New in Fedora KDE 40? (fedoramagazine.org)

Fedora Linux is a community developed and maintained operating system. Fedora KDE is one of our adaptations of Fedora Linux for your laptop or desktop. With this milestone release of Fedora KDE 40, we hope that you’ll be interested in trying an OS that belongs to you from start to finish, from install to first shut down, from...

Dariusmiles2123,

Looking forward to trying it on my Virtual Machine.

I love Fedora Workstation and Gnome but I’d want to see what the fuss is about when some people are saying that Gnome is too limiting and KDE gives you much more freedom.

Dariusmiles2123,

Yeah that’s what I’ve done and I’m 99% satisfied with it but I still have an itch for trying something different 😅

Dariusmiles2123,

I had a lot of fun on this console, but I don’t think it would have been able to compete with Sony and Microsoft.

Maybe if it played the Nintendo way, deciding to be really different and not focus on power but on simple games.

Dariusmiles2123,

Yeah you’re right. I should’ve said « the way Nintendo is acting nowadays ».

GameCube was a beast when I bought it.

Dariusmiles2123,

I guess something like what you’re talking about or some kind of Virtual Machine to run these difficult apps would be perfect.

Or the ability to dual boot.

Basically, I would want to do everything I can on a PC, on a smartphone 😅

Dariusmiles2123,

I guess so many countries are in the same position. Of course none of them is exactly in the same position, but almost every country is using Microsoft products.

To me this sounds crazy as you could have two enemies relying on the same company to provide an OS for them.

In a way, it would make sense for every country to have their own Linux distribution, tailored to their needs. I’ve only heard about India, some states in Germany doing this, but it seems like the perfect strategy.

My country is really regarding about what its employees are doing with the citizens data, but I guess they’re still relying on Microsoft to store all that data in many different countries.

Dariusmiles2123,

I ain’t so far into the game (around 10 hours and arriving in Junon), but I ain’t so fond of the story telling. The characters are clearly caricatures with the silent shy guy (cloud), the nice strong awkward guy (barret), the naive cute lady (aerith) and so on…

I guess the story is also difficult to reinvent and might be a bit stuck in the 90’s. I’m still clearly enjoying the game so far, but storytelling has moved on and it doesn’t come close to a masterpiece like Last Of Us 2 in that regard.

Still the world is enjoyable, the gameplay too (although I preferred the original combat system) and it’s good to play something naive from time to time too.

Dariusmiles2123,

I didn’t know that and then it would make me happy to know that Lemmy is beating Reddit at something, but I still think we’re far away from having open source phones we could use every day in every situation.

What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for?

It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you’d love alternatives for?

Dariusmiles2123,

Thanks for the advice, but, for now, I can’t picture myself managing a professional phone backup without a GUI.

Had it been just a tinkering phone maybe, but not my professional one😇

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