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grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press GazetteEnglish62·4 days agoMaybe we could turn it around: adblockers are tools that block ads and other kinds of dark traffic such as trackers and malicious scripts.
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How active is too active while being on lemmy?4·4 days agoThis can be applied generally to any activity, but when interacting with Lemmy starts making you feel anxious or upset, then it’s too much. It’s OK to spend a lot of time online, just make sure to take care of your mental health!
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Lemmy is ... ahhrrr, c'mon ... WTF? ... the door! ... who the hell would ... ? ... where is this darn towel ... AHHH, FUUU ... hnnnrrghhh ...11·5 days agoI thlammed my penith in the thower door
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do people switch from chrome to Brave browser and not to Firefox?1·8 days agoNo 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.
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do people switch from chrome to Brave browser and not to Firefox?2·8 days agoRIP Presto :( I wish they had open-sourced it when they abandoned it
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksto AssholeDesign@lemmy.world•Want to clean/replace air filter? Remove engine.English9·8 days agoThis 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 ☕
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English1·11 days agoThanks 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.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English3·12 days agoThis 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.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English6·12 days agoThanks 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.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English4·12 days agoThe 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.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English3·12 days agoI 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. ;)
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English1·13 days agoI’m definitely aiming to keep the hoop-jumping to the minimum. Ideally, I’m just going to set up their user account, log them into Google and Steam, pin some stuff to the taskbar and everything will “just work” from there.
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English5·13 days agoif this means anything, I’d switch my 85-year-old father with dementia to Linux Mint without worrying that he wouldn’t know his way around.
This means a lot, as it’s actually not too far off from what I’m trying to do. Thanks!
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English1·13 days agoVery good point about rolling release vs point release - I’ll definitely factor that into the final decision.
The primary reason I’m considering gaming distros is to have everything be as out-of-the-box as possible. I was thinking that issues with Steam/Proton will be less likely on a distro purpose-built to support them. But based on several of the comments here, it sounds like that might not be the case.
It’s going to be pure Steam and maybe a Minecraft install, so no concerns there. Keeping it simple is my goal.
Thanks for your insights!
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English1·13 days agoYeah, I am half expecting this not to work out, and I am fully prepared to install and debloat Windows for them if I have to. But I love Linux, so I want to give it a shot at least.
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English1·13 days agoI’m disappointed to hear that Mint doesn’t have Plasma 6 yet - I use Plasma 5 daily, so I’m familiar with its issues.
I’m unfamiliar with btrfs, but I feel like I remember it being a bit controversial at some point. AFAIK ext4 is still standard. Seems like btrfs has gained some popularity though, so I’ll have to give that a look.
Fedora is probably my next choice after Ubuntu in terms of mainstream non-gaming distros, so I’m happy to see a vote for it.
Thanks for your insight!
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Linux gaming for a non-technical person?English2·13 days agoI definitely checked up on SteamOS general availability first since my Deck experience has been great haha
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