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oldguy52 - resist, live, love

If you are new to Linux or moving to Linux to rescue / save a now defunct Windows 10 PC. Linux comes in many 'flavors', some very much like Windows, some not. If you choose something like Ubuntu or Mint ..., the install is relatively easy (back up all of your data on an external drive first please), will work even on the oldest system. I have Mint running smoothly on a 17 year old Dell Laptop, and my mainstay workstation is 10 years old.

You will notice some key differences such as different command structures (just takes some practice or a few tutorials), and a different way of updating. In Linux, since it is Open Source, you should get into the practice of checking daily to see if any packages have been updated.

I use (from the command line):

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

daily to make sure everything is current. It will ask for your password

then

sudo apt autoremove

to clean up any redundancies.

Experiment, break things have fun, ask

#Linux#LinuxFromWindows
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dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:

And of course there's also the issue of #linux #game compatibility.

Most of the games #steam says are Windows-only list at least partial #SteamDeck compatibility. Of those, only half will even *install* on Linux.

So I guess it's a matter of buy N games, return N/2 of them when I can't use them?

I've considered just using a Windows laptop for this, but I know in my heart this will be at least 3x more painful in the long run.

UGH COMPUTERS

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dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:

My problem with #gaming is that I don't like to isolate myself when others are in the house. I want to play on a TV in a living room, not my computer.

My #gamedev (major) child finally convinced me to connect a laptop to it. (I'm a #software #engineer and I *already* have a PC/TV setup so I don't know what my blockage was. #adhd

HOWEVER

I've got #linux on the laptop. I bought a generic #xbox controller (3BitDo and it seems pretty nice so far).

Linux sees the controller and works fine.

#Steam sees the controller and works fine.

Of the games that support generic xbox controllers, about half of them work fine. The other half refuse to acknowledge it.

???

I can't even tell at what stage the failure occurs. Is the OS failing to report some controller bit to steam? Is the game determining "generic xbox" status poorly?

"Steam Input" should be the solution but in 2 days of screwing around has only ever made things worse.

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Nem0x321

Been a #KDE user for most of my #Linux using 20 plus years. The other day I was having an issue with an app not looking properly due to scaling and stuff. Had a conversation with a friend were the subject came up and after a little back and forth they asked me if I had considered using a GTK based desktop since I mostly use gtk apps (#Firefox, #LibreOffice and #Qalculate are my most used) #Okular being my most used KDE app.

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Guillaume Tronix

Nvidia engineer breaks and then quickly fixes AMD GPU performance in Linux

An Nvidia engineer pushed a fix to the Linux kernel, improving performance on Radeon GPUs by correcting the same bug he had introduced.

tomshardware.com/pc-components

Tom's Hardware · Nvidia engineer breaks and then quickly fixes AMD GPU performance in LinuxBy Hassam Nasir
#Linux
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