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  • Fair enough, but I think the DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME command you've got now will only work for DXVK, if you launch a game that uses vulkan directly (rather than via translating DirectX calls through DXVK) you might possibly find the game running on the wrong GPU, just bare that in mind

    • For Steam apps, the previous method doesn't work (for some reason - maybe it uses a custom launch process?), but after trying many different ways, I was able to get most Steam apps to use the correct GPU (GPU 0) by adding the custom launch option PROTON_USE_WINED3D=0 %command%

    Steam runs the commands to launch the games directly, so editing .desktop files won't affect anything launched through steam directly.
    PROTON_USE_WINED3D=0 is related to the graphics back ends, so I wouldn't use it for selecting the GPU, as, while it might work for making a game use the dedicated GPU, it probably won't work reliably as you've discovered. For setting a game to run on the NVIDIA GPU I think PRIME and NVIDIA Optimus are the solution, but I can't help you much since all my systems have only a single GPU enabled. One of the following 3 launch options in steam should work:
    __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only %command%

    DRI_PRIME=1 %command%

    prime-run %command%

  • 111 isn't an urgent line (if it's genuinely an emergency go to A&E or call 999) and from personal experience it takes hours for them to get back to you, at which point you've either already told them your symptoms have got worse, still had no call back and gone to A&E or they get back to you eventually and tell you that you might be fine, but should go to the hospital anyway and sit in a queue for 6 hours so they can make sure it's not actually something serious. NHS 111 is just as useless as the NHS Direct it replaced

    For GP appointments that are released on the day, in the morning, you can avoid waiting in a long call queue to the GP by booking the appointment through the NHS app if your GP supports it.

  • You can't even set a timer with Gemini without enabling Gemini app activity (you used to be able to before, but that changed many months ago). This means it can't even replicate the basic functionality of assistant out of the box, without agreeing to give Google even more rights to your data, in no way would I consider it a replacement unless it's able to fulfil the basic functionality of assistant with the same permissions.

  • Unlimited, but with reduced upload speed after 5TB. It's Jottacloud for €119 per year. I use it with rclone which lets me encrypt everything myself so I don't have to trust the provider.

  • A VM would be a good way to try out different distros & desktop environments, and to get some familiarity with Linux. For actually gaming I would install the OS on bare metal (you could dual boot if you wanted to keep windows installed as a backup).

  • Something like almost half of generic medications are made in India.

    Is this for cancer drugs or generics in general? Only asking because most of the generics I see in the UK are made here, but that might be because I've only seen the more common medications and not stuff like cancer drugs.

    Hope you manage to beat the cancer!

  • For security disable password authentication - use public key instead, disable root login via ssh - use sudo or su from another user.

    To reduce the number of attempts of others trying to get in change the ssh port and/or set-up fail2ban.

    You could also set a firewall rule to only allow ssh from your IP address, if you have a static address at home and only need access from there, or have a way to VPN into your home network. Make sure you have a static address if you do this though, you don't want your IP to change and be left locked out of your server.