FinalBoy1975 @ FinalBoy1975 @lemmy.world

Usually, my own thoughts are the only ones that matter to me. The exception

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I think a trading card game, where you have to be vigilant about everything printed on the cards, would be helpful. There are plenty of options. Slay the Spire, Monster Train, etc. there are some that mix rpg play with card play. Source: me, a language teacher that uses card games in class.

This already happens with other file types. For example, if you click something from your widgets, it is a file type that forces Edge to be opened. Other browsers can’t open it. Microsoft is trying to make Edge its new Internet Explorer. I mean, just click on the Weather widget. See what app opens. Try to make another browser open it by default. You can’t on Windows 11. Smells like anti-trust courtroom action, take three.

PlayOnLinux is not maintained consistently and hasn’t been for a couple of years. I have Diablo 2 on Lutris. It works great. However, I’m on Fedora 38, so there’s that. I don’t think that makes much of a difference, though. Your problem is probably related to PlayOnLinux being behind the times.

I thinks it's fascinating how the project started as research about how to make a machine that would augment human intellect through human to computer interaction. In that regard, the project didn't really achieve its goal. It's a failure that had an impact on tech.

I can say why I'm not exactly fond of my dentist: I'm missing a molar I don't need, my dentist keeps on trying to get me to spend over a thousand euros on an implant he can put in. Every visit he tries to sell me this useless implant. Every visit I say, "no thank you." This has been going on for five years. It gets old. Other than that, he's great at his job so I don't know. I don't consider him to be of the "bad rep" variety. A failed salesperson? Perhaps.

You should definitely just use what you like. If you're going with Debian, maybe go with stable instead of sid. Your games will work. Distros that are being labeled as "gaming" just have some things added for convenience, saving steps after installation. Hopping around is not necessarily a bad thing, either. I've used different ones over the years from different branches. It's good to know how they work. I can pacman. I can apt. I can dnf. I even used to apt-get and yum.

Right, that's the whole philosophy behind capitalism. If you have capital, you're supposed to hold onto it and "put it to work" aka find ways to make money off of it and other people with less or no capital. The filthy rich have done this or, more than likely, their ancestors have done this and have accumulated a large amount of capital. The Russian oligarchs and their families, though, they're culturally different and a lot of them are not capitalists as described by Marx. They very much enjoy being ostentatious and showing off their trinkets, which is why I wondered and asked about it.

I noticed that the "Rich Kids" app for photo sharing (aka Instagram for the wealthy) is only in English and Russian, so I guess that one is mostly for Russia's oligarchy? It makes me wonder if most of it is for the Russian oligarchy for the most part. I can't see filthy rich people from the USA or Europe using these things. A lot of them are actually on Instagram and Tinder like "regular" people use.

That's a great collection! I'm sure it took a long time to accumulate all of that.

I'm glad it's helpful to you to listen to it. I learned about the cult when family members started acting "funny," watched some documentaries, probably listened to that podcast, and read up on the phenomenon. Now, over 2 years later, I'm what you might call "over it." At some point I just accepted the loss of those people and moved on. Everyone's experience with this is unique because, if you have to eliminate them from your life, it's like they died, so it's a grieving process that's complex because it's "like they died" but they're very much still alive. I've gone through that and come out the other side. The topic here, about whether or not they are "stupid," is interesting, but it's an exercise in navel gazing. If some deranged person who has become absorbed by a cult starts being abusive to you it's up to you to get out of that situation, hopefully with help from supportive friends and family. At that point, it's not healthy to stick with them and keep listening to their delusions. These people can be dangerous on rare occasions and I think a few news headlines speak for themselves. To ponder their level of intelligence, to me, does not seem to be productive or practical. It's interesting as an academic exercise, but it doesn't add much to people's every day struggles with this social problem. There's also the factor of looking at colloquial language for what it is. When I make a mistake, I call myself "stupid." Am I referring to my IQ? No.

Oh, well. I told my Q older sister she was an idiot and I didn't want to speak to her anymore about two years ago because she devoted herself to insulting me and saying I was going to pay for not following her nonsense about stockpiling I can't remember what for the reset or something or other. I guess I should have told her she was intelligent but delusional and I didn't want to speak to her anymore. In the end, I don't think there's much of a difference here in the day-to-day business of dealing with Q people who get in your face with this nonsense. They have the potential to be annoying, hurtful, and unwanted in my personal and social life.

Well, with regard to the whole "Proton outside of Steam" controversy, it's not hard to do it safely outside of Steam to avoid breaking things. As far as WineGE goes, I have a couple of games in Heroic that will not work with it, but they'll run really well with Proton. So, there's some little difference between them that is haunting my games library. Anyway, my point was to emphasize more the fact that there are options, which is the beauty of using Linux. You have a whole bunch of ways to do something. If you look up stuff, you can even figure out how to do things you're not supposed to do safely. It's your guide, and it's darn good as it stands. I think my way of lowering expectations is different from yours, it's all about life experience. I'm more like, "lower people's expectations letting them know that they might have to try different things and spend time on it, things might not work on the first try with the first method they use." I recall, a few years ago, fighting with a windows game for weeks to get it to work in Linux. Things have improved remarkably since then. If, in general, you're noticing you have lower performance on your games, you can probably fix those issues. My system has zero performance problems with windows games, they all work the same or better than on Windows. I have old games, new games, brand-new games, and middle-aged games. They're all smooth sailing or a little better. So, keep learning and keep up the good work on your blog! It's a never-ending learning experience with this stuff. I've learned that I'm never going to buy a game from Epic ever again. I have four games on Heroic. That's enough hassle for me! I don't think I even want to bother with the free ones anymore.

This is a solid guide to help people who are not familiar with all the tools we use. I have some suggestions for you to perhaps improve (these are small details that, in my case, have been helpful to me):

1. You say this about compatibility layers: "Expect a minor performance hit as a result of running them through a compatibility layer." According to what I've read about and experienced, using compatibility layers such as Wine and Proton can give you a wide variety of results, depending on the game. Sometimes you get a performance boost. Sometimes you get the same performance. If the compatibility layer is missing something the game might need - like a specific dll file - you can have a performance issue. Anyway, the benefit of using a compatibility layer over an emulator is that yes, indeed, sometimes the software works better in the compatibility layer.
2. Maybe make people a little less fearful of using Proton in Heroic Games Launcher? I would recommend, based on my experience, to give Proton a try before using a Wine prefix. I've had so much success with Proton in Heroic Games Launcher, especially using the Proton Experimental branch. You can always try Proton and see what happens (the Proton DB has user experiences from using Heroic Games Launcher, not just Steam). If it sucks, you can try something else. Also, there are ways to use Proton in Lutris and Bottles. There are plenty of instructions out there on how to do it. It's actually very helpful to have this option. My point: make it clear to people that they have options. There is more than one way to make a Windows game work which is a good thing. Different Wine versions, different Proton versions, different ways to set them up for each individual game. If one way doesn't get you the desired results, you can try a different method. There's always hope and there are plenty of people online that might be able to help you if you can't get something to work.
3. There are distros designed for gaming that come with lots of stuff already packaged with the installation. These include Garuda and Nobara. I've recently switched from Fedora to Nobara (which is essentially Fedora with modifications) and I'm very happy. I honestly believe these distros are very friendly to gamers who are not too familiar with Linux. For example, when I installed Nobara, there was nothing for me to do after. No installing launchers, etc. I did have to enable Proton on Steam, but that was about it. It's really amazing how user-friendly Linux has become in some distros. Anyway, I also enjoy Arch Linux and I like having control over everything, doing things myself. Maybe you could change your text to explain that there are different distros to make a variety of people happy? If you like to tinker a lot, you can choose Arch. If you want an "out of the box" approach you can use a distro targeted at gamers. Maybe you'd prefer something in between, like Fedora, which needs some tinkering after installation.
4. Maybe add something about Steam and its offerings of native Linux games. People would be surprised if they payed more attention. Quite a few games that people usually play on their Windows machines are also available for Linux, which means those games don't need Proton at all to run. You could get lucky, do you know what I mean? If your Steam library already has games in it for which there's a native Linux version, you can assess whether or not you need a dual boot system at all. I'm one of the lucky ones. I no longer need to run Windows (recent development, I'm so happy). All my games work in a Linux environment now. It feels friggin' great to get rid of Windows completely.

Anyway, sorry for the huge comment. Although I'm making suggestions for improvement, please know that my comment is this long because I'm very enthusiastic about your guide. A nice overview of everything a gamer needs to learn about is all there in your guide and this is something that people need if they're migrating from Windows. You are very generous in taking the time to write this and I'm sure you're going to help a lot of people who feel lost or don't know where to start. Great job and thank you!

It's probably something to do with age. In 1998 I was 22. I was probably too old for Pokemon. I remember my nephews played the card game throughout the 90s. I didn't play Ocarina or Pokemon, but I knew tons of people into Ocarina, like my nephews. Memory is also unreliable and yes, it's listed as number 2, which surprised me, my poor or selective memory would have placed it number 1.

I distinctly remember everyone playing Ocarina of Time in 1998. I didn't know anyone that was playing Pokemon Red/Blue.

If you have the means to do so, you should do it. I saw an instance today that is like that. It's called radiation.party, I think. I would do things this way if I could. I just don't have the equipment at home at the moment and my ISP won't allow me to have a static IP. All you need is a computer you don't need to use for other things plus a static IP.

Actually, that could be the reason why sometimes the user finds things unacceptable, because some instance owners treat their instance like their "own little walled garden." It's a real pain to shop for an instance when you don't want a walled garden but rather an open medium through which to access content you wish to see. I see some instance owner decisions as reasonable (like staying away from misinformation and fake news) and I see others as a little bit unreasonable. I try to stay out of walled gardens. I like to roam free and make decisions for myself because I'm a smart boy, I know what I want and how I want it.

The best solution is to just create an account on the instance that hosts the community, MATIES! ARRRRR!

Yes, but their salary is lower because they have no loans to repay and they don't bill insurance companies. You see, there are three things missing here that exist in the United States that artificially make the salary higher: 1) universal corporate health care 2) student loans 3) university tuition and fees. My taxes pay for the doctors' education. When they graduate and get a job, my taxes pay their salary. My taxes also pay for all things related to health care. The result? It's all cheaper, including doctors' salaries. I don't have to pay a dime if I go to the doctor when I have a health problem. It isn't magic. It makes sense. Remove private corporations from the scene and the cost is lower. Also, make higher education available to everyone who is intellectually capable and the cost is lower. Oh yeah, where I live, you can't become a doctor just because your mom and dad have lots of money. You have to take a state-approved exam when you graduate from high school. If you score high enough you can study to become a doctor. There's a cut-off score. And this is why doctors travel from this country to the USA to work. They take advantage of the ridiculously high salary and have no student loan debt to pay back.