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I followed the links to see what he actually wrote. There's nothing transphobic or misogynistic about it.

If you are referring to some other incident, then please link it so we can see for ourselves.

The article refers to the pandemic as though it's over, which doesn't exactly help with the problem. Sigh.

I haven't investigated, but I suspect the .mp4 failure is due to lack of Wine support for the API used by Overwatch, and I suspect the .webm failure is due to a bug in Overwatch code. It used to work.

It reduces the drive’s lifespan.

Let's remember that swapping frequency and volume are system-dependent; practically zero on many systems. On a well-provisioned system that doesn't swap much, having swap space on an SSD can be easier on the environment and wallet than buying and powering a separate device for it.

Nevertheless, I agree that minimizing SSD writes is worthwhile, and reject the notion that an SSD's useful lifetime ends when I'm done with it. (See my other comment.)

I try to keep in mind that replacement shouldn't mean landfill. When my needs have outgrown an SSD, it gets repurposed, donated, or sold. Old ones still work great in computers used in education, special-purpose systems, test environments, refurbished laptops, appliance-like machines, etc.

In the long run, conserving SSD life while I own it translates into less waste and pollution in the world.

I doubt that an ini file tweak will fix it, but please post if you discover that it does.

Rather than guessing at whether it's swapping, why not check your swap usage? Running free -h in a shell will give you a brief overview of memory usage. Various GUI system monitors will graph it.

You can also find out what process is hitting your storage so hard with a tool like iotop.

Can you save replay videos yet? Overwatch 2 broke it, but I haven't gone back to check recently.

!business@lemmy.world

Do note that if you intend to use Debian for gaming, you'll probably want to enable Backports for access to newer kernel and firmware packages.

Their metric for "older" is two years or more.

Good point. I forgot about that possibility because I don't spend much time playing in Open mode.

The same thing tends to happen on stronghold carriers in Solo mode, I suspect because Frontier programmed the game to spawn a bunch of NPC ships eager to dock with those carriers when a mini-instance is created. You can be the only player within light years, and still have to wait several minutes for all those NPCs to leave before you can dock.

facepalm*

Ah... Yes, it was most likely a fleet carrier, then. Those are owned by players, and not always open to the public.

Was it Elite Dangerous? Stations grant docking clearance if you're within range when you request it; I think it's about 7500 meters. Check out the in-game the tutorials. One of them teaches this.

Wow... Given that the GPU was released just a few days ago, that's impressive for open-source drivers. Thanks for posting this.

Lenval Brown, who voiced the narrator in Disco Elysium, will return for Hopetown and voice a key character.

That man's voice was amazing in Disco Elysium's opening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZU2elURPPA

Well, look at that. The Kiwix offline reader is in Debian already, so getting it couldn't be more convenient.

Thanks!

Is an archive of their repair manuals available for download? Would you mind sharing the link?

Most modern SSDs are NVMe devices, so your question doesn't really make sense.

Do you mean between an HDD and and SSD?

Or maybe a SATA SSD and an NVMe SSD?

Yes, that's what I thought: It's just affiliate linking (aka marketing) that any app can use, not a partnership between Heroic and GOG. Thanks for following up and confirming it.

Quoting /u/imLinguin in the post you linked:

Heroic dev here. We are just part of the affiliate program since we help people access GOG on Linux easier. There is nothing more, so there is no need for official announcements from the GOG side.