Alk

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‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I do! Many of my favorites are indie games, I'd say more than not. But I guess there's some things that you can't do without a massive budget or many many years in development, because many nintendo core franchises just aren't beat in quality in my opinion, at least for some entries.

What's a stupidly expensive adult purchase that you now swear by that you would buy again in a heartbeat? in c/ask@lemm.ee
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Yeah I'm stuck on the "expensive" part still. I built one, but very quickly ran out of storage. I'm looking to buy some 18tb drives but holy hell they are expensive.

‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I hope it has an accepter city trial mode

‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I'm going to try very hard not to be, but I'm definitely the type of person you're describing. That Nintendo direct had me drooling at the new Mario kart and donkey Kong games, and nothing hits like a zelda. Super mario wonder was a delight.

I only hope I can emulate this system relatively quickly. I am not a man of strong willpower.

Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

It's not niche being a woman obviously. What's niche is having a community exclude 50% of the population. Nothing wrong with it, but it is niche.

What subreddit are you trying to replace on Lemmy that needs pumping up? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
How to install Minecraft on the Steam Deck in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Or I can use Java for an active modpack development scene. Not sure it's super active for luanti and voxelibre.

How to install Minecraft on the Steam Deck in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I've used both of those mods and they're great. These days I use a pre-built modpack like "fabulously optimized" to update and include all the mods for me. (there are tons of similar packs like this). Those can still play on vanilla servers.

Avoid the "steam deck" modpacks, as many of them are abandoned or straight up don't run at all. Stick to the very popular, well-tested packs if you do use a modpack at all. Even if they aren't branded with some sort of "works on steam deck" note. They will probably still work.

And of course, +1 for prism. It's the only recommendable option for steam deck or standard PC play these days.

PirateSoftware's Take On $80 Games in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He got mad at me and much of his community over concerns about decisions he was making for "block game". We stated our concerns kindly and politely, and he got mad and deleted an entire discord channel because we didn't agree with him and made good points that he couldn't refute. I lost all respect for him after that.

AI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Well I get the analogy, but also I think they didn't use pencils because of the graphite and complications with filtering air or something.

I may need to upsize from my TKL in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Me unbinding the mysterious functions that share the key "I'll worry about that once I know what that even means"

Bro, is that a hole? in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

The mark of a good game.

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I just obtained a large van. What do I put on the side? (sh.itjust.works)
 

It is a Ford e-transit. Huge white empty sides. I will implement my favorite idea without fail.

It's for transporting my disabled mother around, but also for personal use. (I am too tall for normal cars so this will be my only vehicle)

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Me at CES today (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Yet another "What distro should I use?" post, but at least I did some homework. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Alk@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Edit: Tumbleweed and bazzite are currently the most attractive options based on what I've learned from the comments. I will trial run those and 1 or 2 others.

I am currently on Pop OS.

I am dissatisfied with the DE/UI and I've been playing with others but half the point of this distro is it's custom UI. So I figured I would try another. I have several criteria that may narrow it down.

  1. I am going to use KDE or KDE Plasma (preferred). This is the only non-negotiable criteria.

  2. I will be gaming. This means I would like relatively up to date kernel and software. Rolling or semi-rolling releases are preferred.

2.5. I also work from this pc. This mainly entails using discord and Firefox though so no special requirements. I do have 4 different sized monitors with 3 different refresh rates that I use for work. Only one for gaming. One is vertical. I can tell I'm pushing x to its limits with that setup.

  1. I would prefer Debian-based as that is what I'm used to and because .deb packages are so common.

  2. I don't want it to be a ton of effort to set up. Pop OS worked out of the box with my Nvidia GPU and all other hardware. I am willing to put in some effort though.

  3. I have been using and very much like apt and flatpak. This is not a requirement, just an observation.

  4. Wayland is neat

  5. Active community with lots of support to search through. Pop OS has been good for this as it's Ubuntu based and has its own great community.

Ultimately I want an easy to use desktop OS that uses some sort of KDE, supports up to date packages and drivers, supports most games and isn't a pain to maintain.

Here are some contenders that fit at least some of my requirements.

KDE Neon user edition

Opensuse tumbleweed

Kubuntu

Endeavor OS

Debian

Manjaro

Bazzite

Mint Debian edition

Right now I'm leaning toward KDE Neon, Kubuntu, or Debian (whatever the rolling release version is), but the others all have their draws. I've heard the aur is great but I have come across several applications only available in website downloads of Deb packages so I'm hesitant.

I have been using pop as my first desktop distro after Windows and I've enjoyed it a lot. I barely run into anything I can't solve with some effort and headache and not a single game I can't play. I'd like to keep it that way.

Now that that's out of the way, does anyone have suggestions? Am I looking in the wrong direction? Am I asking the wrong questions? Should I just install arch, live in the terminal, and throw away my mouse? /s

Thank you all for your advice in advance.

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