Newer games that run too slow at the resolution you would like them to run at (you can render games at 720p and play at 4k)
Very old games insisting on running in a tiny (like 320x200) window (ie. xrick).
Games and applications who insist on running full-screen with no option to make them appear in a window if a window is what you want for a particular game or application (many scene demos will only run full screen at your current resolution).
Running older, non-widescreens games that do not support borderless fullscreen on Intel graphics with a desktop/external display (this is because Intel graphics do not support the --set “scaling mode” “Preserve aspect” xrandr argument on desktop/external displays)
Interestingly, Gamescope also provides a way to independently set max frame rate for the game when it is focused and unfocused, you could set it up to something really low when unfocused. Also interesting is the upscale options, you could use integer scaling for those old games, or force FSR on any title (although results can be mixed because the game UI will also be upscaled).
Gamescope becomes a very interesting option when you use it on a machine that doesn’t have easy access to a keyboard and mouse, like a handheld, a “consolized” PC or even a “normal” PC that double duties as a “console” (playing games on a couch, despite using a desk for normal usage)
Like, I remember a friend of mine saying he had trouble running Sonic Generations on Windows because depending on what he was doing, he was either playing it on a monitor or on a TV. The Game for some reason detects that change and throws a fit, asking the user to reconfigure its graphical settings. Gamescope can lie to the game and force the game to see an arbitrary resolution.
I wonder if there could be a system in place that is just Tumbleweed but with an user facing option from when to update. Like, on my machine I could use an update per week, but on someone’s machine they might just need it once per month. With bug fixes and major DE versions ignoring this limit, or something similar.
A Rede de Televisão Record foi condenada a pagar R$ 2 milhões ao danificar pinturas rupestres de cerca de 10 mil anos e vestígios líticos (local de retirada de ferramentas de pedra), em sítio arqueológico da Serra do Pasmar, no município de Gouveia, Região do Jequitinhonha mineiro.
Ah, a record deve ter tocado ou batido na pintura sem querer, 2 milhões tá bom.
a emissora passou tinta branca sobre rochas nas quais havia as pinturas e vestígios rupestres, para obter um fundo branco para garantir melhor contraste nas imagens gravadas no local
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A multa deveria ser tão grande que a Record deveria ir à falência para pagar
I’m actually pretty excited for this version due to app cloning being added to AOSP, as well for predictive back, but IMO that will be something that will take a couple of years before it gets going to the point where we couldn’t imagine living without it.
Android 13 that was rather eeeh, but that one was mostly a refinement over 12
Alright, this is slightly related to the topic at hand:
I think the charging up to 80% is kinda bullshit. I’ve been using my Redmi Note 10 for 2 years, and during that time I’ve used the 33W charger and almost always waited until the device was under 10% and charged it to 100%.
I’ve used AccuBattery and it guessed the battery health was at 85%. This is still more battery left than what I would have if I kept the device between 20~80% charge. So I don’t get it
I just flash LineageOS even when the device is currently supported by the OEM. I buy the hardware from them, not the software.
Edit: Like, the vast majority of actual custom ROMs users are either using Pixel Experience or LineageOS, there are a bunch of other ROMs, but those are mostly “purpose built” for enthusiasts of what they offer. Like, GrapheneOS is for security reasons, and things like that.
There is a bit of headache installing custom ROMs, but once you install it, it is usually pretty stable. Also, I don’t get the locked vs unlocked bootloader thing in regards to security. The device is stolen and outside your hands, it is doubtful that a thief would go through the steps of flashing a ROM, but wouldn’t be smart enough on how to make the device unusable if it had a bootloader locked. Either way you are screwed.
I understand there are use cases that require high security, like a whistleblower. But at the same, security is about minimizing risks that are likely to happen, you pay attention and obey traffic laws, you don’t stay inside your house forever fearing a car accident.
I will copy a comment I made a week ago in another thread:
It was five years after her first Android phone that I noticed that when asked to install an app, my aunt proceeded to download an APK from a random website and installed that rather than using the Play Store. In fact, I think she didn’t even know the Play Store was a thing, and she was on her third android phone already.
She isn’t tech-savvy, she did that because that is how she did on Windows. After that, I just accepted that things need to change in a way that might annoy me.
That is to say that while the solution found by Google has a bunch of drawbacks, and I’d prefer if old games and unmaintained apps were left alone, I don’t think it was a totally wrong decision (this time).
Segundo relatos ouvidos, o almoço aconteceu na casa de Marcelo de Carvalho na última terça-feira (22) e deixou o dono da RedeTV! entusiasmado com a possibilidade de revolucionar o mercado de televisão....
Em cúpula do Brics na África do Sul, foi anunciado acordo sobre a expansão do bloco e foram convidados para ingresso a Argentina, Egito, Irã, Etiópia, Arábia Saudita e Emirados Árabes Unidos....
Gostaria apenas de intervir por um momento. O que você está se referindo como BRICS é, na verdade, GNU/BRICS, ou como tenho chamado recentemente, GNU mais BRICS. BRICS não é um sistema operacional em si, mas sim um outro componente gratuito de um sistema GNU totalmente funcional, tornando-se útil graças às bibliotecas principais do GNU, utilitários de shell e componentes vitais do sistema que compõem um sistema operacional completo, conforme definido pelo POSIX.
Muitos usuários de computador executam uma versão modificada do sistema GNU todos os dias, sem perceber. Por uma reviravolta peculiar dos acontecimentos, a versão do GNU amplamente usada hoje é frequentemente chamada de “BRICS”, e muitos de seus usuários não têm consciência de que é basicamente o sistema GNU, desenvolvido pelo Projeto GNU.
Realmente existe um BRICS, e essas pessoas o estão usando, mas ele é apenas uma parte do sistema que eles utilizam. BRICS é o núcleo: o programa no sistema que aloca os recursos da máquina para os outros programas que você executa. O núcleo é uma parte essencial de um sistema operacional, mas é inútil por si só; ele só pode funcionar no contexto de um sistema operacional completo. BRICS é normalmente usado em combinação com o sistema operacional GNU: o sistema como um todo é basicamente o GNU com o BRICS adicionado, ou GNU/BRICS. Todas as chamadas distribuições “BRICS” são na verdade distribuições do GNU/BRICS.
Treble is pretty good IMO, I’m using a device with LineageOS GSI, and it works pretty much perfectly. I do wish it was officially supported by LineageOS, as updating requires a PC right now, but it is pretty usable and a better alternative than using the Stock ROM.
Last I checked, TWRP couldn’t flash logical partitions that make up where the GSI is patched, but it was requested, maybe something changed? Idk, the guy who created the guide on how to flash GSI on my device’s XDA forum mentioned this issue a while ago and recommended flashing through ADB.
Actually, I think the issue is that when I flashed my device, TWRP couldn’t unencrypt or something, it’s been a while and I know I should start the process from scratch
First off, I don’t think every single one of Google’s decisions regarding Android is good. Hell I actually think they’ve blundered too many times to count when it comes to bringing new features to Android. That said, for Android to mature further, it really needs to go the “it just works” route that Apple’s been...
It was five years after her first Android phone that I noticed that when asked to install an app, my aunt proceeded to download an APK from a random website and installed that rather than using the Play Store. In fact, I think she didn’t even know the Play Store was a thing, and she was on her third android phone already.
She isn’t tech-savvy, she did that because that is how she did on Windows. After that, I just accepted that things need to change in a way that might annoy me.
Far from it, but there are things that appear obvious or properly explained, only that in reality, it is not.
Android 14 is making ADB necessary for really old apps(or ones that deliberately target old APIs to circumvent restrictions). That one is annoying, but makes sense.
That’s not to say I’m a fan of every decision, for instance I don’t like that Google removed the ability for apps to toggle WiFi and Bluetooth, that should be a permission. But it is really surprising how non tech-savvy folks can screw up basic stuff we think are well hidden.
Supposed Steam Deck killers are missing the point (www.notebookcheck.net)
Slowroll: openSUSE's New Take on the Rolling Release Model - FOSS Force (fossforce.com)
TV é condenada por danificar pintura rupestre em gravação de minissérie (www.correiobraziliense.com.br) Portuguese
A Rede de Televisão Record foi condenada a pagar R$ 2 milhões ao danificar pinturas rupestres de cerca de 10 mil anos e vestígios líticos (local de retirada de ferramentas de pedra), em sítio arqueológico da Serra do Pasmar, no município de Gouveia, Região do Jequitinhonha mineiro.
Bolsonaro será internado e já marca cirurgia após Cid prometer delação para Moraes (eassim.com.br) Portuguese
Android 14 launch will be postponed to pixel 8 launch. (twitter.com)
Tem alguém usando isso aqui ou ja foi de Americanas?
Depois de 13 anos no Reddit, nunca achei que experimentaria um serviço novo
To fast charge or not: OnePlus could be working on a cool solution (www.androidauthority.com)
OEM ROM vs Custom ROM after EOL?
OEM ROM:...
Mishaal Rahman rant: Google Play's warning that users can't download certain apps because they're "made for an older version of Android" has issues. (twitter.com)
nitter.net/MishaalRahman/…/1696202317853343922...
RedeTV! avalia projeto para virar nova Globo e sacode o mercado (lemmy.eco.br) Portuguese
Segundo relatos ouvidos, o almoço aconteceu na casa de Marcelo de Carvalho na última terça-feira (22) e deixou o dono da RedeTV! entusiasmado com a possibilidade de revolucionar o mercado de televisão....
Brics anuncia ampliação e convida seis países para o bloco – DW – 24/08/2023 (www.dw.com)
Em cúpula do Brics na África do Sul, foi anunciado acordo sobre a expansão do bloco e foram convidados para ingresso a Argentina, Egito, Irã, Etiópia, Arábia Saudita e Emirados Árabes Unidos....
Polícia do DF cumpre mandado de busca e apreensão contra Jair Renan Bolsonaro (g1.globo.com)
Diliçia!
Mishaal Rahman: Google Play Services is starting to roll out a big redesign of its settings page. I'm referring to the page you access by going to Settings > Google. (text continues) (twitter.com)
nitter.net/MishaalRahman/…/1694158405257109552
Bolsonaro é internado em hospital de São Paulo (www.metropoles.com) Portuguese
Desinstalei um monte de bullshit OEM do meu celular
Aqui está como: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy4_PxjwUp8...
What you need to know about Project Mainline in Android 14 and beyond (androidpolice.com)
New features/changes to the Android ecosystem will almost always go against what enthusiasts want.
First off, I don’t think every single one of Google’s decisions regarding Android is good. Hell I actually think they’ve blundered too many times to count when it comes to bringing new features to Android. That said, for Android to mature further, it really needs to go the “it just works” route that Apple’s been...