Separating the artist from the art is fine for me as long as you don’t support them. There is nothing inherently wrong with consuming media you like from a controversial figure.
Of course it’s hard to separate the artist and the art if you actively give them money for it.
I like some of Kanye West’s music but I would never spend a single cent on one of his albums, watch an ad on Youtube for his music videos or listen to his songs on streaming services.
The Adwaita Icon Theme no longer follows the FDO icon naming spec breaking KDE applications on Fedora 40 Workstation and Co. See the concrete state of the issue in the linked article.
I also really like GNOME the software but I moved away a few months ago because of this.
As is, the current GNOME is unusable to me without extensions because they refuse to implement support for appindicators. You literally cannot use applications that minimize to tray on vanilla GNOME right now. They have been talking about adding their own protocol for years but that is of no use when things are broken right now.
Important features and bug fixes are always stuck in merge request limbo for years. VRR for Wayland got merged recently after 4 years and it’s still experimental. DRM leasing is still missing on Wayland, KDE added it 3 years ago.
The final straw was when KDE announced HDR support last year I switched over because I knew GNOME would probably lag behind by months or even years.
I’m aware of their reason for dropping support but it’s not sensible to drop a functioning system and replace it with nothing and then talk about how to do it better for years. That post is from 2017, it’s 2024 now and there is still no replacement in sight.
Wondering if my next upgrade should be an OLED screen or not. It looks amazing, but how is the current compatability with Linux these days? Anyone with one of these sexy screens that would like to share their experiences?...
Download the latest Proton-TKG (Wine master) from ProtonUp-QT
Start the game you want to launch with it at least once
Search for it with protontricks and take note of the APPID: protontricks -s NAME
Set the registry entry: protontricks -c ‘wine reg.exe add HKCU\Software\Wine\Drivers /v Graphics /d x11,wayland’ APPID
Set the launch arguments in Steam to: ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 DXVK_HDR=1 DISPLAY= %command%
Switch the Proton version to the Proton-TKG you just downloaded
Enable HDR in KDE settings and launch the game
Some games crash on start, anti-cheat does not work and some games don’t look right. So make sure to check that everything looks good once you’re ingame.
I have an Alienware AW3423DWF since about a year now with about 4000 hours on it. Very happy with it, won’t be going back to anything else until another technology with per-pixel lighting comes along. I also have a Dell with VA panel as second monitor and it looks like 90s technology compared to the OLED panel.
The only bad thing I can say about the monitor or OLED in general is that the dimming is fairly aggressive, i.e. on bright scenes you will not even get close to the advertised brightness. Makes the OLED monitors pretty much unusable in HDR for desktop usage. Mostly unnoticable in gaming and movies.
There also is some text fuzzing with high contrast text, not distracting for me but might be for others.
but how is the current compatability with Linux these days?
No issues here on Linux. With Plasma 6 you can even do HDR properly. Many games work with the latest Proton-TKG on Wayland and the HDR layer, some still need gamescope to properly work. mpv does movies/shows in HDR with the HDR layer, no issues.
Always check out rtings.com for their monitor ratings, they do the most thorough tests of all:
You can also use steamcmd or DepotDownloader. It’s not DRM just because no website download is available, once they are downloaded they are yours to keep.
Many cryptographers are suspicious of the NIST and their selection process, e.g. Daniel Bernstein (the guy who made ED25519) is currently suing the NIST for various infringements ( blog.cr.yp.to/20220805-nsa.html )
Use anything NIST related with care. Use ED25519 or if not available, RSA with large key sizes (4096+).
Meanwhile, AAA studios can spend thousands of dollars on marketing.
I don’t really get the notion of listening to some marketing department lying through their teeth. It’s not like AAA games ever deliver on their marketing promises.
Unless an indie game goes viral, there’s very little chance that I’ll ever hear about it in order to consider buying it.
You don’t have to go dumpster diving in order to find awesome games, somebody already did. A good starting point is the top rated games list for Steam: steamdb.info/stats/gameratings/
90% of them are indies and there is something for everyone on those 3 pages.
What's your most unpopular opinion about music ?
For me : Trippie Redd’s “!” Is actually a great album
Finally got around to checking out Mob Psycho 100
It really is pretty good after all! I didn’t really know what to expect going in, but this is a show I kinda wish was around when I was younger....
Jellyfin | "We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.9.0!" (jellyfin.org)
Take a skim through the link for full details (especially the breaking changes), but I have included some parts that I thought were important:...
The Adwaita Icon Theme no longer follows the FDO icon naming spec breaking KDE applications on Fedora 40 Workstation and Co. (cullmann.io)
The Adwaita Icon Theme no longer follows the FDO icon naming spec breaking KDE applications on Fedora 40 Workstation and Co. See the concrete state of the issue in the linked article.
Democracy is back on the menu! (lemmy.world)
PS5 barely missed its sales target in latest earnings report, and Sony expects to sell even less by next year (www.destructoid.com)
Experiences Regarding Gaming on OLED screens?
Wondering if my next upgrade should be an OLED screen or not. It looks amazing, but how is the current compatability with Linux these days? Anyone with one of these sexy screens that would like to share their experiences?...
Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player [co-op online multiplayer mode still require it] (www.pcgamer.com)
Tesla is already pulling back Supercharger plans after firing team (electrek.co)
Ford and GM are probably regretting that switch to NACS…
I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)! (lemmy.sdf.org)
Link: tauonmusicbox.rocks...
Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today (www.pcgamer.com)
I'm back on that other OS for work (lemmy.ml)
Muscle memory is causing all kinds of problems.
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SteamVR Beta gets Linux fixes, plus Beta updates for Desktop and Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook (www.pcgamer.com)
Simple EV cars
Does anyone think that there’ll ever be a simple EV car produced for market without all the extra junk found in most electric cars? Why or why not?...
One Piece Live-Action Season 2 Confirms 2025 Release With New Writer Onboard (animehunch.com)
"We never really thought anyone was going to make a Playdate game" (www.gamesindustry.biz)