Just bought a pc laptop and want to dual boot Linux. Windows will be for some games, Linux for everything else. Would this be the right place to ask for advice?
The NVIDIA thing has been answered elsewhere in the thread, so I'll answer the other one: ... It depends, but usually there's a minor performance hit. Other times it works just as well, and there are some edge cases where it actually works better.
There's also the issue of compatibility: in general, if anti-cheat software is involved, expect to have problems. This website is a database for Steam games with reports from users about what works, what doesn't work, and what can be done to fix or at least mitigate what doesn't work. You can sync your Steam library to it to see how well the games you have are supported at a glance.
Which makes the parallel fit even better since in both cases the characters of the opposite gender show up in the lore rather than the actual gameplay.
World of Tanks. Came for the fun FPS/TPS hybrid gameplay, left for Wargaming's unforgivably greedy and short-sighted monetization practices. But not before siphoning away a lot more of my time than they deserved before I caught on.
It’s a sunny day, we’re outside, good mood, drinking a coffee. I try to strike a conversation, my gf says its too early for philosophical discussions. I tell her we can instead talk about whatever she feels like. She says she doesn’t want to talk about anything. We weirdly sit in silence for a while. I tell her it’s...
For me personally, downtime tends to be a moment where I seek no conversation with anyone. Just me, whatever my train of thoughts happen to be derailing into, and sometimes some music and/or some mindless activity like scrolling social media, as I was doing until this thread caught my attention.
Assuming this isn't a recent development or happening so often actual interaction is grinding to a halt, this is probably nothing to be worried about.
Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images....
A lot of us are pretty new to the fediverse and we've arrived just in time to grapple with what is easily the biggest federation/defederation controversy ever to hit it. I've put this thread together to hopefully help communicate some of the more complex ideas that we're trying to get our heads around....
@jynersolives Out of the pan, into the fire. I will shed no tear for Twitter, but the rise of Threads is equally concerning, especially given Meta's known past policy concerning their competitors and the fact they're already intending to meddle with the Fediverse. I do not believe any good can come from one of the tech giants getting involved with it.
A fellow mod informed me that about it as I was laying in bed. Reddit sent a message to the mod team and after 1 hour demoded me. I didn't even had time to see it, never-mind respond to it....
Seems like a good portion of the activity in the communities is reddit oriented. If the goal is leaving/hurting reddit, it seems we should be continuing on like it doesn't exist, instead of continuing to drive interest to the site. Thoughts?
This is a natural result of most of the influx of new users being from Reddit as they're still keeping an eye on it to see how the situation evolves. I expect it to continue happening until at the very least a week after the beginning of July, which I expect will also be a second migration wave since that's when the third party apps will stop working.
It'll settle down eventually. In the meantime, users seem to have been doing a good enough job of keeping those threads on the communities/magazines dedicated to talking about Reddit and/or the relevant migration, so it's probably best to unsubscribe from/block them if you are sick of seeing those in your feed.
On that note, upvotes and downvotes upvote matter even less here ("here" meaning kbin) as the factor dictating comment order in the "hot" ranking is boosting (think retweet equivalent), not the vote count.
As far as kbin is concerned, it will appear under the "boosted" category. Some platforms handle this differently. To take a random user as an example, this fosstodon user has a bunch of posts which will show up separately from their boosts when viewed from kbin. But looking at their profile from Fosstodon itself, you will see posts and boosts mixed together as is the norm on Mastodon.
That's the federated aspect of those platforms at work. Assuming both instances of a given platform on the Fediverse (here, Fosstodon and kbin.social) are federated together, which they are by default, content from both will be accessible from users of the instances.
After dealing with lots of bad PR from terrible decisions, Twitch now has to deal with one of its biggest streamers moving to another platform, Kick, with a deal larger than those of most athletes
This seems to be a no strings attached good deal on xQc's side given the lack of exclusivity clause. Worst case scenario is a particularly bad scandal hitting the platform could tarnish xQc's reputation such as it is but that's a risk for literally any platform. However...
As a start-up, Kick is prepared to operate at a loss
Aaand the platform is doomed. Focusing on growth over viability is whats makes you a prime enshitification target.
This might just be me, but arbitrary CAPSLOCK on words and Title Case on threads that aren't a link to a news article are clickbait patterns that I'd prefer to not see on kbin.
As for the object of the thread itself... I am thoroughly unsurprised. I have never seen IranianGenius involved in any positive manner with /r/tumblr whereas TayTay was singlehandedly responsible for making /r/tumblr into slightly less of a garbage heap. Removing the one mod that was actually improving things is perfectly in line with Reddit's recent behavior.
I’ve been having an issue with my Steamdeck where the game I’m playing will hang. This happens across multiple games and at random times. The deck doesn’t seem abnormally hot and the OS itself is fully functional.
I found the answer on Reddit (pasted below so you don’t have to visit the link)
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Whilst the Steam Deck is off please press and hold the Vol- & quick access button ( … ) then press power. When you hear it chirp let go of only the power button, keeping held of the Vol- & quick access button ( … ) till you see the Steam logo, then let go of those too. Done right it will take a while to boot (Stays on the Steam logo for a min or so). “
@merge For what it's worth, the Steam Deck community seems to be active on the Fediverse (posting this from kbin where we're slowly getting started, and existing communities are active on Sopuli and the Lemmy flagship instance) so hopefully the content gap will be filled soon.
My move to wayland: it's finally ready (www.edu4rdshl.dev)
Let’s talk about #Linux on the desktop, #Gnome and the state of #Wayland in 2024.
Types of Climate Paper (slrpnk.net)
By Richard Waite
Read to leap into Linux
Just bought a pc laptop and want to dual boot Linux. Windows will be for some games, Linux for everything else. Would this be the right place to ask for advice?
touhou rule (sopuli.xyz)
Anon is afraid of change (sh.itjust.works)
gf wants total silence
It’s a sunny day, we’re outside, good mood, drinking a coffee. I try to strike a conversation, my gf says its too early for philosophical discussions. I tell her we can instead talk about whatever she feels like. She says she doesn’t want to talk about anything. We weirdly sit in silence for a while. I tell her it’s...
YSK alternatives to imgur for uploading your images
Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images....
Defederation, Threads and You
A lot of us are pretty new to the fediverse and we've arrived just in time to grapple with what is easily the biggest federation/defederation controversy ever to hit it. I've put this thread together to hopefully help communicate some of the more complex ideas that we're trying to get our heads around....
L’activation à distance des téléphones « mouchards » adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale (www.lemonde.fr)
federation test
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Are you going to try Meta's Threads? (www.theverge.com)
Will people here use/try Meta’s #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity....
Content moderators are just janitors of social media: Low-pay, low-respect, but one of the most important jobs of cleaning up human trash
So are automods just roombas?
Mates, today without warning, the reddit royal navy attacked. I've been demoded by the admins. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
A fellow mod informed me that about it as I was laying in bed. Reddit sent a message to the mod team and after 1 hour demoded me. I didn't even had time to see it, never-mind respond to it....
should we be discussing reddit less?
Seems like a good portion of the activity in the communities is reddit oriented. If the goal is leaving/hurting reddit, it seems we should be continuing on like it doesn't exist, instead of continuing to drive interest to the site. Thoughts?
What is a useful tip a new lemmy/kbin users should know?
I'm sure many new users are curious.
Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk’s cost-cutting as protests rock platform (www.nbcnews.com)
Huffman said he saw Musk’s handling of Twitter, which he purchased last year, as an example for Reddit to follow....
Twitch Star XQC Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform (www.nytimes.com)
After dealing with lots of bad PR from terrible decisions, Twitch now has to deal with one of its biggest streamers moving to another platform, Kick, with a deal larger than those of most athletes
TayTay PERMA-SUSPENDED by Reddit for 'Harassment' Over Comment Asking for Response!! TayTay, the Sole Active Mod of r/Tumblr, Demodded by Inactive Mod r/IranianGenius (Overseeing 60+ Subs) for Privatizing the Subreddit After Community Vote to go Private!
TayTay's post asking for Reddit admins to respond to his report about being demodded unfairly...