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I like framework and also KDE, so ideal situation for me :-)

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: ArtenFrom my point of view, there are three stances toward AI. Two of them are unhelpful. One is reasonable.

• AI is evil and must be avoided in all cases. This is a bad stance.
• AI is just a tool, and when used responsibly it is reasonable to employ it. I don’t think generating an entire article with AI is a good idea, but using it for spell‑checking? If it can catch incorrect wording, that’s a worthwhile use.
• Throw AI at anything. This is also a bad stance.

This seems like a reasonable perspective, but there are several problems and caveats to it.

So, before the real problems, the main caveat: Large language model AI is so incredibly intensive in its use of computing power that it costs real serious money to use. So for instance, using generative AI just for spelling/grammar checking is incredibly wasteful; we had spelling/grammar checking before that wasn't "AI" and that just worked on your computer without requiring a subscription to anything. Currently a good deal of the real cost is hidden because most AI companies are providing their services at a serious loss, in hopes of, um . . . well, that gets complicated and sordid, but they are doing that. But my point is, a lot and perhaps most uses that seem like reasonable uses for LLM "AI" as a tool, are not worth the money those uses would actually cost unsubsidized, and subsidized use is unsustainable in the medium term . . . fairly short term at this point. Getting used to cheap AI being available as a tool is a mistake, because it will either become unavailable or become not cheap.

The real problems: There are a lot of implications to AI use which go beyond their momentary utility to the user. Yes, they're indirect and longer term so lots of people don't want to be bothered thinking about them. That doesn't make them not real. And those impacts are mostly negative, particularly given who owns AI and what their motivations are, and they are probably much larger to any given individual than the positive impacts of using the marginally useful tool. So viewing AI use solely through the lens of "Is it useful to me right now?" is a good way for us all to collectively screw ourselves in a few years.

The LLM runs on my computer without any problem. I do not pay any subscription for the LLM because I prefer privacy. I use the FOSS Ollama to run local models on my own hardware. All costs for using it are paid by me. The only hidden cost is training, which is, in principle, similar to development costs in other tools. Spell‑checking is also easier for languages like English, but not for Czech.

For local usage with open‑weight models the drawbacks are much fewer, because I do not send data for further training to the model creator. So, where is the problem?

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It's not bad. It's definitely got old Linux/Wine compatibility-in-progress vibes. I ran the beta alongside the Infinity client on pop_os 24.04 LTS. My microphone and controller would only work GFN Beta; the UI was sluggish and playing felt like being stuck in treacle. It was the opposite with Infinity, which also looked a little better.

I switched to CachyOS this past week and now the microphone and controller work in both the GFN beta and Infinity apps with the caveat that the microphone is either too low in the mix or sounds messed up in the one game I've been playing as of late. It isn't the standalone USB microphone, which sounds crystal clear in Audacity and which I've tried in several USB ports. qpwgraph says it's the capture device for GFN as well. I haven't found a willing soul to subject to poor in-game VoIP audio yet to figure out if it's dependent on Nvidia VM lottery yet or something else.

Given how much support for flight sims and the like they're putting out with HOTAS and VR updates I hope they figure out how to make regular headtracking work too. Right now it doesn't work at all (at least on Linux, wouldn't know about 10/11) and especially won't if your headtracking software is a Steam purchase far as I know.

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Quoting: tmtvlLet's hope the new maintainer will finally do what we're all waiting for and rename it to Mubuntu.

M'buntu tips hat

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Let's hope the new maintainer will finally do what we're all waiting for and rename it to Mubuntu.

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Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: DurandalThat said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”.

Huh? What did I miss?

TL;DR they promoted and supported an unapologetic white supremacist... when they were called out on it they said they use a "big tent" and don't pick sides.

https://itsfoss.com/news/framework-hyprland-sponsorship/

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I dont know if its allowed to link other sides but:
at Gamedate.org you can find weekly UT gaming sessions: friday UT99, saturday UT2k4

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Hmm, I fail to see what you're seeing...
Except the sprites and the backgrounds not fitting too well together, I find the backgrounds I saw fine.

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Greenland falls to the zombie hordes overnight! There is no virus, no cure, only the relentless march of the undead. Can they consume the world?

Not if they're starting from freakin' Greenland they can't.

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Ubuntu Mate, "Wimpress Mate" to be precise, has been my favourite take on this DE.
True labour of love, the only distro that has tempted me to switch away from Mint.
This man is not a simple "maintainer" and cannot be replaced at least not easily.

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I hope that s&box and games built on that engine will work well under Steam Linux Runtime or Proton, but you never know... s&box itself currently has a Gold rating on [ProtonDB](https://www.protondb.com/app/590830), so that gives me hope.

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Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: DurandalThat said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”.

Huh? What did I miss?

There was a drama that Framework supported non-koscher projects so now everyone should hate on Framework ;)

ad rem - great move. KDE is getting better and better despite GNOME being the default on majority of distros. What makes me laugh is that Fedora recently promoted KDE variant to the main page and put lovely: "The next generation personal desktop" monicker below it 🥰

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> X/Twitter in a rather blunt post telling people to just go for the sequel.

Yeah… the other day I found out about the sequel and after quick searched turned out to be epic-only… yeah but no… epic can go ef itself

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Quoting: DurandalThat said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”.

Huh? What did I miss?

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: pb

Quoting: whizse

Quoting: pbThe artwork looks suspiciously sloppy, especially the backgrounds...

From the Kickstarter page "Everything is hand made, with no AI used in any part of the process".

I don't know what is worse, if that turns out to be a lie or the truth. ;p

Having something hand made doesn't automatically make it good of course. But yeah, the scenes look boring and inconsistent.

Maybe that's why it's called Less Miserables but in a bad way.

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Just Valve being Valve, winning by default and contributing to the gaming community in the process.

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They may be scaling the stream, but the UI is still tiny at 125% in Gnome. Oh, well, one step at a time.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: whizse

Quoting: pbThe artwork looks suspiciously sloppy, especially the backgrounds...

From the Kickstarter page "Everything is hand made, with no AI used in any part of the process".

I don't know what is worse, if that turns out to be a lie or the truth. ;p

Having something hand made doesn't automatically make it good of course. But yeah, the scenes look boring and inconsistent.

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: pbThe artwork looks suspiciously sloppy, especially the backgrounds...

From the Kickstarter page "Everything is hand made, with no AI used in any part of the process".

I don't know what is worse, if that turns out to be a lie or the truth. ;p

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Aliens & Anti-Vaxxers sounds like a great Punk Rock band name 🤘🏻🔥

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I am glad to see KDE getting more love. Seemed like gnome was getting all the attention and frankly KDE is just better and brings more to the table for the user as well as being much more user focused.

That said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”. You don’t get to play middle of the road both sides anymore, that ship has sailed…. right into an iceberg.

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Quoting: pbThe artwork looks suspiciously sloppy, especially the backgrounds...

From the Kickstarter page "Everything is hand made, with no AI used in any part of the process".

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Quoting: TcheyI'm stuck on my 2015 idea, having a hard time to see anything else.

... But all my already little support for the company is gone now.

Gentle reminder that the original company that made those decisions (uber entertainment inc./star theory games) hasn't been involved with planetary annihilation since 2018 and ended its existence in 2020 after its contract to develop kerbal 2 was cancelled.

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Quoting: Eocene84Considering we're starting to have a big problem with the measles making a come back where I live because of idiot anti-vaxxers refusing to vaccinate their children because they believe the socialists (aka Democrats) will brain wash them.

No joke, I've talked to someone who believes this, and they are very much not alone in that and similar beliefs. We're screwed.

Oh mi god, now it's finally clear! I've been vaccinated as a kid and now I'm vehemently anti-fascist! Those pesky lefties vac-washed my brain!

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The artwork looks suspiciously sloppy, especially the backgrounds...

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Considering we're starting to have a big problem with the measles making a come back where I live because of idiot anti-vaxxers refusing to vaccinate their children because they believe the socialists (aka Democrats) will brain wash them.

No joke, I've talked to someone who believes this, and they are very much not alone in that and similar beliefs. We're screwed.

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If Steam and Roblox had a baby... 😆

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Quoting: PyreticWhy are they using a custom script? Does Steam not provide separate options for Linux x86 and Linux ARM?

Not currently, as Steam does not officially support Arm on Linux.

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As much as I loved the new Hoshimachi Suisei collaboration, I genuinely cannot FATHOM how people are still regularly doing anything having to do with Epic Games. Be it using their Unreal Engine, Their Epic Games Store

Spoiler, click me

And getting flashbanged because they decided it was a good idea to give every store page it's own background color

, Fortnite or whatever else they're doing at the moment that doesn't consist of ruining rocket league

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The only issue I had with bottles is that it kept FAILING to import the media foundation etc etc support.

For some damn weird ass reason it would often not be able to play Video or Audio sometimes and then I load the same setup on Lutris and BOOM it works. It was just infuriating issue.

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