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Quoting: Caldathras[...] some definite QoL improvements, like autodetecting WiFi printers.

I'm sure Cinnamon gets lots of polish, being Mint's primary DE, but I don't think this one counts. In fact, all three Mint desktop variants handle printers in exactly the same way. Maybe you simply changed over just when it started working on Mint in general? I think Mint 21 switched to CUPS "Driverless Printing" / IPP as the default, so that's probably when it happened.

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Quoting: Caldathrasadding Wayland support does not equal removing Xorg support.

It does not. But GNOME 50 dropped X11 support. KDE plans to drop X11 support soon (they already split out the X11 stuff in preparation for it). Any desktop environment planning to stick around will support Wayland, and may drop X11 support if they end up with too few active users. That could take a long time in some cases, sure.

KDE is apparently targeting some time in 2027, with the 6.8 release of Plasma. If there will be no x11 support at all, then I will either have to switch my Kepler laptop to the Mesa/NVK driver (which I've read, does poorly in Plasma) or switch to a DE that still supports x11. I guess they risk losing all of us legacy hardware users. It's a shame. I really like Plasma, but there are always roadblocks that get in the way of using it on my laptops.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyCinnamon . . . I haven't tried it in a while, so I don't know what it's like these days. It's certainly available to me as a Mint user, so I probably will give it another shot at some point.

I switched over from Mate on my daily driver 2 or 3 versions of Mint ago. What attracted me at the time was the ability to customize the look of the DE (i had it looking like Win7 for a while). That novelty didn't stick but I stayed on Cinnamon afterwards. I am quite happy with it and it has some definite QoL improvements, like autodetecting WiFi printers. It is really a matter of taste, however. I'd check it out in a VM before committing to wholesale change.

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One of the greatest tools of the last decade.

I still use my RDNA2 GPU and thanks to this, I can use FSR4 (only 4.0, but good enough) everywhere. Can save money for GPU. Will buy a good OLED Monitor instead. 👍

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerI'm not as concerned about who they interact with as many people here have been stating. The amount of left-leaning bias and 'passion' is a little concerning in these comments. We should commend this company for the good they do, rather than condemning them entirely based on a few interactions with someone who holds a differing view.

I am not concerned about who they interact with, but I don't like that they actively and financially support a known racist and bigot like DHH. Which makes me unwilling to support them, so that I do not support the hate by proxy.

If that doesn't sound reasonable to you, I suppose that shows your own bias. Willing indifference is an active political stance.

Looking up about him, just seems like a conservative who doesn't like the influence of Islam and the negative influence of illegal/asylum immigration into Britain.

"Just" is the wrong word to use here, I feel. You should read the article posted above. It clearly outlines and summarises his dog whistles and thinly veiled racism.

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Quoting: TechnopeasantI was aware the Quake 4 port was largely playable but how is the Prey implementation? Has anyone made fully polished versions of these?

Quake 4 and Prey are fine with both proprietary versions and engine reimplantation. Especially Luxtorpeda offers out of box experience for both games with both engines.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/luxtorpeda-adds-classic-marathon-for-playing-the-native-linux-version-via-steam/

The engine reimplantation in question:

https://github.com/glKarin/com.n0n3m4.diii4a?tab=readme-ov-file#idtech4a-harmattan-edition--

Also, you are happened to own a legit CD Key of Prey, you can activate it on Steam, then use Luxtorpeda to automate the installation process.

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Quoting: jkaartI can move to Cinnamon immediately when it has Classic Menu "applet" (do not know what Cinnamon calling these)

I think "applet" would be appropriate. That's how I refer to them. They have also been called Cinnamon Spices.

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Btw, it is easy to build Optiscaler from git on Linux.
Here is script: https://pastebin.com/TW17k7Fr

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerI'm not as concerned about who they interact with as many people here have been stating. The amount of left-leaning bias and 'passion' is a little concerning in these comments. We should commend this company for the good they do, rather than condemning them entirely based on a few interactions with someone who holds a differing view.

I am not concerned about who they interact with, but I don't like that they actively and financially support a known racist and bigot like DHH. Which makes me unwilling to support them, so that I do not support the hate by proxy.

If that doesn't sound reasonable to you, I suppose that shows your own bias. Willing indifference is an active political stance.

Looking up about him, just seems like a conservative who doesn't like the influence of Islam and the negative influence of illegal/asylum immigration into Britain.

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Quoting: rea987Among the old id Tech 4 titles, only Doom 3 and Doom 3 BFG received source code and source port releases. Quake 4 and Prey got Doom 3 source code based engine reimplantation made by the community. ETQW, Wolfenstein (2009) and Brink received no source code release or a modern port.

I was aware the Quake 4 port was largely playable but how is the Prey implementation? Has anyone made fully polished versions of these?

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Best worst thing that has happened in my gaming time recently.

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At this pace I will be able to resell my RPi 5 16GB for the price of a Steam Deck 😅

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What would be an epic move, is when you could launch your games by using this game. This would be pretty meta.

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There's no joke here.

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Quoting: neolithET:QW is already id Tech 4. Does that still count as old enough? 😄

Well, ETQW was released in 2007, I guess it's old enough. 😆 Among the old id Tech 4 titles, only Doom 3 and Doom 3 BFG received source code and source port releases. Quake 4 and Prey got Doom 3 source code based engine reimplantation made by the community. ETQW, Wolfenstein (2009) and Brink received no source code release or a modern port.

Despite that Makron's Horde community is still continuously develop mod, maps and custom content for ETQW which supports Linux, x86 macOS and Windows.

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LOVE IT! instawishlist. I'll get to it "soon" I swear.

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Not That Shocked dot gif

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This is very underrated software. I use it to run FSR4 in Control and previously Cyberpunk (before it got native support) and it works totally fine on my 7900 XT. Cyberpunk would always have shimmering foliage, even with XeSS. With FSR4 the shimmering is completely gone. And in Control FSR4 massively improves image clarity, since it only supports DLSS and some really basic unspecified upscaler which always ends up looking blurry. Setting it up was surprisingly easy too.

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Quoting: SzkodnixToday I won't believe anyone 😁

If it's a joke from the RPi Foundation, it's a really bad one.

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Quoting: rea987Enemy Territory: Quake Wars begs to differ. 😬

ET:QW is already id Tech 4. Does that still count as old enough? 😄

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When I read the news, I checked when I last played this game. It was August 2017, some time after I finished episode 2. I probably forgot how to play this game entirely. 😆

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Quoting: williamjcmSame group that sued Valve back in 2019 on the subject of Steam not allowing transferring accounts or selling individual games, by the way.

While UFC-Que Choisir won the initial trial, Valve won the appeal, and the Cour de cassation (the French equivalent to the US' Supreme Court) upheld the appeal's ruling.

I mean, if they only go for the sure fire cases, there would be no advocacy at all.

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Quoting: omer666Well that's good news, because it was the last legacy id software related game that was missing a source port

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars begs to differ. 😬

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Today I won't believe anyone 😁

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Quoting: EWG(note that social media and social networking are different things. I presume the former to be in reference to facebooger and the like.)

Social media means services based on social interaction around user-published content (or media). So Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Reddit, etc. YouTube counts as well, but classic chats and blogs like IRC, Matrix and this site do not. Certain features in some communication platforms like WhatsApp and maybe even Discord might put them in the social media category.

Admittedly there are some fuzzy boundaries and differing definitions. This isn't hard science.

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Quoting: Phlebiac

recent shift in the VR market

Anyone know what this refers to? VR didn't take off like they hoped (just like the last few attempts)? Or something else?

The VR market is 80% Facebook, and Facebook have recently reorientated away from VR gaming - closing studios and calling off hardware partnerships, and making their VR ecosystem thing a phone app instead.

It would be quite a good time for Valve to swoop in with a cheap device that can play all those games without any retooling from game devs, but RAM crisis.

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Quoting: EWG

Quoting: Durandalsupported an unapologetic white supremacist..

I would very much like to see examples of this. That's a horrible thing. From anything I've seen, nothing has directly been the offenders words.

He's been vocal on his opinions on social media, so finding things "in his own words" shouldn't be too hard.

There's plenty of articles summarizing it, such as this.
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

Thanks for a link. I don't have social media so, it's unlikely I'd be able to find/see anything on such platforms.
(note that social media and social networking are different things. I presume the former to be in reference to facebooger and the like.)

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This was my Tomb Raider 🥰

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerI'm not as concerned about who they interact with as many people here have been stating. The amount of left-leaning bias and 'passion' is a little concerning in these comments. We should commend this company for the good they do, rather than condemning them entirely based on a few interactions with someone who holds a differing view.

I am not concerned about who they interact with, but I don't like that they actively and financially support a known racist and bigot like DHH. Which makes me unwilling to support them, so that I do not support the hate by proxy.

If that doesn't sound reasonable to you, I suppose that shows your own bias. Willing indifference is an active political stance.

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