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  • Honestly? I’m a fan of Flatpaks where they make sense. I’m also okay with Appimages. Native is pretty cool. Whatever gets the thing to run really.

    I like to use the terminal to update my applications, it’s just faster. I have an alias to run an update for native packages and flatpaks. You can use your GUI of choice. Or not, it’s up to you. It’s that sort of freedom that I love about using Linux.

    In some cases, Flatpak actually helps, as in my case, with Prism Launcher. Some of my system libraries cause issues with a handful of mods, but the libraries distributed with the Flatpak get that working. Hopefully that’s not foreshadowing more future library-related issues.





  • Hey guys I got a wifi69 card, does anyone know how to make it work? NVM I fixed it.

    (User disappears after the post and never elaborates, meanwhile replying to the thread is also a necro post and it gets locked anyway)

    Or my other favourite:

    How to make Gameguy xbox controller work: [posted 5 years ago] [Deleted by user]





  • Important to note those in-game purchases Fubarberry mentioned are critical to the game’s future, yet it’s still possible to play without opening the wallet. It’s rare that a game which is funded by MTX doesn’t constantly tell you how much you’re missing out on by not buying stuff.

    The catch is that selling to other players is a hassle without the premium stash tab and IMO, PoE1’s default 4 stash tabs is simply not enough beyond act 10. If you only play the “Solo Self-Found” mode, it doesn’t matter too much since you only pick up stuff for yourself.

    It is very easy to fill up with currency, gems, essences, maps, league mechanic stuff, levelling uniques as well as the usual stuff you pick up while levelling like belts and rings.

    I say, if you end up enjoying the game enough to open your wallet, $30 is enough to fully enjoy the game, and your purchased stash tabs carry over between leagues, and between games where possible.

    It’s also nice to know that the people getting all those “firsts” in chat at the start of a league aren’t hacking in items, as in Diablo 3 console edition.





  • I remember when compact was hidden - apparently this was a change driven by telemetry. It was possible that there’s an overlap between those who use compact and those who turned off telemetry. I wouldn’t be surprised if something similar also occurs with Pocket being left on too.

    If compact breaks in a future update, it’ll probably be removed altogether. At that point, best option would be userchrome customisation.

    IIRC, this change was made ahead of the impending UI overhaul. This combined with the Windows 11 getting bigger touch-friendly UI elements understandably didn’t sit well with many people.


  • Not really. Most recommend Framework because their laptops are open to the point where third parties can make random peripherals that fit the expansion ports. They have a page to help with choosing a distro for their hardware as well. It’s great to see this level of open-ness and repairability in a laptop. Naturally, Linux users gravitate to such a brand.

    System76 leverage their own distro, Pop!_OS as a selling point for their laptops, as they have some degree of control over the hardware and software.

    The other maker I’d recommend is Tuxedo Computers who also maintain their own distro for hardware they sell.


  • Not a SD user, but a desktop gamer who found your post. I wouldn’t be surprised to see people on the fediverse say they often play games outside of Steam.

    The non-techy people I know treat the thing like a console and refuse to use desktop mode for games. That’s the catch of the Steam Deck. It runs Linux underneath, but most people never (want to) interact with it. I love it for what it does for Linux gaming but there’s more to PC gaming than just Steam - Although I’m aware that Steam probably underprices these with hopes to recoup the loss back on Steam purchases.

    (Also your method isn’t really hacky, that’s just kind of how binary executables work in Linux, plus the steps to add it to Steam)