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GalacticGrapefruit

GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world
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American here. Fantastic job, guys! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Don’t break this boycott, you have more power than the fascists want the world to think!

You can do this. I believe in you!

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Never, ever get into an argument with a moose.

Forget pumas, those fuckers are the real apex predator of The North. 😨

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Some author openly claims to be a terf. If she calls herself a bigot, then call her a bigot. 🤷

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God, the ALSA-PulseAudio Wars never fucking ended, and we’ve been stranded ever since. It’s the Wayland/X11 windowing struggle all over again!

“This package uses a legacy windowing system, and is insecure.” You know who else is insecure? The devs!

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On non-Ubuntu distros, for ProtonVPN, I’ve had better luck using their CLI interface. It works just fine, it just means learning a bit of the terminal. I like the automatic killswitch, especially since I’m a habitual pirate.

Proton advises against using third-party repos, which I feel is sensible. But for all other options, I tend to appreciate the plug-and-play nature of .deb and .rpm packages and Flatpaks. Flatseal puts my paranoia at ease. Set and forget. :)

Proton’s a bit behind the curve, feature-wise, but I trust them more than I trust NordVPN or ExpressVPN. For one, their advertisement blocker ACTUALLY works as advertised.

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AMD has open-source drivers that play better with Linux distros. If you’re running post-2020 Intel hardware, good luck.

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GoG install scripts are actually community-submitted and not actively maintained. You might have some luck with Lutris or WINE. Sometimes, Bottles or even PlayOnLinux are compatible. WINE actually lets you emulate older editions of Windows for PC games. Sometimes, all you have to do is switch the toggle from ‘Win7’ to ‘Win95’, and it works.

https://lutris.net/games/jazz-jackrabbit/

It’s a headache, and a loooot of googling, trying to get games to run. But with Proton’s introduction, it’s gotten a lot easier to get things to run without pulling out wads of hair.

But you’re right, if the app is non-native? Have fun breaking out the thumbscrews, because ya better like pain. 😂

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Less user-hostile? Maybe. Hostile to the tech-illiterate? Oh, absolutely. There is no handholding. There are no guardrails. You wanna “sudo rm -fr / --no-preserve-root”? o7, gamer.

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“Put it back! I liked it better when it was broken!”

Jokes aside though, have you SEEN GamesDoneQuick’s Triforce% TAS? Jesus Turing Christ, that was amazing. It felt like the gaming equivalent of watching the Lunar Landing.

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