Telorand

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Multi-boot utility Ventoy updated to 1.0.98 - Fixes for Arch Linux, KAOS, RHEL9 ( github.com )

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drives for ISO/IMG/VHD(x)/WIM/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the disk images to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can have multiple images on the disk and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them....

Telorand ,

That's interesting, because I could never get Ventoy to work, and I tried multiple times with multiple distros (and Windows).

Hopefully this update fixes that, but it might be good to mention that YMMV.

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That's a really fun one. They did a great job with it.

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Fallout 76. I'm genuinely surprised how generous the players are, and it's been generally fun. It doesn't feel exactly like typical Fallout, but it lives somewhere between Fallout and Metro: Exodus.

Only big downside is the weight limits they put on everything (including your stash box), because that's how the devs try to encourage players to buy in with cash. You can still run while encumbered, which is a nice change, but it uses AP to do so. Eventually you have to stop and "catch your breath" before you can keep going. Since it also blocks fast travel, it kind of puts a damper on the fun of collecting all the things when you are forced to travel by foot.

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Thank you! I bulked several hundred of the heaviest items and sold them to a vendor, and I made throwing knives from the excess steel (and sold those).

I think I should still pare that down, though. Right now, screws are my primary concern, and like you pointed out, I don't seem to be having trouble with things like lead, cloth, and steel. I do have power armor, and I saved up to get the core recharger, so I should probably make use of that more often.

What are your thoughts on keeping higher level weapons in stash? I have some level 25+ items, but I'm only level 19.

Telorand ,

Thanks! That helps a lot. I have a few heavy weapons I'm holding onto that are 45+, so I'll see what's worth keeping.

I tend to enjoy the stealthy, long-range playstyle. My favorite weapon so far is a hunting rifle I've modded with a long scope and a suppressor (and others mods that boost aim, crit, or reload), and I try to use a plasma pistol for close quarters (because of the chance for nuclear waste); I have an automatic laser rifle and a 10mm subauto as backup, if things get overwhelming. I'm open to suggestions, though!

I play on PC via the Xbox/Game Pass launcher.

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If it was me, I'd take the deal. They obviously don't give a shit about even their successful teams.

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Getting to some old testing automation projects that have been on hold.

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Another consideration is whether they are plugged into the graphics card. Common performance "problems" arise when somebody tries to plug into the video-out on the motherboard, so they could be accidentally forcing the use of the iGPU, if present.

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I think that's more of a proof that I shouldn't answer these before I've had my caffeine. Good catch!

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That is, because supposedly that limitation still affects Windows. Do you use supergfxctl?

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I just remembered that that package isn't compatible with Plasma 6 (yet), so maybe it got dropped from the official repos when they officially released 40.

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I'll check this out later, but I've checked up on Redox from time to time, and they've been making steady progress. I sincerely hope they succeed, because I would love to see this competing with the likes of Linux, instead of other novelties like RISC OS.

How are companies or developers supposed to make a full time living with OSI opensourced projects? ( opensource.org )

There has been a lot of talk about companies and individuals adopting licenses that aren't OSI opensource to protect themselves from mega-corp leechers. Developers have also been condemned who put donation notices in the command-line or during package installation. Projects with opensource cores and paid extensions have also...

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The best solution for a lot of problems. Imagine how awesome OSS could be if any dev could work on it at least part-time while still being able to eat and pay rent/mortgage.

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Nah. I mean, I like old games quite a lot, but for all the gems, there's a litany of duds. I do agree that anti-cheat and online multiplayer have hurt innovation, but the indie scene is where it's at, if you want innovation or a focus on storytelling. Still, some of my best memories are with modern online games like Shadowbane, WoW, Warframe, Deep Rock Galactic, etc., and yet no game has yet replaced my experiences with the older Myst series.

Size of games is certainly problematic if you have a slower internet connection, but even SSDs are quite economical at this point.

If retro games are your jam, then awesome! But I think they're just a single facet of the broader hobby of gaming.

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Telorand ,

I'm super curious where the data is going to/from.

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Thank you for calling the internet. May I have your account number or identity theft, please? —Homestar Runner

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The news follows confirmation from Take-Two it plans to let go of 600 full-time workers to save $165 million annually, which was shared a few weeks ago. That is despite making billions upon billions of dollars as a result of the GTA series.

Why make billions of dollars when you could make billions and one? /s

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Is it here‽

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GameCube. Lots of fun with that console, and Skies of Arcadia Legends is a highlight.

Close second would be N64. The games were really unique, partly because designers had to work with limited hardware and a really bizarre controller. Mischief Makers is my all-time favorite for that one.

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I never owned a Switch, but I would say it was instrumental in the Deck's conception. If the popularity of the Switch had never happened, I wonder if Gabe would have taken the chance.

Nintendo cuts all kinds of corners and usually doesn't bother competing as a "performance" console, but people generally loved that thing when it first came out. I'm sure people will have gripes about Steam Deck v1 when v2+ comes out, too.

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Maybe I'm missing something, but it didn't look like the GPU was engaging at all. 15fps? That doesn't seem right. Given that the overlay had a battery percentage reading, and the GPU readings were all zero, I'm guessing this was on a laptop, and it didn't switch from using the iGPU to using the GPU.

Either that, or NVK has a lot of work to do, and that doesn't track with recent news about its progress.

OP, is this your test? Can you shed light on the results?

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Oh really? I thought I saw elsewhere that it had achieved and even exceeded performance of the proprietary driver in another test. Maybe it was just that specific case.

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I dropped the first game specifically because of the "combat." I'd give Alan Wake II a try if it was a different mechanic.

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You add the game in Heroic, and it has a menu option to add the game to Steam. There's another setting that will do this automatically, once the game is installed.

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Epic CEO is just salty he didn't come up with the Steam Deck concept first.

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SteamGridDB? Fantastic, especially now that the Steam Deck is part of the ecosystem!

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I wonder if your Samsung TV got an update that is causing a conflict. Is it connected to the internet?

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>> and diff also work on the latest version of Powershell, so all of your instructions should work on both Linux and Windows.

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Gonna be playing this eventually. Bought the full series in the winter, and it's on my shortlist.

Anyone got mod recommendations?

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The LE.

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I took a look at Nexus a while ago, and it was overwhelming! You can tell how loved a game is by the number of mods.

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TBH, that still looks good for MS. It suffered a little with compressed archives (mediocre), installation was "fast," and the rest were "very fast." Certainly not as perfect as some, but unless you're doing lots of installs and working with compressed files, I bet nobody would even notice this difference in real world use cases.

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There's also the whole thing about how AMD gets improvements from community involvement, and Nvidia then has to integrate that into their closed development cycle. They're always a step behind and losing out on all that free development labor.

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If that's the goal, probably a silly way to go about it. The people who care about FOSS won't forget about their reputation, and most of the people who don't care about their reputation don't know anything about FOSS.

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Damn, pretty soon, Nvidia will be competing not just with AMD but with NVK in the Linux space.

The improvements of NVK are a strong factor for considering dropping Windows entirely.

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Sounds like they're going through some shit and using toxic online interactions in an effort to try to ameliorate their internal struggles. It reminds me of a wounded animal lashing out.

Doesn't justify them, but it does give more context so people can respond accordingly.

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Ultra-Capitalists gonna ultra-capitalize...

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Also, I've noticed that when I type, not only do some things get underlined in red (I think it's for misspelling), but also in blue. Any idea what that means?

Red is a word that doesn't exist in the keyboard's dictionary (and likely a misspelling, but it sometimes doesn't have everything). Blue is a grammar check, and it's letting you know that your grammar might be incorrect (missing a word, verb doesn't agree with the subject, wrong word chosen, etc.). It's not perfect, but it may help you find mistakes you didn't intend.

I don't know what the green dot means. Sorry.

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The tree level has the best music. I decided to die at one point just so I could hear it again

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Loving this leisurely playthrough with O2 drain turned off. Just scrapping ships little by little and trying to do it just right.

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Which version of Bazzite are you on? Bluetooth has been having connectivity problems in the latest versions (a regression from the Bluez driver upstream, I believe).

I rebased my Steam Deck to 39-20240328, and everything seems to be working as expected. 39-20240414 might also be okay, but I haven't tested it myself.

ETA: I haven't been able to connect my primary BT headphones to my Deck, but my Steam Controller and a different pair of BT headphones are fine. Might be a similar case with you; I don't know why one works but the other doesn't.

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You speak as if it's already decided. It's incumbent upon us to enjoy the silly shit and do our damnedest to prevent the fascist rise.

Go play some Neopets, and stop listening to news orgs for a while (you've likely already decided who you're supporting, anyway), especially the ones who trade in the 24h News Cycle; they have a vested interest in selling rage, not nuanced journalism. Hope eats into their profit margins.

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I think Trump won, because people underestimated him and thought it was somebody else's problem to go vote.

We will have to agree to disagree, plus, I don't want to derail this Gaming community into a political debate. Enjoy your games! If you see a golden Shoyru, it might be mine.

Telorand ,

You would have to install via Wine, and that's what some people do, iirc. All of your games would be installed in that prefix, rather than their own. I think one of the benefits is more reliable cloud saves, though I haven't personally done that or had problems with Heroic.

Telorand ,

I can also vouch for PIA's cost vs. performance, but their prices have risen recently (still cheaper than most), and I also learned the other day that they're now owned by Kape Technologies, a company that used to do bloat/malware development to do shady data mining.

I'm actually considering switching to AirVPN or Mozilla VPN/Mullvad, despite being a longtime customer, just for the peace of mind. Also, if you buy the three year plan of AirVPN, it's cheaper than PIA.

And, PIA still doesn't offer a standalone WireGuard configuration file, despite promising it was in the works a few years ago, and that's been a stick in my craw when trying to set it up the way I want on Bazzite Linux.

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I didn't see anything about not keeping logs (please correct me if I just missed it). Also, they don't have any built-in DNS protection, and it's expensive at $8.34usd/month.

It's an interesting idea to stratify your VPN and force individual apps to bind to their own tunnels, but seems like a lot of extra setup for little payoff, and if you can't be certain they're not keeping logs, there's little benefit to having multiple VPN connections vs one.

Please, feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood something.

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How is network speed? Even with a multihop VPN, each hop degrades the speed. If it's operating like the Tor network, I would expect that it would experience the same kind of speed degradation.

And speaking of multihop, I wonder what extra benefit you'd get from a service like SPN and a VPN that offers multihop...?

Not trying to piss on your suggestion, just trying to scrutinize the benefits.

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