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KindaABigDyl

@ KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

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I make things: electronics and software and music and stories and all sorts of other things.

  • After 20 Years, Influential Game Jam Ludum Dare Will Wind Down - Aftermath (Nicole Carpenter)

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  • Sad

    All good things must come to an end

    Like Gravity Falls

  • Got gifted an XBOX360 S. What now?

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  • What now?

    Play some of the greatest games of all time for like $10 a pop. Don't even gotta hack. The 360 is the most affordable console in terms of bang for buck in 2026

    You've got:

    • Skyrim
    • Portal 2
    • The og Halo trilogy
    • Assassin's creed II and IV
    • Forza Horizon

    And more!

  • Game franchises you like, but wish were another genre of video game?

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  • I feel similar about the games, but opposite to the solution.

    I think the problem is those games (Witcher 3, Skyrim, etc) build complex RPG stats systems and storylines and forget to actually make good combat.

    You'd rather they fix this by going all in on the RPG and leaving the combat behind, but for me, I'd rather they'd forsake RPG elements and build an actual competent and fun combat system.

    This is why I'd rather play any Zelda over any western action adventure RPG bc Nintendo actually makes a good game first, not a story

  • Game franchises you like, but wish were another genre of video game?

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  • I wish Skyrim was less RPG and more adventure. Get rid of builds and stats and nonsense like that. Add more legendary items and less common ones. Make combat more fun and not just clicking.

  • Real programmer test

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  • The modern one:

    When there's a function that can be written manually in 10 minutes but you find a way to do it in 10 days using LLMs

  • AnimeMemes @lemmy.ml
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    If FMA was actually good

  • Operating System Political Compass - Updated version

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  • I feel like CachyOS should be further to Niche than Arch

  • Run Steam from console?

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  • You still need X11 or Wayland somehow. I would suggest something that can run in "kiosk" mode. That's essentially what you want - boot a single app and run that.

    If you don't care about wayland, just install xorg-xinit (since you said Arch) and put this in ~/.xinitrc: exec steam -bigpicture

    Run startx to launch it on its own. There may be other dependencies you need for steam or for games, but you don't need a whole DE.

    If you want, you can even enable auto-login and then set up auto-start by adding this to your ~/.bashrc (or whatever shell you use):

     
        
if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]]; then
  startx
fi

  • Please help, I'm stuck!

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  • Yes. I tried it for 6 months. Terrible. Takes way too long to compile

  • Btrfs Performance From Linux 6.12 To Linux 7.0 Shows Regressions

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  • Right but what I'm saying is speed wasn't really the reason to use it in the first place

  • Please help, I'm stuck!

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  • For me, I always keep coming back to Arch tbh

    Sometimes I get fed up with managing a whole system and once in a blue moon bricking my system on an update, but the alternatives are always worse, and with btrfs now, I don't have to worry about the latter problem.

    Nix was the closest to pulling me away. A centralized config? Beautiful. Static package store without dependency conflicts? Beautiful. Immutable applications? The WORST idea we've ever had as a community. For instance, imo, VS Code extensions are fundamentally incompatible with Nix. I spent weeks trying to get it to work doing multiple different things to try and hope it would work. It can't. VS Code just has to be mutable.

    Anyway so I'm back to arch and have been for over a year since I tried Nix (and before that Fedora which has its own issues). Before that I had been on Arch for 4 years.

    I think I'll stay now. It's really the best option out there. In my mind, Arch is Linux, i.e. it's how an OS should be built for the Linux kernel and the FOSS ecosystem, and it won't ever be beat

  • Btrfs Performance From Linux 6.12 To Linux 7.0 Shows Regressions

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  • Maybe this is wrong, but my understanding is BTRFS is generally slower than EXT4, and that's okay. It's not going for speed

    Where it shines is not in its speed but in its versatility offering compression, rollback, subvol, etc

    For example, for applications, you do a lot of writes/reads to Documents or load resources like for games, so use EXT4 for /home or for a dedicated /games partition

    For your system, it could be broken via config tweaks or updates, so use BTRFS to have the rollback options

  • So what color is Linux exactly? Is it black like Tux and the terminal? Purple like Debian? Blue like Arch?

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  • Blue

  • We can just do the adult check thing the usual way.

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  • Ah yes bc it says:

    You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted under this License.

  • We can just do the adult check thing the usual way.

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  • That was the context of the comment you replied to. Not sure why you're talking about something else

  • We can just do the adult check thing the usual way.

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  • We can just do the adult check thing the usual way.

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  • Of couse i know how to install gentoo, you compile the kernel or something

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  • I did it once

    Used it for a month

    Compilation never got faster

    Miserable experience updating or installing new software

    Never trying it again

    Just use minimal binary distros like Arch

    Or if you really want the control of Gentoo use Nix; it's just a better system for that since almost everything you need is prebuilt as well

  • Esoteric Programming Languages: Rockstar, Tabloid, Baby Language, Ook!, Chef

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  • We can just do the adult check thing the usual way.

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  • Right. That's the idea. Since Cali has a dumb law, it would be illegal to download Ubuntu in California. Californians follow their law, Ubuntu has to change nothing.

    But how is that a license violation on Canonical's part?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    I made this Linux wallpaper a while ago, but never shared it

  • Linux @programming.dev
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    What is the best setup for Wayland + Nvidia/Intel Laptop (Alternative to Reverse Sync)?

  • C++ @programming.dev
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    ACBS - Another C Build System (compatible with C++)

  • C Programming Language @programming.dev
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    ACBS - Another C Build System

  • Programming Languages @programming.dev
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    It's nothing special, but it's special to me :)

  • Godot @programming.dev
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    OoT-lineage-Zelda-like Camera and Movement in Godot 4

  • The Legend of Zelda @lemmy.ml
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    An unexpected similarity, but a welcome one

  • Nix / NixOS @programming.dev
    KindaABigDyl @programming.dev

    How to declaratively define Strongswan VPN connections for NetworkManager?