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  • I once had a dream that I went with my family to visit an old family friend (not seen in years) for dinner, but they lived in a different (i.e fictional) house that I had never been to before. Normally this wouldn't seem strange but when I woke up and told another adult family member, they looked completely shocked. It turns out they had also dreamt of this exact same scenario that night set in the same fictional house. We could describe the setting and events in detail and both had exactly the same experience but from different perspectives in the dream.

    I have no doubt there is some psychological explanation for this phenomenon but regardless it was quite an interesting experience.

  • When do i use Bluetooth vs 2.4ghz for PC accessories?

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  • wired > 2.4 ghz > Bluetooth

    There are limitations that make Bluetooth annoying to deal with (unable to interact with BIOS using a Bluetooth keyboard for instance)

  • spend hours ricing my desktop and decided I hated it at the end, and ended up wiping my entire OS

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  • The first time you do a presentation and forget how to add an external display, that was what made me stick with a full DE.

  • What are some bare minimum concepts beginner Linux users should understand?

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  • How to backup their home directory, even if it is a basic method like mounting an external drive and drag and dropping files.

  • Running Windows 10 on a spare drive, only for games. How dangerous is it to not get security updates?

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  • I run MSFS 2024 using proton on Linux, and have had reasonable success running other native windows addons (BeyondATC, opentrack for head tracking with webcam) in the same proton prefix by installing using protontricks then launching them all using the "exe.xml" trick for MSFS (see: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/start-multiple-programs-on-msfs-startup-with-this-exe-xml-tip/350698). I just do manual keybinds for my hardware inside the sim and it all works well, as a bonus performance seems a bit higher than on Windows.

  • I'm finally going to get to work on downloading all my music and abandoning streaming services. Any tips and/or advice?

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  • Navidrome is great if you are looking for a self-hosted web streaming alternative.

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    People aged 25+ How often do you hang out/see friends?

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  • I don't have any friends.

  • Fallout 3 Remastered leaker tells fans not to expect Fallout Day reveal as it’s too “early” in development

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  • Ironically the easiest way to play Fallout 3 these days is on Linux via Proton where it works perfectly.

  • Intel rethinking how it contributes to open source community

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  • Already was planning on never buying Intel due to their ties with American government and having a fab in Israel, so go ahead Intel, dig that hole a little deeper.

  • What's the state of Linux gaming with Proton?

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  • It's really good from a compatibility perspective (i.e. most games at least will run) but there are still a few performance edge cases that have more to do with Linux than proton itself. For example, ray tracing for AMD performs significantly worse than on Windows unfortunately (I get ~45 FPS for CP2077 on my 9070 XT vs ~55 FPS on Windows with the same settings). Rasterization is a different story, and some games actually outperform Windows in this area. Another area which is a little annoying is dealing with games that require extra related programs running alongside them. I run Microsoft Flight Simulator (which performs great using proton) however it is a little tedious getting all the add-on software to start inside the same proton prefix, the same story is true for dealing with mod managers in other games.

  • What's an uplifting fact that might counter the doom of our current reality?

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  • And the best part is that this is driven by economics, not even policy at this point. Renewables are cheaper.

  • Linux Distros (Gaming) From 2018 to 2025 - OMG the Change!

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  • I wonder if this also reflects a general shift away from Ubuntu of if the phenomenon is mostly limited to the gamer demographic.

  • It's that time again

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  • I have a seemingly yearly tradition where I manage to convince myself to try out KDE then am usually back on GNOME after a week. I genuinely don't get the hate for GNOME. It looks clean, has great defaults (especially the keybinds) and mostly stays out of the way. I don't hate KDE, it's just not for me and that is okay.

  • What game changed your life?

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  • This game made me realize that I too am part of the homo-sexual underground

  • New home server, NixOS vs Proxmox vs Arch

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  • As someone currently deep into Nix (even contributed to nixpkgs), I'm currently in the process of migrating away and am planning on just running good old Debian stable with docker compose for my home server. I wouldn't waste your time learning Nix, it isn't a transferable skill and totally locks you into the ecosystem.

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  • Arch on the desktop, Debian on the server is the way to go. Both solid, community (non-corporate) distros that fit each use case.

  • Nix or Gentoo

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  • Problems between them and the steering committee, there is a post about it on their discourse

  • Nix or Gentoo

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  • The entire moderator team just resigned

  • Nexus Gamers are going to test gpus on Linux (Bazzite)

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  • Yes, if anything it seems easier to handle on linux. Just bake golden images that already have a static list of required packages.

  • Nexus Gamers are going to test gpus on Linux (Bazzite)

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  • I'm a little surprised that they are planning on testing downstream distros like bazzite. It would make more sense to just stick to the biggest upstream distros like Arch/Debian/Fedora for benchmark purposes in my opinion.

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