Quoting: Luke_NukemI really dislike laptops with a numpad. It means the typing keyboard is shunted off to the left further off-center with the screen. It's damned uncomfortable after a period of time.

Otherwise I'd be keen on this.

I've been using a work laptop (Dell) to WFH during the pandemic. I can't stand the keyboard. And it seems most laptops use the same keyboard layout.

My problem with the numpad isn't the off-center issue. For me, I hate how the numpad crams the rest of the keys in random places. For word editors, I use the arrow keys and the the home/end keys a lot for navigation. The numpad means that the arrow keys are crammed and tiny keys. And the biggest issue is that the home/end keys are in an unintuitive location at the top of the keyboard. Half the time I want to hit backspace, or home/end, I end up hitting the the insert key (a key that should burn in hell) or the numlock key.

The numpad is handy for typing in numbers quickly. But if I really needed it, I could buy a USB numpad. And because I accidentally hit the numlock key so often, half the time that I do want to type in numbers, the numbers are inactive and operate as arrows or home/end and I end up skipping around the document.

The only laptop that has what I would consider a sensible keyboard layout is the HP Omen series: https://www.omen.com/us/en/laptops.html [External Link]

But that's a gaming class laptop and I'd rather not have Nvidia graphics.

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Quoting: ageres!https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1w1fYE-iRb2iv-7St5gYLw00i6y3N3H36 [External Link]
Guess what game this is.

Skyrim.

Since it's been released on almost everything, it's not totally unbelievable that Bethesda would eventually release Skyrim for DOS. But still not Linux.

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Quoting: ziabicePlayed the first mission and it doesn't seem a good port, there are lots of graphic glitches, keyboard doesn't respond very well... it's definitely in beta quality

As I mentioned earlier, I had the graphical glitches as well.

For me, at least, it seems like it is caused by the 'Ambient Occlusion' setting. Turning that off and all the flickering disappeared.

For reference, I'm using Linux Mint 20, with kernel 5.8 and the Kisak Mesa PPA. I have an AMD RX570.

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Quoting: HamishAny word on Linux support for Wasteland Remastered?

I bought it a month or so ago. Out of the box, it is not playable using Proton. The game starts, you can access the menu and start a new game. But after the intro text, there is a loading screen that hangs forever. I'm assuming it's a video playback issue (mfplat). There are workarounds but I didn't bother to try.

I backed Wasteland 3. I was able to play last night for about 15 minutes. The game worked for me. No crashes in the small amount of playtime.

But I did have issues with some texture flickering and visual artifacts. Not enough to make it unplayable, you could see everything. But distracting enough that I'll wait a little bit.

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Quoting: GuestNice, speaking of Lutris you can now watch blu-ray with Leawo through it. I just installed it last night and played several and they all worked. You can't use the menus and it works best in fullscreen. I'll be updating in a few.

You can play blu-ray using VLC or Kodi as well.

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=176924 [External Link]

Not sure about Kodi but with VLC it's hit or miss. Every Bluray I have tried with Leavo has worked so far.

Well, whether you use Kodi or VLC it doesn't make much of a difference because you're relying on the AACs and other decryption. The player just pretty much handles the playback. Although, I find Kodi to perform a bit better.

I remember before I would just use the KEYDB.cfg file and it was a bit hit or miss. But with a few extra steps that are in the link I posted, I now have most of them working (I think it seems to be 20th Centry FOX discs that have problems). But I think there are most steps in that link that can be done to resolve those issues.

I remember trying Leawo when I used Windows. It was okay as a free alternative, but I remember it has issues, particularly with the menus, but that was at least 5 years ago I tried it. On Windows, CyberDVD I think was the best in terms of compatibility but was terrible software in general, and I don't think it works through WINE.

It is good to know that there is another alternative. So I might test out Leawo. I did a quick search on the Lutris site and didn't find an installer listed. Do you have a link to it?

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Quoting: GuestNice, speaking of Lutris you can now watch blu-ray with Leawo through it. I just installed it last night and played several and they all worked. You can't use the menus and it works best in fullscreen. I'll be updating in a few.

You can play blu-ray using VLC or Kodi as well.

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=176924 [External Link]

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Quoting: fleskTwo things I really dislike on standard keyboards:

• Windows key


• Caps Lock key

Don't let the Insert key off so easy.

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Ozone looks fine. I didn't really have a problem with the XMB interface.

The one thing that bothers me about Ozone is that there are no screenshots for save states.

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Quoting: PompesdeskyAny chance this would help in case of Bluetooth connection with Xbox One controller ? Mine keeps connecting/deconnecting indefinetely, I could never get it to work.

Using xpadneo [External Link] makes things a bit easier.

But I've experienced a lot of issues with Bluetooth dongles. Particularly dongles that use the Broadcom chipset. They connect easily, but keep disconnecting. Dongles that use the CSR chipset, have trouble connecting initially, but tend to work well afterwards.

At xpadneo, some users have been reporting how different Bluetooth dongles work: https://atar-axis.github.io/xpadneo/#bt-dongles [External Link]

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I updated from an RX 550 to an RX 570. I had to downgrade to the RX 550 because of a hardware issue with my old HD7850. I assumed it was a hardware failure because I had some other hardware get damaged. Interestingly another use has the same problem with the old SI radeon card and the new Ryzen 3600 on Linux.

I was holding out for the RX5500, but it still seems like it's not quite ready for prime time. I picked up the XFX RS XXX RX 570 (not sure if I got all the Xs right) at Newegg for $100. That's a tough price to beat, so I jumped on it.

The performance is solid. I'm only playing at 1080p, so it's good enough for what I'm doing. I'm surprised at how used to the minor stutters I got when using the RX 550 on some older games. Everything is so smooth now.

My only complaint is that it seems to run hot and draw a lot of power. Understandable, when I'm gaming. But at idle, it's drawing at least 35W and that's only if I set power_dpm_force_performance_level to low. The benchmarks and reviews showed a lot less power draw for this card at idle.

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