Latest Comments by fenglengshun
KDE developer thinks they will become the 'Windows or Android' of the FOSS world
16 Nov 2021 at 2:07 am UTC
16 Nov 2021 at 2:07 am UTC
Once I've actually encountered a KDE distro that fits my taste in workflow, I fell in love with it.
The main issue for me had always been that the KDE default is clunky, and customizing it is clunky with all the panel, dock, widget, and window settings until you learn how it works.
The distro defaults help with that, especially if they follow Feren's step of multiple desktop layout (which is becoming more of the norm on the gtk side it seems, from what I saw on Manjaro-GNOME, Zorin OS, and Ubuntu Budgie)
Of course, I've encountered problems on both KDE and GNOME. But my experience with KDE have only improved in past year or so, while GNOME has always had issues with extensions. I can adapt my workflow, but ultimately, I do need a bunch of extensions with GNOME for my optimal workflow UX, and as long as that remains terrible experience, I'm only going to use it just to keep up with it but not seriously.
That said, the recent integration of some Tweaks into GNOME's system setting is a cause for hope. But man, is all these drama with GNOME is just exhausting.
The main issue for me had always been that the KDE default is clunky, and customizing it is clunky with all the panel, dock, widget, and window settings until you learn how it works.
The distro defaults help with that, especially if they follow Feren's step of multiple desktop layout (which is becoming more of the norm on the gtk side it seems, from what I saw on Manjaro-GNOME, Zorin OS, and Ubuntu Budgie)
Of course, I've encountered problems on both KDE and GNOME. But my experience with KDE have only improved in past year or so, while GNOME has always had issues with extensions. I can adapt my workflow, but ultimately, I do need a bunch of extensions with GNOME for my optimal workflow UX, and as long as that remains terrible experience, I'm only going to use it just to keep up with it but not seriously.
That said, the recent integration of some Tweaks into GNOME's system setting is a cause for hope. But man, is all these drama with GNOME is just exhausting.
Here's some of what we've learned about the Steam Deck
14 Nov 2021 at 2:35 am UTC Likes: 1
AUR might be fine too since that often installs on `/opt/`. I don't know, can someone who've used an immutable-style Arch distro confirm? Also, can anyone confirm if snap works fine on Arch and Fedora immutable-style filesystem? I don't really care about it, but it's good too know (particularly since it could maybe pressure Ubuntu to embrace Flatpak).
I don't think an ostree-like toolbox approach is a thing here, but you can probably toggle the read-only mode from system settings.
14 Nov 2021 at 2:35 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: ShmerlSo how do you install anything additional if the main filesystem is immutable? Is /home mounted to some separate partition?I'd imagine it works exactly like Fedora Kinoite/Silverblue. As far as I can see, the system files are immutable, but `/home/*/` seems to be fine. I believe that's why Flatpak is fine too, since they often install on `~/.var`. So that means your main options for apps are Flatpak, pip (since it installs on `~/.local/bin`), and AppImage. So, once again, I'm going to mention Bauh since it'll be perfect for this case.
Where can you add your GOG games?
AUR might be fine too since that often installs on `/opt/`. I don't know, can someone who've used an immutable-style Arch distro confirm? Also, can anyone confirm if snap works fine on Arch and Fedora immutable-style filesystem? I don't really care about it, but it's good too know (particularly since it could maybe pressure Ubuntu to embrace Flatpak).
I don't think an ostree-like toolbox approach is a thing here, but you can probably toggle the read-only mode from system settings.
System76 creating their own desktop environment written in Rust
10 Nov 2021 at 12:46 am UTC Likes: 4
10 Nov 2021 at 12:46 am UTC Likes: 4
Honestly, my main requirement these days are Activity Overview, Global Menu, and Borderless Maximized Windows. Plus ideally a UX Switcher so I can safely recommend it to Newbies. That's why I'm probably looking at staying on Gnome and KDE, as much as I respect Budgie from my brief time with it.
Considering today's release of Linus and Luke's Linux challenge, I think this is a good step seeing how much of a mess Gnome became while Linus only wanted to install Steam.
Pop!_OS is the go-to recommendation for gaming on Linux for newbies but it's been very messy in my experience, so a way for them to tailor the experience for gamers while pruning issues would be great. And it's just neat to see more projects in Rust.
Considering today's release of Linus and Luke's Linux challenge, I think this is a good step seeing how much of a mess Gnome became while Linus only wanted to install Steam.
Pop!_OS is the go-to recommendation for gaming on Linux for newbies but it's been very messy in my experience, so a way for them to tailor the experience for gamers while pruning issues would be great. And it's just neat to see more projects in Rust.
The Epic Store on Linux continues getting easier to manage with Heroic Games Launcher
12 Oct 2021 at 2:11 pm UTC
For me personally, it's just a question of how much I want to play a game and how much of a pain in the ass is it. Genshin is kinda annoying to set up, I don't really care about it, and I have objection towards what several of their policies, so I don't. OTOH I've pretty much streamlined the process of playing the visual novels I pirate because I want to play them and I don't care about getting those outside of Steam and MangaGamer legitimately.
12 Oct 2021 at 2:11 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweSay it as it is: no, you can't legitimately play it on Linux.This isn't wrong, but for people who doesn't care about "legitimately play" something on Linux, what matters is that they can't. With workarounds, that might not be available all the time, but if the question is just "Can I play it, yes or no?" then, yeah.
For me personally, it's just a question of how much I want to play a game and how much of a pain in the ass is it. Genshin is kinda annoying to set up, I don't really care about it, and I have objection towards what several of their policies, so I don't. OTOH I've pretty much streamlined the process of playing the visual novels I pirate because I want to play them and I don't care about getting those outside of Steam and MangaGamer legitimately.
Trouble is brewing over on GOG due to the HITMAN release needing online for some features
26 Sep 2021 at 4:16 pm UTC Likes: 1
So basically only count if you're fine with an extended demo version of the game.
26 Sep 2021 at 4:16 pm UTC Likes: 1
"Please note: Internet connection is required to access Escalation missions, Elusive Targets or user-created Contracts. Story and bonus missions can be played offline."Haha, yeah, sure, if you don't care at all about progression. On a game that's all about replaying the same level as you challenge yourself with both built-in achievements and check-boxes as you unlock weapons, costumes, and alternative conditions, as well as for self-satisfiction from experimentation as well as leaderboard (in the world and among your friends).
So basically only count if you're fine with an extended demo version of the game.
Proton 6.3-6 gets a Release Candidate with new game support and fixes
14 Aug 2021 at 6:10 am UTC Likes: 1
14 Aug 2021 at 6:10 am UTC Likes: 1
testing a major change for save files...I'll pass, but I salute to everyone who's helping test this new method. As they said, the real treasure is the save files we made along the way, and every save files lost is a tragedy.
CodeWeavers announce CrossOver 21.0 is out now with Wine 6.0 and DXVK 1.7
5 Aug 2021 at 2:34 am UTC Likes: 1
Photoshop as I recall is compatible but only for the older versions. MS Office is generally great, although if you can't install some of the dependencies (mostly 32-bit packages which can be a problem on Manjaro/Arch) then it has some glitches.
Basically it's worth paying if they have the software you want on their database of installer - you can check that on their website. Alternatively, you can treat it as donating to support Wine development, but I consider it more of a business transaction considering how much work they put into the product.
If it's games, then you'd probably be better served with Bottles or Q4Wine which can manage different pfx with easier dll management.
5 Aug 2021 at 2:34 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: gradyvuckovicIs there any advantage to using this over say Lutris for example?As was said, CrossOver is primarily for productivity stuff. You can use it to play games but I don't think that Winetricks works on it so in terms of compatibility it is very much "take it or leave it" unless you know how to make a Tie (custom installer) file for your game.
Photoshop as I recall is compatible but only for the older versions. MS Office is generally great, although if you can't install some of the dependencies (mostly 32-bit packages which can be a problem on Manjaro/Arch) then it has some glitches.
Basically it's worth paying if they have the software you want on their database of installer - you can check that on their website. Alternatively, you can treat it as donating to support Wine development, but I consider it more of a business transaction considering how much work they put into the product.
If it's games, then you'd probably be better served with Bottles or Q4Wine which can manage different pfx with easier dll management.
Valve talk about learning from mistakes with the upcoming Steam Deck
3 Aug 2021 at 6:07 pm UTC
The Steam Machine was basically just a pre-build made by partners, running a limited Linux distro with small amount of games. At a rather unjustified premium at that.
Steam Deck is closer to a tablet with built in controller, produced by Valve themselves with a decent yet uniform spec, running a Linux distro that makes more sense (hopefully, at least, judging by its Arch base and Plasma DE), that can run the majority of games (specifically mentioning that they're targeting anti-cheat now and 800p30fps minimum performance with decent efficiency).
The Steam Machine was a garbage overpriced prebuilt that does nothing. The Steam Deck is a real alternative to Switch and has better flexibility being a tablet/mini-PC running a Linux distro. You're not going to do work on it, but it's a good multimedia device on top of being a more flexible version of a device (Switch) that's been proven to work in concept.
The only question is how well can they market it. Or, well, judging by pre-orders, how much can they actually make because they're competing with everyone for those chips.
3 Aug 2021 at 6:07 pm UTC
Quoting: dubigrasuSo, a better Steam Machine? :)That's rather like looking at the PS3 and then calling PS Vita "a smaller PS3." On the surface, it might not be wrong, but there's a lot of dynamics that change how one should view it as.
The Steam Machine was basically just a pre-build made by partners, running a limited Linux distro with small amount of games. At a rather unjustified premium at that.
Steam Deck is closer to a tablet with built in controller, produced by Valve themselves with a decent yet uniform spec, running a Linux distro that makes more sense (hopefully, at least, judging by its Arch base and Plasma DE), that can run the majority of games (specifically mentioning that they're targeting anti-cheat now and 800p30fps minimum performance with decent efficiency).
The Steam Machine was a garbage overpriced prebuilt that does nothing. The Steam Deck is a real alternative to Switch and has better flexibility being a tablet/mini-PC running a Linux distro. You're not going to do work on it, but it's a good multimedia device on top of being a more flexible version of a device (Switch) that's been proven to work in concept.
The only question is how well can they market it. Or, well, judging by pre-orders, how much can they actually make because they're competing with everyone for those chips.
The Sunday Section - keeping up with some missed Linux and gaming bits
26 Apr 2021 at 8:17 am UTC
26 Apr 2021 at 8:17 am UTC
I've used Ferdi, but unfortunately I believe it is electron-based and thus has almost the same footprint as an actual browser. It IS very handy if you have the memory overhead to use it, but I found that running official Telegram app (or the AUR version) + whatsapp-for-linux on snap actually has less footprint in my case. That's important since I only care about Whatsapp while working while using my rather old laptop, and I do need a client seperate from the browser as sometimes I need to swap between Firefox and Chromium (Brave) which makes WA for web rather annoying to use even if it is the most efficient option (not to mention that Firefox on Fedora 33 has a drag-and-drop bug where it randomly crashes after a few drag-and-drops).
It's something that you gotta try though, and the Workspace function is very nice as it allows you to set what stuff to be opened, when, and what should be kept opened depending on what you're doing.
It's something that you gotta try though, and the Workspace function is very nice as it allows you to set what stuff to be opened, when, and what should be kept opened depending on what you're doing.