Quoting: Eike

Quoting: CyborgZetaRegardless of my mixed opinions on Canonical/Ubuntu, I will continue sticking with Kubuntu as my distro of choice. It just works well for me, and I've gotten very comfortable using it. I tried switching to Debian w/KDE, but I found I had to do a lot more setup/work to get it where I wanted. K(U)buntu just installs or sets up a lot of things on its own that I needed to do on Debian; like detecting my printer OOTB.

And in case someone asks, "Who still uses a printer?", well I often need to print shipping labels for myself; and sometimes a document along with it.

But isn't the printing problem solved for like a decade with every modern printer supporting WiFi printing (not invented, but brought to every printer by Apple(tm))?

In my case, the issue is that Debian does not detect my household's printer by default. Every time I set up Debian, I have to do "sudo systemctl enable cups-browsed" in a terminal to get my printer detected. And the last time I did that (admittedly before I installed a dedicated wireless module), I will still have issues getting something to print.

And in case someone asks, "Why is inputting that command into a terminal to get your printer recognized a big deal?" I'm not saying it's a big deal. I'm saying it's an extra step that I need to do when setting up Debian that I don't need to do in K(U)buntu, because the latter picks up my printer by default.

Now, what is interesting to me is that I recall being able to use the printer without needing a Wi-Fi dongle plugged into my desktop. At some point, I needed to have my desktop connected to my home Wi-Fi to be able to use the printer. However, thanks to that, I did discover why KDE Connect never worked me. Obviously, it's because my desktop was never connected to Wi-Fi (and it didn't have ufw disabled), so of course devices like my Steam Deck would never detect my desktop. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say.

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Regardless of my mixed opinions on Canonical/Ubuntu, I will continue sticking with Kubuntu as my distro of choice. It just works well for me, and I've gotten very comfortable using it. I tried switching to Debian w/KDE, but I found I had to do a lot more setup/work to get it where I wanted. K(U)buntu just installs or sets up a lot of things on its own that I needed to do on Debian; like detecting my printer OOTB.

And in case someone asks, "Who still uses a printer?", well I often need to print shipping labels for myself; and sometimes a document along with it.

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Tried re-installing Mass Effect LE and using the latest Proton Experiment. Game wouldn't launch; EA App is still a piece of garbage.

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Interesting. I just recently replaced the i5-10400 in my PC with an i5-12400, so this is no longer an issue for me, I guess.

One of my laptops does have an i5-1135G7 in it though. I don't use it very often, however.

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Groovy.

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Quoting: ssj17vegetaGenuine question here : what's the benefit of having an emulator on Steam, apart from the automatic updates ?

Cloud saves. Say you own a Steam Deck in addition to your PC: you could be playing a game on Dolphin at home, leave for an extended period of time whilst having your Steam Deck with you, and be able to pick up where you left off.

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I'm not surprised. US Courts have shown themselves to be utterly impotent when it comes to consolidations and mergers.

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Quoting: Marlockit speaks volumes the anount of times "fixes EA launcher/app"appears in Proton changelogs

Indeed. I've basically given up bothering with EA games on PC; since the EA App being garbage isn't just a problem in Linux.

Thankfully, the only EA game I've been playing that has the EA App is Mass Effect LE, which I also have on PS4.

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Sadly, I don't think there's any way to fix the EA app. It's a piece of junk.

**** EA. Mass Effect LE is now unplayable on PC for me thanks to their stupid ****ing launcher. Apologies for the profanity and ranting.

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I am intrigued by the immutable OS concept. I like what I've tried of Vanilla OS; I'm just waiting for a KDE version before taking the dive on my desktop.

I do think it's neat that Canonical is going to make an immutable version of Ubuntu...but I'm not interested, because I don't like Snap. I prefer Flatpak.

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