Truth is telemetry is really useful for developers and without it's way too easy to make the wrong assumptions. The sad reality is that with opt-in you get a very small data sample that can actually distort the view compared with opt-out. I know this is a sensitive subject in the community but I believe this can be done correctly even with opt-out. With the correct information about the collection displayed to the user, with clear ways to decline, and the correct amount of data collected. It all comes down to how it's implemented. Of course no personal data, no unique identifiers and no usage data should be collected. It remains to be seen how Manjaro handles this.

Most of us here on Gaming on Linux use Steam and they gather lots of telemetry data. I fully expect KDE Linux to use telemetry. You simply need to use telemetry if you are serious about your OS. That's my two cents.

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Quoting: ToddL

Quoting: Brokatt

Quoting: ZeloxHaving a desktop pc that just stood there with a decent amd gpu I wanted to put this pc in my living room. Sadly the install for Bazzite is so huge that it wouldn't fit on any of the USB's I have at home, I ended up with chimera OS instead, but that was a real pain to install also. I hade to clean format my hard drives, edit the install script and then I finally manage to get it installed. So if there is one who want so take the market by storm, just make an easy install. I will probably try Bazzite os again once they have some kind of install over the internet. Chimera was painful to install.

Quoting: ToddLI used a 16GB USB stick to create the installer for Bazzite and it worked perfectly fine when I tried it on a PC I recently purchased. You don't need anything more than a 16GB USB stick since the installer itself it about 10GB.

Just a heads up. Bazzite can be picky about what kind of USB stick you can use. It just refused to boot from my Kingston stick even though Kubuntu, Fedora and Windows 10 worked just fine on it. I went out and bought a Samsung stick and that one worked.

I used a SanDisk USB stick and that one had no issues with writing the installer and booting it from the PC.

I googled it and apparently it's just certain kinds of sticks. Didn't matter if I used Fedora Media Writer or Etcher. Anyway I didn't delve any deeper into it. I just bought another stick and went on with my life.

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I'm already a member but I wish them the best of luck in this fundraiser. KDE is the best!

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Quoting: ZeloxHaving a desktop pc that just stood there with a decent amd gpu I wanted to put this pc in my living room. Sadly the install for Bazzite is so huge that it wouldn't fit on any of the USB's I have at home, I ended up with chimera OS instead, but that was a real pain to install also. I hade to clean format my hard drives, edit the install script and then I finally manage to get it installed. So if there is one who want so take the market by storm, just make an easy install. I will probably try Bazzite os again once they have some kind of install over the internet. Chimera was painful to install.

Quoting: ToddLI used a 16GB USB stick to create the installer for Bazzite and it worked perfectly fine when I tried it on a PC I recently purchased. You don't need anything more than a 16GB USB stick since the installer itself it about 10GB.

Just a heads up. Bazzite can be picky about what kind of USB stick you can use. It just refused to boot from my Kingston stick even though Kubuntu, Fedora and Windows 10 worked just fine on it. I went out and bought a Samsung stick and that one worked.

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Quoting: ZlopezI plan to create a PC console to use with my TV and Bazzite looks like a good choice for OS in that case.

I tried Bazzite on my PC and it was not a good fit for me. It was great for gaming but the desktop experience was somewhat buggy, however on a couch PC that is less of a concern. Until SteamOS releases I would say Bazzite or ChimeraOS are the best we have for a console PC.

Quoting: kftXI wish it wasn't immutable so I could remove stuff I don't want like Lutris. That's the only thing stopping me from doing the Switch on my Steam Deck, really.

That's Nobara basically. Have you tried it? They have a Steam Deck-build.

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Might buy it to play on the Steam Deck. Seems to run great from what I have read. Stable 45 fps with medium settings. The game itself looks like it's going back to the series stealth game play roots which suits me.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksMan, you can tell that Intel is in trouble if this is happening. This is like Microsoft with Xbox and them trying to act all friendly towards other platforms. If Intel was beating AMD hand over fist again or if Xbox was doing good still. None of this would be happening and they'd be saying fuck off to everyone else. lol

It's actually more about keeping x86 competitive with ARM and RISC-V not about AMD beating Intel. This x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group should have been started years ago if Intel and AMD have had the foresight. I think it's actually very different to Microsoft/Xbox and Sony/PS5 as they don't share anything other than fancy words. Still it remains to be seen if this group can produce anything more than fancy words.

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One of my absolute favorite games is finally getting a sequel and I should be thrilled but I have concerns. All of the original Alien: Isolation team left CA many years ago. Also CA had their Hyena disaster so their execution has not been the best lately to put it mildly. Again with lots of people leaving the company. I sort of wonder who's left besides the Total War-teams?

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Quoting: IrisNebula

and 81,867 managed to dig out the whole map while playing

I'm one of those, couldn't resist :-D

It's a great game! And fantastic for the Deck.

Haha I haven't done that yet but now I maybe will :D Agree this is a lovely little game and perfect for some couch gaming on the Deck <3

Edit: Btw pleasantly surprised they actually sold over 1 M copies. It always felt like a "indie darling hit" but I haven't seen much buzz around it.

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Quoting: amatai

Quoting: Brokatt

Quoting: amataiThat's an elegant solution, more inteligent than the frog protocol solution imho.

What exactly is "more intelligent" than Frog Protocols? To a laymen like me they seem to do the exact same thing.

I'm not an expert, but as I see it.
It does not bypass the Wayland consensus, yet both allow for protocol to be added faster (like frog) and the consensus to build faster (which would be problematic for frog due to bypassing the consensus at the root).

I think the consensus is a good thing, and a solution helping it grows faster is better than bypassing it. Project acting against each other by shipping protocols without looking in depth at their interaction with the rest of Wayland seems to my uneducated eye as a recipe for trouble.

I don't think consensus usually is needed in experimental and fast evolving branches. When solutions get moved up to testing / stable then absolutely consensus is a good thing.

I'm no Wayland developer though. However it's pretty clear for anyone who have read through some of their merge requests that it's their (sometimes philosophical) governing what makes protocols stall for months and sometimes years. For example tearing protocol was a beautiful train wreck to follow from the outside. It's also pretty clear that consensus already has failed as Gnome still refuses to implement server-side decorations, even though it was voted on.

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