I was a Mint user on my laptop up until a few days ago (decided that I like KDE with Wayland more than Cinnamon and made the jump to Fedora), but when I was using Mint usually ran `redshift -O 1000` twice for a strong night light. Actually, being able to do that is one of the things that I miss from X11.

Also still grumpy with Framework. I ordered a kit from them I while back but it didn't work while the returns process took an unnecessarily long amount of time to get it returned, especially since I really needed a laptop at the time and had waited a very long time for it to arrive. That was on top of the high price of the unit itself. Probably won't go with them again to be honest which really sucks because I absolutely agree with the idea of a repairable, modular laptop.

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This reminds me that I need to install wine-staging on my new Fedora installation. Improved Wayland support sounds good because I've basically migrated to using it on all my computers now.

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I'm considering the KDE version of Fedora for my main non-gaming laptop actually but I still don't have the means to back my data up. Might have to look for an external hard drive.

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Huge Sonic fan here. Since I already own the original Sonic Generations (it works really well on Linux but getting the modloader to work was trial and error), I'm not getting this at launch. Also, Sega's past track record for remasters has been pretty dire: I felt that Origins was a disappointing cashgrab and the less that's said about Colours Ultimate the better. I assumed Shadow Generations was going to be the same deal but with Edgy the Edgelord stapled on to capitalise on the new movie, so I decided that I wouldn't be getting it.
...then it came out and was one of the most critically acclaimed Sonic releases in recent memory. And all the other Sonic fans seem to be enjoying it. Still have no intention of buying it at launch, but I'll definitely look into it if it goes on sale.

Also, there is a new Ys game coming out today and I liked the look of it more. Sorry Sonic, but I have my priorities.

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Cool, I have an excuse to get another Pi. How well would this work as a (preferably passively cooled) NAS using the highest possible memory configuration? I'd obviously need a bigger NVMe than the ones they sell and it looks like it can take 2242 form factor ones. However, the largest 2242s I can find are 2TB which might not be big enough for if I intend to store something like rsync backups from at least two computers on there (even with compression).

Might also need a heavy duty SD card. I've had multiple Pis destroy their SD cards due to overheating.

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I understand that a large part of the price is probably economics of scale, but just under £1400 for a laptop is more than a bit excessive. Especially considering that Nvidia's drivers are pants (speaking as an Nvidia user by the way). With that said, it does have a lot of useful ports. Especially an integrated card reader - I keep losing my USB adapter! It's probably under my computer desk somewhere...

Still holding out for cheap Linux laptops someday. All you really need is a Ryzen 3 APU and unsoldered RAM to get a decent laptop.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: ShadowXeldronThat was well timed. I've actually been considering a distrohop on my laptop to something KDE-based recently. I've just installed Plasma on top of Mint 21 for Wayland support but it's only KDE 5 which does irk me a bit. I haven't currently got the means to back up all my data though which has held me back a fair bit.

Since Mint doesn't really support KDE in the first place, if you're going to install it couldn't you install any KDE you wanted to?

I'm using the package that was on Ubuntu's repository because I'm lazy. Obviously building it from source and doing it that way (or even using a PPA) would be an option.

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That was well timed. I've actually been considering a distrohop on my laptop to something KDE-based recently. I've just installed Plasma on top of Mint 21 for Wayland support but it's only KDE 5 which does irk me a bit. I haven't currently got the means to back up all my data though which has held me back a fair bit.

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The Yuzu and Citra takedowns basically put me off purchasing any new Nintendo titles (at least for their current platform; to my knowledge they get nothing off the secondhand market for the obsolete stuff so I'm still collecting for that), and this only gets me to go further. If they don't want us playing their games, then we won't.

Yet I'm nowhere near as furious about this takedown as the last one? Don't get me wrong, I'm still mad, but I guess it's because I was actually affected last time on account of actively being a Citra user when it happened. I have got Lime3DS installed, but it's only really a matter of time until they go after it.

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I have not played Palworld and am in fact a massive PokeManiac, but I absolutely do not support this lawsuit. Ignoring the fact that software patents should not be a thing in the first place, it feels moreso that they don't want competitors biting at their toes.

Also, the new Pokemon games are crap. I need to say this every single time whenever someone brings the series up, but the Switch games are pretty dire (except maybe Legends Arceus... which is really just average), and I assume that's meant a lot of people are going for alternatives. I bet they've been scrambling for ages to find an excuse to go after this particular game since it's the one that received the most publicity.

I hope Nintendo and TPCi lose. That'll knock them down a few pegs.

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