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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This reminds me of that time I was in university and saw somebody using a Steam Deck running LibreOffice as their work computer. It made me feel slightly more normal since it meant I technically wasn't the only Linux user in the class.

Then again, outside of the Mac users I was the only one who wasn't using a portable gaming device...

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In my eyes, they've already done the damage. I already wasn't big on the fact that Unity is a proprietary engine, but the runtime fee just made me feel questionable about running Unity games.

Well, if anything it's gotten more eyes on Godot. In fact, I'm learning Rust and Godot for hobbyist game development projects.

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Yet another interesting looking gadget that I probably won't get because I already have a Steam Deck, a MiSTer, a PSP and a 3DS.

Still, I wouldn't mind having access to another non-Android ARM device, especially one that means I don't have to move a ton of cables around to use it. What's Armbian like?

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Unfortunately, I'll have to pass because the RAM's soldered. I would've preferred if I could swap it out further down the line for future-proofing.

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I can see this being very useful to beginners and especially educators, but I'm so used to Python that I'm just going to stick to GDScript.
I used to use Scratch a lot, and I always found the block-based interface to be more clunky than a text based one.

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I'm honestly kind of iffy about Framework. I did buy a DIY kit off of them once but it wouldn't work and it took an entire month for them to return it. I probably won't bother with them again to be honest, which sucks because I really agree with their stated goal.

I am slightly interested in RISC-V at least - a laptop-style device could make a good development board. What's the performance and battery life like compared to ARM?

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