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Latest Comments by skaplon
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game engine OpenXRay gets taken down on GitHub
9 Jan 2024 at 7:44 pm UTC Likes: 14

Abuse of the DMCA system should be double-punished

NVIDIA driver 535.98 now available for Linux
9 Aug 2023 at 7:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: taisphOh, and every 535 update so far hangs both my laptop and my workstation on a black screen during apt update.
Oh, so it isn't just me then. And it's not just a black screen, the X process is locked at 100% cpu and the update seems to never finish. Rebooting corrupts stuff and needs fixing for me.

How to fix the EA app on Steam Deck and Linux desktop
18 Nov 2022 at 1:07 am UTC

It didnt work anyway, keep getting dropped to some blue screen where I can't read whats in it. After like 20 tries it works. Sometimes.

Steam Client Update released with Remote Play improvements
1 Jun 2022 at 2:34 pm UTC

Quoting: Beamboom
Quoting: Zlopez
Quoting: ShadMessado people really still use FAT32 .....
Definitely, it's the best choice for external HDD that is being used by both Linux and Windows machines.
Why not use ntfs?
NTFS on linux is really slow last time I checked

The modular Framework Laptop gets a new model with 12th Gen Intel
25 May 2022 at 2:43 pm UTC

Quoting: Pirolisi
Quoting: skaplonNetwork with a Realtek card :sick:
Got so many problems with realtek, from plain not working to slow as molasses so many times on linux
Off course they have testing and making sure this one is good but is hard to get away from recent bad experience with it
I Never had a single problem with realtek network cards on linux.
You got lucky then. Lookup RTL8139 linux problems on you favourite search engine

The modular Framework Laptop gets a new model with 12th Gen Intel
19 May 2022 at 1:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

Network with a Realtek card :sick:
Got so many problems with realtek, from plain not working to slow as molasses so many times on linux
Off course they have testing and making sure this one is good but is hard to get away from recent bad experience with it

Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan adds more game support like Metro: Last Light
14 Sep 2021 at 1:52 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest*Cries in Nvidia*

Does anyone now if we nvidia peasants will ever feel the joy of Zink?

Or did I just missed the memo and we can? :D
AFAIK it works on nvidia too.

Mo Cards Mo Problems [External Link]

Valve may be working on a new version of the Steam Controller
5 Jul 2019 at 6:23 pm UTC Likes: 2

I use the left tought as a 9-option on-screen touch menu for The Witcher and was using something like 2x6 options for Skyrim (you use the bottom button to toggle between 2 menus). A regular d-pad simpe ain't going to cut it, sry