lotanis

joined 1 year ago
[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I agree, it's a bit annoying. Maybe you could put it in desktop mode, and configure it to turn screen off but not go to sleep? It'll still do updates then.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I learned to knit using this video: https://youtu.be/24lR2IRS57A?si=1oKzp88Kqgt2ZfgT

It's a classic garter stitch scarf, so very basic. But it's good for getting you in the groove and learning to do things like cast on and bind off.

As other people have said, continental knitting is probably the way to go if you're coming from crochet.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

I've been playing more single player games. My PC has mostly been for multiplayer stuff with friends - Siege, Deep Rock etc. My Deck has opened up time to a load of Single Player things - AAA things like Spiderman, Control, Mad Max and indie stuff like Black Skylands.

Plus I had a load of work travel in the first part of this year. The Deck made hotel rooms much more pleasant!

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I'm glad to see some variation in this space (I almost said innovation except that it's a combo of the Deck and Switch). But it's still running Windows (see above) and it's going to be around twice the price of a Deck.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, the ROG Ally particularly makes zero sense to me and misses the point. It runs Windows and it doesn't have the touchpads.

The touchpads really broaden the utility of the console, from being able to select small UI elements in normal programs to being able to play more mouse enabled games (FTL being the most recent for me).

And Linux is the real special sauce - nobody seems to get why Valve did all that work rather than "just" putting Windows on it. Windows isn't a selling point (you can put it on the Deck if you want), it's slow, the UI doesn't work well on that screen and you lose out on being able to suspend games etc.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting - I'd always thought that G-Sync etc meant the other way around. Thanks for the explanation!

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Desktop Linux had been a bit behind the others on display features due to the legacy of X. As everybody moves more to Wayland that better enables these sorts of things, they're catching up.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can update your version of Fedora through the updater software as well but it's a very clear separate process that is initiated manually.

Distro version updates bring major updates to key packages - the one you'd notice most would be to Gnome, the desktop environment. There will be other things too that get only bugfix and security updates during the life of that version, and then after a while that version will lose support and you won't get any updates at all (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/).

Updating is very safe and reliable. I've had my Fedora install at work for 3 years, updating periodically and it's working extremely well.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's the one. I bought the kit and went with the standard "rainbow" colour way.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That interface does provide a warm, comforting familiarity, but I do think we can aim higher than a 20 year old bit of web design. I'm really enjoying Alexandrite on Desktop.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you're close - someone well travelled is someone who has a broader view of how the world works than just the one country they were brought up in.

That happens when they go to countries and actually experience them. I've just been to the Canary Islands for a week - I went airport to hotel, sat beside the pool for a week and then went home again. This was lovely and relaxing (which I needed) but did nothing for expanding my cultural horizons.

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