undrwater

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Decided to bring out my Linux laptop today. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 43 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I was hoping for a story.

Lemmy predicts: Chromebooks will become the new Thinkpads in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

As others have mentioned, perhaps while the metaphor is weak, your spirit is strong!

My kid's Chromebooks (I purchased for them before the school provided) reached EOL before they finished elementary school.

I installed Linux (Gentoo) so we could continue using them. When power is correctly configured, they were very cool to use as a quick tool to search for something, answer an email, write a quick document and other simple tasks. They did not work well as workstations as an old Thinkpad might.

Since they are so light, and the battery lasted forever, we would leave them on a counter, and pick them up as needed.

Energy efficiency of Linux compared to other, typically closed-source operating systems in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I feel seen.

What Do You Use Your Personal Website For? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Mine is a front end for hosted services. Nextcloud, jitsi, and the like.

favorite launcher? and why in c/askandroid@lemdro.id
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Neo-Launcher (you can find it on GitHub) is attempting to replace Nova.

They've done a decent job.

What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks! While flatpaks are not the Gentoo way, I'll give it a try.

What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

LLM speech-to-text.

It appears continuous speech recognition is possible, but I only got as far as recognition of an audio file.

Still very cool!

Windows won't boot in dual boot in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

reFind is superior in this use case, as it will detect and boot any EFI media, even hot plugged.

Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Now Just 6 Weeks Away in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Did you read the article? Simple text and PDF readers are in the cross hairs. Apps that aren't "engaging" are in the cross hairs.

I expect developers of perfectly fine apps will have to manually vet those apps with Google.

external hdd disapeared in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I used this when my son's computer wouldn't boot after a Windows update. None of Microsoft's tools would repair the disk.

I attached it to mine and ran ntfsfix on it. Success!

[solved] sharing audio over network with obs studio in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Can you grab logcat from Android when attempting to stream?

Android users, what's stopping you from switching to an iPhone? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I want to be the owner. <--- see the period there?

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[HELP] Running Spellforce 2 Shadow Wars (lemmy.world)
 

I'm attempting to run Spellforce 2, Shadow Wars from the CD's, but running into some issues.

It installed nicely enough using lutris and wine. When I attempt to run the game, however, I get the following in t the log:

wine: RLIMIT_NICE is &lt;=20, unable to use setpriorty safely
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
All processes have quit

Not sure where to go from here. I notice it's available as part of a package of other Spellforce games from Steam, though not quite sure how they're pulling it off.

Any pointer is useful.

Thanks in advance.

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