__aru

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by __aru 8d ago
> Apple is rarely first to market, but they definitely produce the device that indicates the point where there is a market. There's been a proven market for years already, but it's been less obvious in Western markets. In East
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by __aru 8d ago
> After a while, I think dust would inevitably get in the hinges and wouldn't fold flat. I've seen demos in stores of newer gen Samsung foldable phones and it looks like those wouldn't fold flat For your first point, the i
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by __aru 8d ago
> I enjoyed the subtle shade (presumably at Samsung) when they discussed existing foldables having an awkward size I don't think that was subtle shade... That being said, short-and-wide foldables have been done before, they just nev
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by __aru 14d ago
I think that this could end up true if the next Xbox really is "just a PC". The PC gaming ecosystem is a powerful selling point, especially due to the existence of Steam, emulators, modding, etc. Windows really needs more refineme
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by __aru 14d ago
> I wonder if anyone will ever have the guts to enter the gaming console market using open source as a base. It's definitely possible, but I suspect that Valve (or some other major player) must first prove the concept to be viable f
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by __aru 3mo ago
I'm in the same boat, GOG's lack of Linux support has been unfortunate.
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by __aru 9mo ago
> The fact we still can't get this in the US is atrocious. To be honest, I suspect that Apple is purposefully doing this to make alternatives a logistical and legal nightmare vs their own App store. By having different rules for dif
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by __aru 9mo ago
caveat being that GPU drivers on Android are kind of a mess. Open source Mesa Turnip drivers fixes a lot of problems with Snapdragon GPUs, but the drivers don't cover every available chipset from Qualcomm. The GPU driver issues leads t
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by __aru 10mo ago
I'm not sure I'd define the atomic Fedora variants as "distros" in the traditional sense. This is a bit of an oversimplification, but Bazzite, Bluefin, etc, are basically just Dockerfiles that use Atomic Fedora as the ba
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by __aru 10mo ago
> I struggle to imagine existing Android apps being useful in a desktop form factor. Rather than full desktops, I suspect that Desktop Android will be popular for 2-in-1 style devices like the Surface Pro. I've always thought that t
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by __aru 10mo ago
I actually think Microsoft is often ahead of it's time with it's consumer-facing products, but executes very poorly. So they have good foresight, but "very bad taste" when it comes to execution. Microsoft was early to ma
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by __aru 10mo ago
How I see it is, of course you won't have a good time with Linux if you don't have compatible hardware. The stuff you're mentioning (flaky Wifi and Bluetooth) is a hallmark symptom of incompatible hardware, or newer hardware
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by __aru 10mo ago
It's an entire login session, steam game mode runs BPM via the game scope compositor, no desktop is loaded in the background, etc. The Steam client also enables hardware controls not available in traditional BPM. You can look up gamesc
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by __aru 11mo ago
While it's still a work in progress, you should check out OpenGamepadUI. It's aiming to replace the Steam Client for gamepad-focused distros.
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by __aru 11mo ago
because official SteamOS doesn't support the Xbox Ally X yet. It's safe to assume that official SteamOS will eventually support the Xbox Ally X, but it's not there yet. Valve moves slowly to add support for more devices, etc,
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by __aru 11mo ago
> I believe the problem is that most of the games they host are Windows games, so in that regard, Linux doesn't make sense. The vast majority of games on Steam are Windows games, yet the Linux Steam client runs them fine via Proton.
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by __aru 11mo ago
I doubt this actually exists, but does anyone know of an RSS reader that is cross platform, open source, and can sync between multiple devices via syncthing? I already sync notes, e-books, etc, via syncthing on Android and Linux. RSS is one
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by __aru 1y ago
I moved from Gnome to KDE around 2 years ago. I just got tired of Gnome extensions breaking all the time, Gnome not being customizable, no support for AppIndicators, etc. In my opinion, Gnome's UI feels more visually polished than KDE,
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by __aru 1y ago
I think that it could be a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it". The desktop paradigm is decades old, and deviating from it would probably elicit negative feedback (as seen in previous attempts by Apple in iPadOS). &
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by __aru 1y ago
> But every time I see people who obsess over "the best" it always strikes me as so sad, like these chasers just have to have the external validation of being "in the club". In my opinion, I think that looking for &qu
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by __aru 1y ago
Depends on how the user uses their computer. Web browser + maybe some printing? Throw on Linux Mint + Firefox + uBlock origin, hook up a compatible printer via usb cable, and call it a day. That's what I did for my 65 year old relative
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by __aru 1y ago
> The software is 100% compatible with hardware, and in many cases, the Play Store is included to address the lack of software The problem is that the Play store and Linux environments on ChromeOS are both run in VMs. On a machine with
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by __aru 1y ago
I wonder how viable Mac + Asahi Linux is right now. While I personally prefer AMD + Linux, for Macbook users perhaps Asahi can help break the dependency on MacOS. As for smartphones, ironically the best option for to break dependency on Goo
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by __aru 3y ago
Just wanted to say thanks for this, I've been looking for good PDF editor apps on Linux, and these fit the bill so far. They also have flatpaks available on flathub, which makes it easy to install + keep updated.