Do you use Linux?

[bug]

I use it in production at work, pretty much all my servers outside of AD are linux based.

I haven't tried it, but I heard Ubuntu can actually integrate with AD.

 

[cal5582]

I haven't tried it, but I heard Ubuntu can actually integrate with AD.

you can do some functions but not all with samba, but tbh its just easier to keep that one particular thing in microsofts realm.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

Beacouse one game don't support widescreen i thought that I will try to use it on windows where are mods for widescreen, and after 20 minuts of trying get to work goverlay on windows I've had enough,
I thought that on windows everything works, somehow but works, and I was wrong.
Going back to Cachy os to try get that game to use widescreen under linux .

 

[R-T-B]

Beacouse one game don't support widescreen i thought that I will try to use it on windows where are mods for widescreen, and after 20 minuts of trying get to work goverlay on windows I've had enough,
I thought that on windows everything works, somehow but works, and I was wrong.
Going back to Cachy os to try get that game to use widescreen under linux .

If you cannot manage it under windows, I would not count on linux fixing it. Game is possibly just too old, or is there some kind of widesceen mod for it?

 

[Kwadratowicz]

There is, and I will get back to it on windows, but it's fun to see if I can get it to work under linux (probably not) but hey games are not fun, tweaking pc (killing system) is
It's port from console, Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown. Console ports are dumb dump to windows, and they are problematic.
Ps I've got windows 11 on second drive, but I would need to uninstall nvme drive to install windows 10 there, and it's to bothersome right now .
Edit1: For now I've nuked the game under linux and it is not longer working

 

[bug]

Beacouse one game don't support widescreen i thought that I will try to use it on windows where are mods for widescreen, and after 20 minuts of trying get to work goverlay on windows I've had enough,
I thought that on windows everything works, somehow but works, and I was wrong.
Going back to Cachy os to try get that game to use widescreen under linux .

Fwiw "just works" != "Windows will conjure up widescreen mode for games that do not support it".

 

[neurotix]

Here's a repost of my desktop since the other one had my IP showing.

 

[TxGrin]

Finished all my gaming apps took along time to download all the games ,but now they are all playable and loaded the Linux version of icue for the RBG and Fan Controls making it my main operating system.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I am on my Darth Vader redemption arc. I am converting my 5600X3D+RX 6800 PC to Bazzite today, no going back to windows on it. I have been using it on a ASRock Deskmini with a Ryzen pro 2400G and I have the most of the kinks worked out. Being a casual, I had some trouble getting my VPN(PIA) to install and work because it's Fedora. chatgpt walked me through it, though I think I will need to effort flatpak if I want GUI? No idea. At the moment I have to start a session by using copy pasta commands through the terminal.

Before I move forward is there another distro where Steam works without much effort but gets rid of the annoyance of it acting like I'm on a steam deck? I had to use a game launcher command to bypass steam deck defaults and access graphics settings for Fallout 4. I can live with stuff like that, but if it can be even more turn key? Cool. I will setup Hero launcher once I am settled in on whatever version.

 

[wNotyarD]

Before I move forward is there another distro where Steam works without much effort but gets rid of the annoyance of it acting like I'm on a steam deck? I had to use a game launcher command to bypass steam deck defaults and access graphics settings for Fallout 4. I can live with stuff like that, but if it can be even more turn key? Cool. I will setup Hero launcher once I am settled in on whatever version.

Shouldn't any distro not default the Steam install to Big Picture mode?

 

[Solaris17]

Shouldn't any distro not default the Steam install to Big Picture mode?

Cant say I have ever had those problems with steam on my installs.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I am on my Darth Vader redemption arc. I am converting my 5600X3D+RX 6800 PC to Bazzite today, no going back to windows on it.

You are going to be delighted with the performance, given that hardware.

Shouldn't any distro not default the Steam install to Big Picture mode?

Cant say I have ever had those problems with steam on my installs.

I have to agree with them, the Big-Picture mode is very irritating. Last time I tried Steam out on Mint it defaulted to it.

 

[Solaris17]

Last time I tried Steam out on Mint it defaulted to it.

That’s wack; that would irritate the shit out of me, it has never on mine. I wonder if it’s a new install change thing.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That’s wack; that would irritate the shit out of me, it has never on mine. I wonder if it’s a new install change thing.

Maybe it's a distro-specific default setting? I never looked into it too far.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Last time I tried Steam out on Mint it defaulted to it.

I used to use Mint for data recovery on clients windows systems back in the 2010s when the HDD would crap the bed. I always liked how lightweight it was.

I should just jump back on chatgpt and get things sorted. I have a half dozen M.2 NVME I can throw distros on. I presume Lutris is preinstalled on Mint now?

 

[lexluthermiester]

I always liked how lightweight it was.

Right? It's a beautiful thing, even if you don't opt for XFCE, which I default to. Cinnamon is very good too. Not a fan of Mate..

However, Bazzite has proven to be equally lightweight for the most-part. I'm very impressed by it. My opinion is that you will continue to be pleased with that choice!

I presume Lutris is preinstalled on Mint now?

I had to go look that up, if I'd seen it I couldn't remember. For the setup I used, it was as simple as opening the software manager searching for steam and installing it. I also had to grab a few proton related things to get it all up to date, but otherwise it was the bog-standard install.

 

[_roman_]

I would more focus on the package manager. If they follow the file hierarchy standard and what init system is being used. The other components are usually things which can be installed by the package manager. I had several Mint installations, they screw up themselves quite fast. The package manager was limited and could only handle one instance. Maybe I'm one of the few long term gnu userspace users with linux kernel who have never bothered with systemd.

You may be faster with windows 11 pro and to setup a ventoy usb drive. Than pull over those iso images and boot them.

Post #633 nice screenshot. It lacks information for myself. I may try gaming again with the linux kernel in the future. Maybe an explanation what is shown, how it was setup and what's important may be useful for a few here.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I had several Mint installations, they screw up themselves quite fast.

I've been using Mint for than a decade. I have never seen this. Not once. One of the reasons I love it is the fact that Mint is so rock solid and does NOT bork itself like some distro's do. Not sure what your doing to cause that but it's not the distro, it's something you're doing.

 

[neurotix]

I've been using Mint for than a decade. I have never seen this. Not once. One of the reasons I love it is the fact that Mint is so rock solid and does NOT bork itself like some distro's do. Not sure what your doing to cause that but it's not the distro, it's something you're doing.

Same here. And if you do mess it up, there's Timeshift.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Same here. And if you do mess it up, there's Timeshift.

Yeah. IF used properly, Mint is fool proof. Like anything else, if one tries enough, screwing it up is possible.

 

[neurotix]

If you mess with fstab, xorg, grub, systemd, manual graphics drivers, or numerous other things, you can screw it up easily.

Hell, I screwed up my own install a couple of weeks ago, because I password protect my boot entries in grub. I went to update the password but must have entered the wrong password twice when making it encrypted, as it didn't work. Had to boot off a USB stick and chroot into my system to fix it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

If you mess with fstab, xorg, grub, systemd, manual graphics drivers, or numerous other things, you can screw it up easily.

That's true of any distro, not just Mint. That also highlights the point that it takes a direct effort to bork things up. Most people aren't going to do so.

 

[neurotix]

That's true of any distro, not just Mint. That also highlights the point that it takes as direct effort to bork things up. Most people aren't going to do so.

Just giving some examples. I know it's true of pretty much any Linux distro.

You'd be surprised at the capability of people to mess with things they don't understand.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You'd be surprised at the capability of people to mess with things they don't understand.

Good point.