EarlGrey

joined 2 weeks ago
[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 hour ago

I want a clean, advanced, well designed desktop and Im okay with redoing my work flow

Use Gnome

Gnome is cool but can it be slightly more Windows?

Use Cosmic (PopOS)

I want lots of customization, advanced features, and a traditional windows desktop metaphor

Use KDE

I want Windows and don't really care about customization

Use Cinnamon

Dude the Windows 9x look was fucking dope

Use Mate

Im installing this on a potato

Use XFCE

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Bit of warning about KDE:

It is very customizable, but as a by product is also really easy to completely fuck up. The first time I used it (eons ago) I ended up removing the task bar and couldn't figure out how to bring it back or launch programs.

Just spend a bit of time reading up on it and you'll be fine though.

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 hours ago

Qobuz and 7digital have pretty good libraries and high quality downloads.

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

That sucks and all, but to be fair this is entirely on you. They sold you a DRM-Free file and you chose to not actually use it and to rely on their servers which you have no control over. This isn't a "DRM Free" issue.

Personal ownership means you take personal responsibility for it.

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

Fedora Silverblue.

Or really any immutable OS; they would have to go way out of their way to even edit system files, much less break the system. I just recommend Silverblue because gnome is really hard for an inexperienced user to break.

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

Any real benefits of jailbreaking a Kindle? I mean I know the "You free yourself from amazon!" elevator pitch, but what exactly does that mean?

I can already upload pretty much anything I want to it with Calibre. Can I add support for other ebook formats? Cooler utilities on my Scribe? Alternative ebook stores (yes I know where I am)? A user interface that isn't absolute garbage?

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Because it's not "just a fancy interface"?

It makes the entire process from purchase to playing completely painless, on top of a large community of people, guides, achievements, etc. I think I'd maybe improve my performance by like...a fraction of a frame per second. Good trade off.

And as others have mentioned, Lutris does a good job if you don't want steam.

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I just wish Wayland weren't so weird about screensavers. It's it so much to ask to be able to lock my account when I have a screensaver activated?*

*This is what I'm told is the issue when it's brought up on KDE, i really don't have the wherewithal to actually dig into it. Could be talking out of my ass on this. Hope I am at least.

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Bazzite and Chimera are "SteamOS-like" distros that are more focused on providing a game console like experience.

They're immutable operating systems, and the primary UI is Steam. Definitely usable as a desktop PC but that isn't really their target niche.