BadlyDrawnRhino

@BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can’t upgrade your PC to Windows 11? Buy a new one, is Microsoft’s laughable solution⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve recently been dabbling with Linux for the first time, so here’s a few things I’ve found along the way.

  First, look at whether you can disable secure boot. Most computers can, but as I’ve recently discovered on my laptop, the option just isn’t there for some motherboards. If you can’t or don’t want to for whatever reason, it’s not the end of the world, you’ll just need to pick a distro that supports secure boot, I know Ubuntu does, and I believe a few of the other more popular ones do too.

  Next, grab a few distros to try out. You may want to look into recommendations if there’s anything specific you want to do. For example, I wanted to make sure gaming setup was as straightforward as possible, so I looked at distros that were tailored towards that. Create some bootable USBs and spend a few minutes just looking at each to get a feel. You’ll pretty quickly decide whether or not you like a distro, there’s really no point spending more time with one if there’s something that puts you off from the get-go.

  Dual boot is the way to go until you feel like dropping Windows entirely, if you can. And if there’s something that just isn’t going to work on Linux, it’s good to be able to just jump across to Windows for that purpose. The only annoying thing I’ve found is that Windows updates can break the dual-boot partition, so just be aware of that. If it happens, it’s not that difficult a process to repair it.

  Other than that, Linux isn’t that different from other OSes in how you’ll probably use it. There are a few different ways you can install programs due to the different distros, so you’ll want to look at things like how to install a flatpak. For Windows programs, you can look at whether you can get it running in Bottles or a VM if you don’t want to bother rebooting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarök - PC Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s their goal at all. Otherwise we wouldn’t see any sequels released on PC, that would be a much better strategy for converting players to console. The only reason publishers require their own logins in games, at least for single-player titles, is data collection. Data is very valuable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarök - PC Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re referring to Sony’s stance that all their PC releases should require you to have and sign-in to a PSN account. That’s separate to PS+, you don’t need to pay a sub.

  A lot of publishers include this requirement on their PC releases, regardless of whether they’re single-player or multiplayer, and I think a lot of people are fed up with having to have so many different accounts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my thought with every single one of these. I was pleasantly surprised to see them on the new Ayaneo Kun, making it the only alternative to the Steam Deck I would consider. The lack of trackpads is too much of a limitation for PC gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It also means avoiding any future craziness in the name of “anti-cheating” from both Microsoft and publishers. It’s bad enough that publishers are forcing kernel-level access now, but once there’s a workaround for those applications, what’s the next step?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sloths 🦥⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just wait until some oil baron says that sloth-dug tunnels is the way to “deal” with climate change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Consssssspiracies⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The real conspiracy is that there’s only one recognised holiday per year for most species on the planet, except for humans that get several per month. Seems to me that humans are trying to keep other species from having enough free-time to plot the revolution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this, I’m going to try this out on my way home. My main use for Gmaps is to determine the quickest way to and from work during peak hour, so keen to see how Magic Earth’s traffic data compares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Four consulting firms 'operating in the shadows for too long' as Senate committee demands new rules for government contracts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think PwC should have had to return whatever they’d charged the government for consultancy, as well as a massive fine on top of that. Governments around the world need to start giving penalties to corporations that actually deter them from doing the wrong thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield’s biggest update yet fixes its rubbish maps, adds custom difficulty and expands ship decoration⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played Starfield yet, but from what I’ve read it seems to be the next step in the procedurally generated games that Bethesda is heading towards, and I really hope it makes them rethink things for their next game.

  While I’m sure that there are people out there who enjoy the fact that there are infinite fetch quests in Skyrim, it’s hardly a feature that anyone really raves about. In fact, the Minutemen quests in FO4 were often the subject of ridicule when the game came out. But at least in those two games, the Radiant quests had the possibility of taking you to an interesting location you hadn’t been to before.

  Like you said, one of the key features in any Bethesda game is the exploration, but the more they rely on procedural generation, the less interesting exploration becomes, and the gameplay and writing of their games just isn’t strong enough without the finely crafted world-building they’re known for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Extreme conditions for renters described as 'needle in a haystack type stuff' as housing crisis deepens⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, replying “Get fucked” to a response that brings up a lot of good counter-arguments to your original point will certainly make you look like you were bringing up immigration in good-faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Kerr allegedly called police officer a ‘stupid white bastard’, source says⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a slur? It has a racial component, sure, but I hardly think it is actually a racist comment, and definitely not a slur. And to label it as “racially motivated harassment” is laughable.

  If this is actually what Kerr said, it’s pretty indicative of the systemic issues that have been popping up in the UK for awhile now. They’ve been travelling further and further down the fascist highway since Brexit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube will have fewer ad breaks on TV — but the ads are getting longer⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On top of the tracking within the ads themselves, you also have all of the general usage data that Google sells. They’re double-dipping.