Biggest news for linux gaming in a while

Thanks. For the mpv params, that’s a bug, I’ll be looking into this.

Relatives using proprietary/borderline mslware/slow iptv apps. I wanted them to use something better

Nvidia on Linux is improving fast these days

I’ve been trying for a while, looking up other manifests helped me but I’m still lost on a few things. Maybe we could help each other. I am the creator of open-tv.

Multiple mistakes:

1. You went with a very old distro, Ubuntu 22.04 is almost 2 years old. You could pick a non-lts ubuntu instead. Thankfully you ended up picking Fedora.

2. A single google search could’ve given you better alternatives to FreeRDP like Remmina. You can always ask people stuff like this on Lemmy or elsewhere (“what’s the best rdp client on linux?”) rather than waiting till you run out of patience.

3. You shouldn’t need to compile software by yourself, you can use flatpak to install newer versions of software and flathub even has a beta repo you can add for even newer software.

It’s not against you, we all learn from mistakes. Just try to be more social about your linux journey if you don’t want to struggle

Tldr: you made the classic mistake of going head first into this without a friend to help you or at least documenting yourself properly on the current state of Linux desktops through various medias like Youtube. It doesn’t help that you suffered from the ol’ “I’m a windows expert so this should be similar/easy and if it fails it’s not my fault”

Wayland didn’t break everything, but Nvidia 545 certainly did

I’m sorry to say this but, your way of picking software is wrong. You should always look for the open source software first, then use proprietary software.

I wouldn’t be critical of someone for using Photoshop and Premiere because there’s no viable alternative for professionals in this area. But using Plex when Jellyfin exists is just wrong. I personally have a jellyfin instance, and there’s nothing jellyfin can’t do when compared to Plex.

Encouraging proprietary software makes them stronger and erodes our rights. Like using chrome instead of Firefox is voting for a future where remote device attestation and forced DRM is a normal thing. Do you want the corps to eradicate your free will?

It’s a bit unbelievable that someone who frequents foss communities would also pay a monthly subcription for an app…

Tumbleweed is pretty much the “official” kde distro

People have deserted whole projects over telemetry. Audacity comes to mind. Telemetry is obviously not popular with people who are already sacrificing so much over privacy.

There’s no point in trying to sway linux users in favor of telemetry, because most of us already know it’s only a privacy risk and doesn’t do much. Does Gnome really listen to its users feedback anyway? If yes, why is there still no typeahead in Nautilus despite constant user feedback? Why is there still no way to have a dash to dock without extensions?

Opt-out is not a solution because you’re asking people to scrub every package and figure out how to opt out. It’s time consuming and must be done with every fresh install.

A good example of the uselessness of telemetry is Firefox. They keep removing features used by advanced users in Firefox because Mozilla thinks those features aren’t used a lot. Turns out, most advanced users of firefox don’t enable telemetry because they seek privacy from their browser.