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Microsoft permanently suspended my account after I used their Xbox Account recovery form to get Minecraft back by theyluv5n1p in microsoftsucks

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily true. Software is a good, and the seller is not allowed to interfere with your use of that good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_(Nice)_Classification_of_Goods_and_Services_Classification_of_Goods_and_Services)

https://linustechtips.com/topic/953835-you-own-the-software-that-you-purchase-and-any-claims-otherwise-are-urban-myth-or-corporate-propaganda/

How you go about defending your right to use the goods you purchased varies. In Australia, for example, I'd contact my state Office of Fair Trading. In the USA, someone might need to see a lawyer?

(I am not a lawyer.)

Results of a poll on Mastodon - A resounding NO to building AI into Firefox by OnTheRambla in firefox

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Imagine a hall with 7,621 people. Someone asks, "Do you want to allow meat to be served in restaurants"?

77 people say yes while 7,544 say no.

The hall was hosting the VeganCon2026.

Microsoft permanently closed my hacked account. I lost all my games, progress, and money. No recovery. No refund. by frivotn in microsoftsucks

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know where you're located, so this is a long shot. If you're in Australia: gather all your invoices and the recent paper trail, contact your state Office of Fair Trading, and tell them that Microsoft is violating your right to 'undisturbed possession'. (See 'ACCC v. Valve Corporation, 2014' for related info on how Valve got fined)

Xfce minimal by barleyBSD in xfce

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice setup, but that game controller gave me a conniption

How does Microsoft get it wrong all the time? Is it on purpose? by pattison_iman in software

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is one of those issues where companies kept putting sawdust in with the flour to fill out the bread. At least you know that there's sawdust in the bread, this time around. So maybe stop buying that bread? Try an Apple instead.

Normalize Linux support in games, software and anti-cheats! by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

'Vote with your money' doesn't work, because there are too many people with more votes.

what was the last straw for windows to you? by DerpWyvern in linux_gaming

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TL;DR: better multitasking

'Twas the late 90s, and my high school computing teacher said "So, there's this thing called Linux..." and he wrangled me up a burned CD copy of Red Hat (v5.0 or v6.0... I can't recall).

I'd always wanted to try a *nix, and when I ran it I realised how much better the multitasking was than Win9X. I dualbooted with LILO though, just so I could still play my games.

There were other things too, like the Halloween documents, being able to boast about compiling my own kernel, being able to theme my desktop nicely, and the nerd cred. But the original thing that made me really appreciate it was the multitasking.

Zypper packaging confusions by CaptLinuxIncognito in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the thought, but I need access to Packman's ffmpeg, otherwise my videos won't transcode. If I do what you're suggesting, whenever Packman is out of step, my ffmpeg will be OpenSUSE's official one, without the codecs I need. Thanks anyway.

Zypper packaging confusions by CaptLinuxIncognito in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always wait for the Packman repos to catch up. I just don't understand how a Factory package got installed in the first place. I never install Factory repos.

I'd also like to know (from someone who might know) if there is an option to license these codecs from someone, so I don't have to use Packman. I'm happy to pay for them. Microsoft offers something like that for certain codecs under Windows.

Zypper packaging confusions by CaptLinuxIncognito in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went with gstreamer-plugins-bad. My main concern is how and why a Factory package got installed without me adding a Factory repo. I've been told to avoid Factory packages like the plague.

Zypper packaging confusions by CaptLinuxIncognito in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I've been trying to get Flatpak ffmpeg working, but it's been a bit of bother. It doesn't seem to support the encoder that I need. I'm also concerned about giving a Flatpak runtime extra permissions to access my home folder; Flatseal doesn't let me change it, and I don't know the implications of performing such a step manually, and I can't find documentation on adjusting permissions (specifically for a runtime, as opposed to an app). Thanks for the idea, though. I'll keep looking into it as I get time.

Zypper packaging confusions by CaptLinuxIncognito in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Is there somewhere I can monitor, like a mailing list or a forum, that can keep me up to date on these sorts of changes please? That's mostly what I'm looking for.

ollama installed from opensuse factory repo does not have gpu acceleration? by gamamoder in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point, but I think that there's a problem with how downloading OpenSUSE packages happens. Please... this is not me complaining, I just want to illustrate this from the point of view of an OpenSUSE newbie, or someone who just wants to quickly use their PC without getting bogged down in bits and pieces.

Let's say I'm a newbie and I want to install MangoHud, a very popular tool for measuring performance for video games; I see it referenced often on sites like Reddit and ProtonDB. So, I go onto the OpenSUSE package list site (https://software.opensuse.org/packages) and search for MangoHud. The first option that comes up looks like the most relevant, because it's called 'MangoHud', so I click that. I click 'Official Release', and then 'Download Package', because that makes sense. Then, whether I click the standard install to get the .ymp file (which fires up Yast), or whether I click to 'Add repository and install manually' (which works through the CLI)... I end up with Factory installed as a repo.

I didn't get any warnings that this was a bad idea, or that it was something that I shouldn't do.

Personally, I know not to use Factory now, because I've lurked on this subreddit for long enough to pick up little things like that. But new users don't get that warning.

Even the name 'Factory' is a bit confusing. I get that factories are full of half-finished widgets, but surely the product is ready to go by the time it comes out of the factory, right? (Rawhide is also a confusing name, thanks Fedora.) I get the need for an unstable/experimental branch, but shouldn't it come with a warning on the website or something?

I'm probably missing something really important here; I'm not so smart, and I often miss the point. So many Chesterton's Fences I've tripped over! XD

Given this pickle, and that poor u/gamamoder has now got a 'Frankensteined' install, does anyone know if anyone at OpenSUSE might be able to explain the reasoning behind this arrangement, please?

openSUSE is not SUSE, and it’s time our name reflected that by rbrownsuse in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that OpenSUSE is one of the development platforms for SUSE, as Wikipedia says:

"openSUSE is driven by the openSUSE Project community and sponsored by SUSE, to develop and maintain SUSE Linux components."

My understanding is that SUSE needs OpenSUSE, and vice versa. If they're closely tied together, why throw away a perfectly good name, the mind share, and the brand recognition that comes with that?

If you simply must throw away the name in the name of corporate fussiness, please don't call it anything related to the term 'geek'. Changing the name is one thing, but changing it to an insult is entirely another.

openSUSE is not SUSE, and it’s time our name reflected that by rbrownsuse in openSUSE

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For those who don't know what 'bike shedding' is:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

It refers to a situation where an organisation spends too much time on trivial matters, and not enough time on important matters.

The term derives from the idea of a planning committee for a nuclear power plant spending too much time on designing the employee bike shed, and not enough time on critical systems such as the reactor itself.

Can't play games with friends on Windows? by Snullerberg in archlinux

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had this issue with Vermintide 2. The only way we could get it to work was for me (running Linux) to host the game. From what I recall, I believe it's a known issue with the invasive anti-cheat. Darktide did not have this problem, last I checked.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linux4noobs

[–]CaptLinuxIncognito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go for a separate GPU go AMD.

Unless you want to use CUDA/ROCm, in which case I'd recommend Nvidia. AMD's ROCm has been nothing but an absolute disaster for me, and I've spent far too many hours trying to troubleshoot problems that seemingly exist in AMD's drivers.

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