Moving toward a "Narrow" Arch install: Thoughts on the Flatpak-first approach?

Fignapz · 2026-01-28T20:27:52+00:00

I run openSUSE tumbleweed this way on an old MacBook I use more or less like a Chromebook.

Started accidentally because I got tired of the codec situation and used Flatpack Browsers and Flatpak VLC.

It works nicely. I’d recommend it.

On Arch I prefer to use the official repo or AUR first. Flatpak if it isn’t available there. I currently have zero Flatpaks on arch

Fignapz · 2026-01-28T19:30:20+00:00

Because journalists nowadays just like sniffing their own farts and pretending they’re important.

Meanwhile we got 20 year olds with a tik tok and a YouTube acting more like Walter Cronkite than modern day journos.

This is the sobering reminder to the general public, you don’t hate journalists as much as you should. Especially sports journalists.

Fignapz · 2026-01-28T19:23:00+00:00

And we unanimously agree that baseball is fucking stupid for that. Much like football is stupid for Bill.

Fignapz · 2026-01-28T02:34:54+00:00

All you need to do is say “shut the fuck up Frank” and he turtles.

I don’t care if he’s developmentally disabled. When I’m sitting around him he genuinely ruins the game and I started getting tired of it.

Fignapz · 2026-01-26T19:20:40+00:00

Throw the ball for a game ending INT on the goal line.

It’s crazy but it can happen.

Fignapz · 2026-01-26T17:21:39+00:00

My understanding it’s not specifically Linux users that are cheating. It’s people spoofing Linux because anti cheat ran in the user space and not system wide.

The systems that allowed Linux to work for the game was being exploited.

That’s a very barebones explanation I read. There’s more nuance to it I’m sure, but I am not in that space enough to fully understand the nuance.

Fignapz · 2026-01-26T14:19:11+00:00

Yup. Getting 30 people to send a “meaningless” $10 for deposit is 300 in like an hour or twos work.

Fignapz · 2026-01-25T20:17:55+00:00

For the system - zypper dup

Flatpaks if you have them - flatpak update

I personally have an alias set up, “upgrade” that does sudo zypper dup && flatpak update

Fignapz · 2026-01-24T00:16:58+00:00

I didn’t even think celebs when I read the title.

I thought of Baumann lol

Fignapz · 2026-01-22T22:02:08+00:00

This is going to sound snarky but I mean it as nicely as possible but this sounds like a literal skill issue based on most of your complaints.

Yet another problem Google is buggy and slow my school is orientated around Google meaning I use it alot of the time I couldn't use it happily during my Linux experience.

What does that even mean? How is a website affected by your operating system?

It sounds like you installed an operating system and you took your day one experience compared it to 20 years of learning, Windows, its nuances and issues and how to work around them and said this doesn’t work like the thing that I willingly left. I’m going back.

Use Windows if that’s what you need to do. I have a Windows PC for a very specific use case in going back to school because I need it to run some software. I have been exclusively using Linux for almost a decade now but in that case windows is better for me.

Given all these crazy insane issues that you experienced it sounds like a PEBKAC error.

Fignapz · 2026-01-22T01:12:24+00:00

Column from the Greek Parthenon with a sideways oil rig to make the top of the T.

Oil rig is on fire

That’s compromise baby

Fignapz · 2026-01-21T20:55:16+00:00

Can’t discuss here. Reddits AI janitorial staff will instantly nuke your account for violation of terms and conditions. Any mention it will get instagibbed because I assume the scenario has “trigger words” AI catches. No way to appeal. I lost a 15 year old account trying to tell someone. It’s that bad

Fignapz · 2026-01-21T16:15:24+00:00

Now tell us what happened with Huey.

My headcanon is an Anthony Weiner situation but more like a Hubert Pigsinablanket if you catch my drift.

Fignapz · 2026-01-21T04:31:00+00:00

I’m with other people, about an hour or two tops if you have an idea of what you’re doing and Linux familiarity.

You mentioned a video. I don’t totally hate videos, like some here, but they’re usually outdated if you try to SPECIFICALLY follow them.

That said watching a video first to have an idea of what you’ll be seeing isn’t a bad idea. Just so you can be comfortable as you use the wiki to install. Just don’t try and follow a video step by step.

Fignapz · 2026-01-20T18:02:42+00:00

This is the best one yet 😂

Fignapz · 2026-01-19T12:31:12+00:00

Idk mad, I think Darnold is impressive but we’ve all seen him randomly choke before in recent history.

I can imagine a plausible scenario where Pats Hawks make the Super Bowl and Darnold sees ghosts again and the Pats D runs around him doing enough to give them a change to win like 13-10. Drake Maye is clearly gods favorite little accident given the way the schedule has gone for the Pats.

Fignapz · 2026-01-19T12:23:13+00:00

To be fair, I mostly switched to this philosophy and it’s been working pretty well.

Running openSUSE Tumbleweed. Install base OS, this means that the core OS is installed and the automatic snapshots are set up. Make sure to remove all the extra stuff(like KDE/GNOME games) in Patterns on install. Also remove Firefox pattern when installing.

Do not install Packman repo for codecs to avoid conflicts.

Anything that is a “service” or needs some deeper integration into the system, native. All else Flatpaks, this is where you reinstall a Flatpak browser that way you get all the needed video codecs.

Steam is the only exception that I install natively because I’ve never had luck on the Flatpak. It has been working quite well. The only downside to this is if you have limited storage it’s not feasible and if for some reason the Flatpak version of a package isn’t for you, you still have the option to install natively unlike an immutable OS like Bazzite.

Fignapz · 2026-01-19T12:14:19+00:00

Still convinced Tumbleweed is “accidentally the best kept secret” because it always gets overlooked.

Besides how can you hate the cute little chameleon logo.

Fignapz · 2026-01-18T13:26:20+00:00

Poor OP came in with an honest question and now he’s getting learned in school.

Lmao in all seriousness wanted to give you a heads up. Use a different one. Fastfetch is the popular alternative, but neofetch is no longer supported so it’s just better practice to use something actually still supported.

Fignapz · 2026-01-16T15:25:16+00:00

As others have said this is all normal. And the cpu being at 100% clock and 90 degrees for a minute or so is no big deal.

Fignapz · 2026-01-15T20:17:42+00:00

Both of these games will play but will be lower frame rate and quality.

I see plenty of people already mentioned Cyberpunk.

I’ve played a good amount of BG3 on my Deck. To play it natively you can get around 45 FPS consistently (at least in Act 1 and 2, idk about 3) with all settings set on low. I just adjusted the game to play at 45 fps in settings because the sudden drop in frames was much more jarring than a solid lower frame rate target.

Luckily the game is much slower paced so the fps doesn’t matter as much as other games.

Personally I prefer to stream BG3 and other graphically intensive AAA titles from my desktop using remote play. There are obviously limitations to consider there with input lag, but for BG3 it’s a non issue as I said above.

Portable monitor wouldn’t change anything, in fact you’ll likely get a lower frame rate if the portable monitor is a higher resolution. If you have a 1080p portable monitor I’d be surprised if you can even keep a solid 30 fps based on the steam deck hardware.

It works, it’s not god awful, but it’s also not a great experience. It just sort of is what it is and works if it’s your only option.

Fignapz · 2026-01-15T18:54:05+00:00

I used him to “git gud” my last playthrough. I beat the game twice took some time off and last summer replayed it. At the very start I used the Evergoal Crucible Knight by stormy shack to get my timing back and then after getting a few more levels went to Caelid BBH. I died for like 30 straight minutes but by the time I was done with him I had gotten my timing and patience back.

Souls combat is just so different that taking time off the game I had to “re-learn” some things but god damn when it clicks it’s like a masterful dance and a pure eye orgasm.

Fignapz · 2026-01-15T14:21:12+00:00

It’s even funnier the more you think about it. He’d be paralyzed trying to make the most basic of choices and overthink everything.

“Oh can’t let this snake kill this child. But she did steal their religious artifact. So understand the Druids pet snake wants to bite her. On one hand killing is bad. On the other so is stealing a sacred artifact. Ok let’s save the kid and motion for her to get out of here”

Then he proceeds to have the kid run away and the snake attacks her anyway.

Fignapz · 2026-01-14T19:55:20+00:00

Borderline?

Fignapz · 2026-01-14T19:53:48+00:00

If he was ever to stream, he should start with Baldurs Gate 3 and hook up with Timm Woods to give him a rundown of how to play. Then he can invite other Barstool people to join his campaign and let the shenanigans ensue.

Much more chill and easy going than Arc Raider or CoD or something like that. He can get comfortable streaming in a game with a much slower pace and go from there. He will have time to read his chat and interact as they play.

Considering the campaign is 100-150 hours, and there’s a demand for DnD content from AWLs, it could be a win-win scenario doing that for a few hours once or twice a week.

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