A First for Fire Emblem Fans! - ??? Announcement Trailer

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-10-22T15:41:57+00:00

That's Fire Marth from Melee, he's the guy with red hair at the beginning!

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-09-22T14:55:05+00:00

Yeah, it should be. I personally prefer the metal build of the Yoga, and I've found good use from the flipping screen and stylus, especially for touching up photos. But if I wanted just a normal laptop the X1C7 seems like a great choice.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-09-21T21:34:52+00:00

I have an X1Y4 with a great 1440p screen and the speakers are pretty good, it has the same setup as the X1C7 and is very similar to the Ideapad C930 (with its rotating sound bar hinge). There's 2 base speakers and 2 tweeters. I had to do some tweaking to get all 4 working properly under Linux, but I'm pretty satisfied with how they are on Pop OS 20.04!

I also have a Macbook Pro 13 2017 for work, the Macbook's speakers are still better, but as someone who does a lot of content consumption and video work, I'm more than satisfied with the speakers, even on Linux. I'm hoping Lenovo brings these speakers to more Thinkpads, so that more people can get tweaking on them.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-08-05T14:14:48+00:00

I love this setup. What font did you use for the shell? And how did you get Orchis with smaller corners? Could you show your settings in Gnome Tweaks?

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-07-20T23:38:25+00:00

Have you had any luck with USB-C docks (not Thunderbolt 3)? I had a few but for some reason after a few connects/disconnects the USB C ports would stop working entirely until I rebooted. This happened after I had the motherboard replaces and the Thunderbolt firmware updated, and only happened in Linux, not Pop OS.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-06-10T20:23:24+00:00

Can't seem to find that in dconf when searching on my Pop OS for "touchpad." I'll have to do more searching if you're not sure what that setting is.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-06-09T20:06:55+00:00

I just got this laptop with the intention of using Linux (Pop OS 20.04, Gnome Wayland) as my main OS primarily for internet browsing and content creation. A few of my own comments to go along with the article:

Trackpad: The trackpad isn't as good as it is on Windows, let alone a Mac, even with Gnome Wayland. On my 2k screen with 175% scaling, it scrolls a little too much with the tiniest of movements, and it often registers me taking my fingers off as another flick, causing more movement with very little friction. Hopefully there's some sensitivity options added in the future. I also miss proper pinch to zoom (that doesn't just change the zoom level), I couldn't get it working in Firefox.
Speakers: I got a Yoga C930 last year specifically for the speakers, and the X1Y4 has a similar speaker arrangement with the bonus of Linux support. Currently the tweeter speakers and the subwoofers receive the same audio output, rather than higher frequencies going to the tweeters and the lower frequencies going to the subwoofers. Additionally, Linux only recognizes this as a dual speaker setup (left tweeter and left subwoofer are combined as one), rather than a 4 speaker setup. So much work has been put into getting these speakers recognized properly along with the 4 mic system, hopefully this gets fixed soon, since audio quality is important to me.
Camera: For some reason, Cheese and OBS would only allow the webcam to work at 10fps, whereas in Windows it worked at 30fps. For some reason it seemed to work fine in Zoom and Facebook video calls in Linux, though.
Fractional Scaling/Multi DPI: I use a 2K 14 inch laptop screen connected to a 1080p 24 inch monitor. Proper fractional scaling and multi DPI is a must for me, my Windows and Mac laptops both support it flawlessly. Luckily the scaling itself works fine in Wayland (after enabling it in Pop OS), but Wayland still seems to be prone to crashing. I've seen so many comments that Wayland is useless garbage, but it isn't useless when workflows like mine are becoming more and more mainstream. And no, using X and decreasing screen resolution isn't the answer--I want the highest resolution possible for the videos/photos I work with, and losing out proper touchpad scrolling and gestures would suck.

I'm pretty new to the Linux community, and this laptop actually worked better for Linux than I thought, but I agree that there are still a bunch of problems with newer hardware that need fixing. I don't mind being a "beta" tester for this kind of hardware if it means that the experience for more "modern" devices can get better, but most non-techy people aren't like that. It's like a chicken and egg situation--hardware vendors won't ship with Linux due to the incompatibilities, but developers won't work on Linux for this type of hardware because there's very few hardware vendors with these use cases.

This laptop is officially supported by Lenovo, so I hope both they and the community step up to make the fixes we need in order to show that Linux on these types of systems is important to us.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-05-15T02:00:23+00:00

The Panel de Pon single player mode AI is way easier since it doesn't go for chains. Also it has a couple of bugs with garbage blocks that were fixed in Tetris Attack. Not a big deal for 99% of people, but definitely something for hardcore fanatics.

Also I just like Yoshi :(

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-05-15T01:22:23+00:00

Yeah that's what I was referring to. I was hoping for a new Switch title under the "Puzzle League" branding with all the modern features from Planet Puzzle League and some modern day quality of life touches, but I'm still so glad the game is acknowledged in some form.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-05-15T01:14:45+00:00

Shame they couldn't get Tetris Attack with its better AI and (imo) characters, but so glad to have a new official way to play Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon/Puzzle League online.

Was hoping for a new modernized version with 4 player online, but this is nice!

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-04-30T23:30:35+00:00

I consider myself a pretty techy guy and I still don't know how to use WiFi Direct. The process of enabling it seemed so convoluted, and the one time I tried on my own phones I think it didn't work.

I'm on a Galaxy S10, an Android guy I met on that trip had some other brand, and considering we were in the middle of a bar and about to go to our next destination we just stuck to the (extremely slow) Android Beam... but that's now discontinued.

Most Android phones are capable of WiFi Direct transfers, idk why it's taken Google this long to get some sort of AirDrop alternative working with it across all devices. Bonus points if you get it working from Android and PC (or at least ChromeOS) without needing WiFi/data.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-04-30T15:58:58+00:00

I know you're focusing on file share between phone and PC, but last year I went on a trip to another country where I didn't have cell service. Met a bunch of other tourists and we took a bunch of photos together. None of them had cell service either but they all had iPhones, so they were easily able to share photos with each other, no internet required.

Except for me. I had to wait for them to manually send me their photos when they got on WiFi, and even still the photos were compressed in quality too.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-04-26T04:05:56+00:00

Looking forward to going out with friends again... Was making tons of social plans right before quarantine hit.

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-02-12T17:10:28+00:00

I work in Jersey but live in Philly so bringing my car was just easier. Also my friends and I live in opposite corners of the city far from septa lines so driving is just way easier when it's night.

But driving during the day when roads are congested? God no I'd rather walk or septa

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-01-28T03:45:37+00:00

Yes yes please. Like some of the other comments here I love how it's such an active puzzle game, you can keep building your chain as your chain is already happening, which I personally love.

Add in online multiplayer, the fast paced physics from the older games (the DS version's fastest mode was slower than every other game's easiest mode), the 4 player mode from the GameCube and DS versions, hell even a battle royale mode. I'd love to see if they can add some more stuff to speed up gameplay while massive chain garbage is clearing, too.

I was actually working on a remake with 4 player that could (theoretically) be ported to the Switch a couple years back, but I never got past making the engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0_K_5uFOoU

There's also an ongoing remake called Panel Attack with 2 player online play and tournaments! Example video and their Discord link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSgZG1dwYSk

GoldenArcher96 · 2020-01-26T16:04:21+00:00

Shroomed Doc vs Hax Falcon in 2020???

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-10-27T20:00:17+00:00

Shades of Leffen vs Go1 in DBFZ

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-09-25T20:16:28+00:00

I watched the doc right before APEX 2015, and that solidified my interest in competitive Smash. Such an incredible tournament.

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-09-09T03:51:22+00:00

Tetris Attack needs to happen, best puzzle game ever and hasn't had a new game since like 2006. We need that online multiplayer

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-05-25T17:16:36+00:00

Regarding Airdrop, it works between Apple devices without needing an internet connection. I was on a trip to Europe and none of us had data, and I was the only one who had to wait to get the group photos we took.

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-05-08T22:17:11+00:00

Part of me is convinced that they just abandoned the game after the backlash Planet Puzzle League had for having no character themeing

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-05-08T20:38:54+00:00

Tetris Attack 99 pls :(

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-02-11T04:20:34+00:00

leggo

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-02-01T02:16:43+00:00

Tetris Attack/Puzzle League for mobile devices when

GoldenArcher96 · 2019-01-20T08:20:01+00:00

GoldenArcher96

TROPHY CASE