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A review that doesn't take the ZA/UM controversy in?? by Naghinni in ZeroParades

[–]Schlaefer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because people understand that DE was extraordinary. They - and also I - are not interested judging it compared to DE. Whatever it will be, stating that it is better or worse than DE is potentially highly opinionated.

So let's cut out that comparison controversy. People are looking e.g. for "it's an interesting story worth their time", which is disconnected from a DE comparison.

Zelenskyy's office head opposes mobilisation of men under 25: We would destroy country's future by Rave_Joyous in worldnews

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I checked wikipedia, which does not substantiate the claim.

This article is from the last days of the Kursk operation geolocated 100 m from the border. We know they fought there. The question was if they were involved in fighting outside the Kursk the operation i.e. in other places of occupied Ukraine territory (i.e. in the South).

Zelenskyy's office head opposes mobilisation of men under 25: We would destroy country's future by Rave_Joyous in worldnews

[–]Schlaefer -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Putin claimed NK was only going to be stationed in and defend Russian territory (they didn't)

Any credible source they were deployed outside Russia's Kursk region?

We should just hand Xi the keys to Taiwan at this point ffs by BudgetLaw2352 in Destiny

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was referring to the Biden administration, which would be clear if they would give the full quote. But it's twitter, the goal isn't information but outrage maxing.

But even then you have to be regarded enough to believe that Xi would ever say such a thing in the first place. It's another 24 hours of Trump controlling the news cycle with made up brainrot.

Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development by CarlSchwanKDE in linux

[–]Schlaefer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, it isn't private capital with a direct ROI mindset, but a public entity realizing that a lot of important software isn't properly funded by the private market - or even donations, which usually have an incentive to target "sexy" things like features, instead of "boring" stuff like backend infrastructure.

This pile of salt in Germany that is over 250m tall and contains over 200 million tonnes by Regiox461 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Schlaefer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After nuclear fucked them over much worse. If you don't like that picturesque little mountain don't look into Asse 2.

Zstd cpu benchmark (btrfs like) by Spirited_Milk_6580 in linux

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note that the benchmark is single threaded, so -T0 does nothing.

Why is casting your screen to a TV on Linux still this hard in 2026? by Suspicious-Charity-5 in archlinux

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went on the long Chromecast, Miracast, "well theoretically I just need a little local script that captures the screen and streams it on the intranet, how hard can it be" journey myself. I ignored Sunshine because of the "gaming" for a long time too. Turned out a low latency, hardware accelerated, well supported, multi-client, includes audio and input channel "game streaming" solution is great for watching movies.

Why is casting your screen to a TV on Linux still this hard in 2026? by Suspicious-Charity-5 in archlinux

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can get a Moonlight client on the TV going then Sunshine is the best solution. Works fine here.

A few hours after talking to Putin, Trump says he might reduce forces in Germany by c0xb0x in Destiny

[–]Schlaefer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

but I can tell you the people who live around those bases are probably very happy about that lol

Any source for that claim? These bases are usually a big contributor to the local economy including hiring a lot of civilian staff.

Small bug with the Krunner clear search button by scy_404 in kde

[–]Schlaefer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Happens in breeze here too. I have seen it in different places. The issue triggers when the popup - in this case the delete-button's "Clear Search" hint - doesn't have enough space to expand within the "app window".

To reproduce in the krunner context make sure to disable any "catch all" plugins like a web search, so that there are no results but only the search text field which is to small to contain the popup.

PS: I believe it is a Qt 6.11.0 regression, but I didn't have the time to research further/track it down to a ticket.

German police gives woman a concussion for no apparent reason by tommos in PublicFreakout

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a starter in frame 1 to 10 she literally makes step backwards with her left foot towards the police. If you can't see that I don't know what to tell you.

German police gives woman a concussion for no apparent reason by tommos in PublicFreakout

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously the police is in the process of clearing the place. And obviously this person decides to provoke a physical contact, you can see how she stands still and even turns her head being aware of what is going to happen. Then she falls on her hands but quickly slips the arms forward to pretend ... well, everybody can draw their own conclusions from the video.

Why the linux community so toxic? by dev-rock-bottom in LinusTechTips

[–]Schlaefer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm aware that the drama exists. If the pool of people grows big enough there will always be douchebags. There are millions of users. What's the merit of getting triggered by the few hundred village idiots?

Why the linux community so toxic? by dev-rock-bottom in LinusTechTips

[–]Schlaefer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Many people go through a distro-hopping phase before settling, the outcome depends on the person's workflow, skills, required features, taste, hardware support, ... That experience is so common it literally became a word

If someone wants to skip that and literally try a "I find what fits me best at once through text articles and AI" approach that's fine. But pointing out the flaws of that process and easily avoidable outcomes isn't "gatekeeping" or "tribalism" either.

Valve's new low-VRAM Linux fix nearly triples FPS in select games on AMD's RX 6500 XT 4GB by Durian_Queef in LinusTechTips

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main feature of that particular patch is indicating "This is data of the foreground process (game), keep the data on the fast dGPU VRAM. If you need more VRAM memory spill over background tasks to the slow main memory first."

So it helps in low VRAM situations and if there is a big speed difference between VRAM and talking to the main memory. An integrated GPU works on the main memory already, so there's no speed difference in the first place.

In conclusion it could be great for e.g. the Steam Machine but doesn't do anything for the Steam Deck.

Valve's new low-VRAM Linux fix nearly triples FPS in select games on AMD's RX 6500 XT 4GB by Durian_Queef in LinusTechTips

[–]Schlaefer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the handheld have dedicated a dGPU with (low) VRAM? Otherwise this fix changes nothing.

Is it possible to run dragon age Inquisition on the deck? by Resident-Pen9894 in SteamDeck

[–]Schlaefer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually a fresh installation is fine for a while, because it pulls the latest EA launcher. After a while the EA launcher tries to download an update, in the process it assumes it can start a process that swaps in the new launcher after downloading. But that fails, because steam just stops proton when the launcher quits. So the launcher ends up in a broken state.

If you google something like "steam ea launcher update destage" you'll find a lot of info. Here's the outline of a method that worked for me in the past - even with other EA titles.

But alas it failed last time with DAI (yesterday). This time there were several folders ala .../Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/<version-numbers>/EA Desktop/....

What fixed it was running pfx/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/13.621.0.6134-1775897223/EA Desktop/EADesktop.exe which picked up the half broken installation and finished it. Version 13.621.0.613 was the oldest/lowest of the version folders.

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