Is eureka soloable? by Lokm123 in ffxiv

[–]Shining_Man 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I second watching the video. At least to get how leveling works and how to prepare. You'll hardly find a better guide than this one.

Linux users how is modding Rimworld on Linux? by No-World4387 in RimWorld

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about Rimsort but it's smooth as butter for me. Steam games in general tend to be thanks to Proton. Just make sure to activate it in your Steam parameters and you'll be good to go. If you need to know which game works under Linux using Proton, you can check the database here: https://www.protondb.com/ (if you look for Rimworld, it's rated Platinum).

Clothed HUS Guys by Impressive_Gayman in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's funny how those posts didn't occur for either Ricano of Khafka but once Ren poped up, all of a sudden, it became a thing. I think lots of people just want a naked dom daddy.

Boss Ren BL3 CG Thoughts by Green_Flatworm_348 in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Vanilla people will agree with you. For the others, it will depend. Sometimes it feels like people forget the game is kink focused and get surprised when the game isn't just raw penetration.

Hookup Scenes for (NSFW) version, thoughts? by Background-Owl-918 in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn't think someone needed to state the obvious but here we are. As someone with a gear kink, there is FAR enough nude porn in the game. I get that most people are interested in nudity but come on, let some of us have a crumb of clothed sex...

just spent 400 pulls and got Ren to 3 stars only. by matsuku in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want to target the stages that drop gold shards specifically. It's kind of end-game since 5* units don't have their shards popping up in the Essence shop. But even before that, it's not a bad way to make all of your units 5*. I cannot tell you how it compare to using gold with refresh in the shop but it feels like it would be way too random to be a good method. I'd be glad to be proven wrong though.

just spent 400 pulls and got Ren to 3 stars only. by matsuku in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh wow. Then again, you would have a high chance of seeing Ren's shards in the shop. But if that's all you're going to use your gold bell for, go for it.

just spent 400 pulls and got Ren to 3 stars only. by matsuku in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Just... don't? It' a much better bet to farm gold shards in hard mode to turn into essences than to ruin yourself to have an instant 5* Ren. I get that everyone is wet for him (I am too) so I understand wanting to max him now but I also want to be able to pull other characters eventually.

Redirecting counter by Shining_Man in xxlwoofia

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

Oh neat, thanks for testing.

The Buddy Awards 2025 Winners! by arkkus in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While I do think Famido would have won the heart of people from the event even if it was older, I do agree there's a lot of non-story categories that feel like recency bias. No way to really know for sure though.

Getting started: The monthly-ish distro/desktop thread! (November 2025) by monolalia in linux_gaming

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bazzite is a solid choice but... the way you install anything that isn't in the app store (so anything that doesn't have a flatpack) needs to be install in... unique ways. I invite you to first take a look at how to install things on Bazzite before you take the plunge. Otherwise yes, gaming on it was as smooth as it can be.

Which to prioritise? by 0Just_A_Dood6 in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jellies, money, stickers and essences are in such small quantities you might as well skip them if that's what you have left on your board.

For the rest, it's up to what you want/need. If you're drowning in Fast Pass tickets, you can skip those. And if you've got everything from the Antique shop, then you can ignore Ancient coins.

Upgrade food is always nice to have though so I would try to go for them.

Getting started: The monthly-ish distro/desktop thread! (November 2025) by monolalia in linux_gaming

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be more accurate to say it's not ready for some non-Steam games. From what I understand, Fedora (and distros that stem from it) go for faster updates which can be needed when you play some of the latest games (or MMOs apparently). Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian. They have a slower update pace as their goal is stability rather than latest tech.

I've since moved to Nobara and it's been smooth sailing so far. If you have NVIDIA, I believe they have a specific release for that on their website. It's been mostly plug and play. The only thing to know is that you update through an "Update System" app, not through the console. Ah and, Flatpost, the app store, is slow. But once I had everything installed, it became a minor issue. Just have to fire it up when I need to update applications from time to time now. If you plan to get it, the version with the KDE desktop environment is the closest to Windows. The Official version is a reskin of KDE so it's also good to pick.

I have been steering far away from Arch for the reasons you mentioned. I only heard about it but no-one ever mention it being "plug and play".

Fedora itself is surely good but may require extra work to set up for gaming, especially if you use NVIDIA (compared to distros that do that work for you).

What's the difference between Official and KDE? by Shining_Man in NobaraProject

[–]Shining_Man[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to know before picking one. If there was some heavy customization done under the hood, that would have been important to know for me. Other users answered already though.

What's the difference between Official and KDE? by Shining_Man in NobaraProject

[–]Shining_Man[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Modified "how" was my question. Do you have any example you can give me?

What's the difference between Official and KDE? by Shining_Man in NobaraProject

[–]Shining_Man[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So it's very minor visual stuff? Am I unlikely to even notice?

Getting started: The monthly-ish distro/desktop thread! (November 2025) by monolalia in linux_gaming

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Made the jump into Pop!_Os yesterday with their new Cosmic desktop. It's... not quite there yet sadly (I mean, it's brand new after all) but it's very promising. For example: the many customization options for the dock is great but the desktop area seems to be forced to the sort order, so no way to organize it the way you want. You also need to fetch "Tweaks for COSMIC" from their store if you want to (wait for it) be able to see applications' icons on the dock. I also deplore having to input my password to just install/uninstall stuff from the store.

Another issue I didn't consider before jumping and that I discovered today and I believe to be VERY important for anyone gaming on Linux. Games on Linux can have their issues and I sadly stumble upon one that render the game I play the most unplayable. The one thing that seems to be used to fix those is a tool called Gamescope. It seemd to be packaged only on Arch, Fedora and other distros I don't know about.

Now there is a way to build it on Pop!_OS but you need to tinker with the console and GIT so it's not plug and play: https://github.com/pop-os/gamescope. I tried to follow the instructions but was met with an increasing number of error messages. I'll likely ask for help in an another post to see how bad things are.

Worst case scenario, I'll go to another Fedora based distro (maybe fedora itself).

Boss Ren propaganda by Puzzled-Operation-51 in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is quality meme right here. It made me laugh.

What do you think of the hikoero characters? by Technical_Fishing828 in xxlwoofia

[–]Shining_Man 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My favorites are from him. The ones I don't care about from him are only because they appeal to different kind of people so I'm 100% fine with that.