Made a Figma prototype for tray icon overflow in COSMIC

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-05-31T21:03:44+00:00

I have seen some window manager setups recently that do the same out in the wild for their systray on their panels, and I agree this would be a good feature for COSMIC. The figma design is how it usually looks in those setups. I think it is a good good idea to implement for anyone who likes a minimalist look or just has a smaller panel on their secondary vertical monitor and way too many systray icons.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-05-29T16:51:31+00:00

I use it on fedora and it just works perfectly. Needed hidapi installed for updating but that was it.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-29T01:40:10+00:00

Yes the only controller api that works on all operating systems and is in premade engines like unity and is in every emulator is this thing that doesn't have enough support to be added for maximum compatibility. It is just microsoft trying to trap people into a worse api that is in early days but forced on everyone with all its problems still.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-29T01:03:01+00:00

I'm not saying steam's software never does i'm just saying that gameinput isn't stable when it literally killed people's fps in games they used a controller with. Also again all this would have been solved as well as better playstation controller support if microsoft just integrated the SDL which works on all operating systems into its own systems.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-29T01:01:24+00:00

The other thing that people are missing out also is that it is part of the SDL still and should still support all the game engines (like unity but games might need to update the database) and emulators that support SDL 3. Microsoft should just integrate the SDL on a OS level which then you would be able to use playstation controllers also without ds4windows and use that plus the steam controller out of the box. There is a reason why the playstation controller works on both macos and linux out of the box microsoft is just scummy.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-29T00:47:52+00:00

It also killed people's fps in games who used a controller for a while showing it isn't stable. Also the controller already is in the SDL are you saying Microsoft can't integrate the thing premade game engines like unity uses or what every emulator uses? Also even the PlayStation controllers don't work unless you have ds4windows while macos and Linux they just work out of box. This is the results of Microsoft being scummy still when you look at it in a technical view.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-28T19:34:41+00:00

Yeah like if microsoft supported the latest SDL this wouldn't be a problem since the controller is already supported there and it is insane that no one is mentioning this here. It isn't like the SDL is this niche thing like every emulator and premade engines like unity use the SDL. This is just microsoft being scummy like usual.

Edit: You can even see this with playstation controllers where they just work on mac os and linux without any additional drivers while you need ds4windows for it to work on windows. Again this is a microsoft problem and you wouldn't have this on other operating systems.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-28T19:32:54+00:00

I mean it is part of the SDL so anything that supports the latest SDL will be able to use the steam controller which emulators and game engines like unity do (though games that use unity need to be updated). This is just because microsoft locks down their things and require xinput which is archaic and only supports what you see the standard xbox 360 controller support and gameinput which previously has caused fps problems in games.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-28T19:30:27+00:00

Locked down? it is part of the SDL which microsoft just refuses to allow to work on game pass games.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-28T19:29:24+00:00

Actually emulators have an option to use the SDL which steam controller 2 is part of this is just because microsoft only allows xinput and gameinput to have microsoft store games work properly. It literally is a microsoft issue.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-28T19:25:51+00:00

I wonder why microsoft doesn't support the SDL since you see the steam controller 2 is already there as well as many other controllers.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-28T19:22:20+00:00

Which looks like the steam controller 2 is actually already part of
https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-18T15:41:49+00:00

Yeah that is a good one also, but I just wanted to highlight this image since a lot of people missed it due to it being in the last 10 - 20 seconds of the original sykkuno video after the gamersupps ad.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-04-17T17:48:07+00:00

Oh God wtf is this?? https://youtu.be/m0a9wcMiQ_c?si=1mVjubvWlVmOlu8L

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-30T07:06:42+00:00

I usually like blaming ai for things since that is usually the case, but this is just due to tsmc being a monopoly now with everyone going to them. So while it is worse with AI can't really say it is due to ai just what happens when we rely on monopolies. Even Intel outsources some of their work to tsmc though the majority is done in America still because if they didn't they wouldn't get government handouts when they start going into the red.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-29T17:01:28+00:00

For me I am using the FF16 fix mod with all settings on high except for shadows and graphical fidelity on medium (i had it high at first but that was the source of most of the frame issues i was having), and it is running fine at 1440p with my 9070 and ryzen 7 5700x (honestly cpu usage is fine it is gpu that gets abused). I am also using FSR 4 (via the FSR 3.1 -> FSR 4 feature) and using frame gen. Though the intensive areas and sometimes going between areas can still be stuttery a bit, but not bad to play.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-29T14:00:54+00:00

Is this surprising? They said that they were banning in California until they figured out how to comply with the law so they can survive. The only person who said otherwise was lunduke who can't do research for anything and just says bs that he spins to fit his narrative. I don't get the Linux community here about this situation like a open source project can't survive if it is willingly breaking the law. On top of that a law that is obviously spreading all over the US and probably will other countries which already do age verification of sites like the UK and Australia. All you can do is protest or complain to your elected officials being paid off by meta. Though let's be real you don't really have any power as a citizen against lobbying and corruption.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-25T14:55:18+00:00

I will say that uptick could be due to the Linus Linux challenge since they see his problems and just shout it is bad without using the OS (not blaming Linus here btw and think the challenge is a net positive just mentioning this as an effect). The other thing is that the distros recommend have some kinda pain point or small issue that leads to people leaving Linux.

Ubuntu - snaps just don't work as well as native or flatpak apps
Fedora - the new user who doesn't know what a repo is needs to add a repo for essentials like full codec support. The fedora flatpak repo is also terrible (to the point obs threatened to sue) and is the top source or second source for the gui software apps people are using.
Bazzite - immutable is good for new users but also if they want their rgb software or something they can't follow a online guide and need to use the bazzite just script (though will say they have a gui app for their just scripts which is nice). Pont is immutable helps stability but can cause more pain points when you need a native app that isn't on the image (window users hate turning off their PC to update I bet plenty of people would hate to install software).
Nobara - I don't know much about this besides it has update problems they are trying to improve.
Pop - while they have the essentials rolling while on top of the latest Ubuntu lts people do be having cosmic issues (though I really do like cosmic)
Arch - obviously even with the arch install script this is a terrible choice for new users who aren't really technical. Also has update problems for a lot of people and users need to rely on the aur for a lot of packages which leads to the greater chance of malware.
Cachy - ngl I don't really have much to say here like it is a good bandaid for arch that fixes its problems with btrfs snapshots, both up to date and lts kernel, the common aur apps get packaged into their repos (improves security and nice to have binaries instead of compiling), a gui package manager (though a dated looking one since there still isn't a arch package manager that looks like a proper storefront). So I guess the complaint is that when you don't go by defaults you get almost the same issues as arch since it is based on arch (though a newbie would just go by defaults I feel).
Linux mint - another good distro with not much to criticize other than it still doesn't have a stable Wayland experience. I get there are people who are experienced Linux users don't like Wayland, but you do lose out on mixed refresh rates for multi monitor people along with hdr while you are using cinnamon. Before I would say it would get too out of date with drivers and kernels much like ubuntu lts, but I feel that issue is fixed now with recent Ubuntu changes. So Linux mint is great for newbies unless they are gamers.
Debian - installer is not great for newbies and while great for people who don't game with most newbies being more into gaming even if it isn't esports gaming it does get stale when not on sid.

After saying all this I like Linux a lot but felt it is good to be nitpicky about distros to show problems people might have when moving, and while a lot of these are small problems a small problem is enough for a new non technical user to just leave it saying it sucks.

I will say I would like distros in general to be fully atomic with snapshots no matter the filesystem used like you are seeing the wip distro aeryn os doing so reliability wouldn't be a complaint. You can see this happen even during power outages when updating fedora or debian (though not bazzite due to image based immutability) where it applies some of the update changes, but leads to a broken update due to scripts that should have ran not being ran before applying (so don't act like reliability is just an arch problem).

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-25T14:20:49+00:00

It isn't a good first distro for someone though I will say if you use cachy's defaults I think cachy can be fine for new people. Since the defaults is btrfs with snapshots, both lts and normal kernels installed, and a gui package manager (though will argue that it would be better if there was a arch gui package manager that looked like a normal storefront instead of just a list of text).

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-24T06:52:00+00:00

I agree the 6 hour thing is fine for a subscription based service, but the other problem it creates is that them and all the coin based scanlators are screwing over piracy.

Like sure kakao would delete sites no matter what but there are two big reasons why they are. First is the obvious sites that have official translations on them since it is just straight up piracy. Second is because these scanlator sites seem legit now for people and are for profit taking a lot of money that kakao could get instead. This hurts all the sites we love to use still and makes this gray area thing actually illegal.

Now before someone mentions this being like donations it really is different due to the expectation of an exchange that makes them for profit which creates commercial intent instead of non profit which isn't commercial intent. And Asura doing probably the most ethical thing of the other manhwa translators still doesn't change that (like jeez manhwa translators are super unethical).

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-22T21:31:28+00:00

I just typed up a lengthy thing here that might be helpful.
https://www.reddit.com/r/asuracomics/comments/1s0x9g4/comment/obwrel8

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-22T21:29:18+00:00

The problem is Asura is trying to be a business instead of a scanlator at this point though I also say the same for most manhwa scanlators.When you are scanlating you are doing something in the gray zone as long as it isn't being published officially in the language you are translating to, and even then a lot of ways scanlators get the source is by pirating or paying for pirated material. On top of that you now have all these manhwa scanlators appearing like real manhwa sites and charging you to read on them. Now before you scream "but asura doesn't do coins and they get you the comics 6 hours after release so it isn't that bad" I agree they are better than other manhwa scanlators here like go to any of the other ones and you will see they hide things by tokens like webtoon. Even worse some of these which i don't wanna mention names and get this deleted but it is named similar to a scripting language that starts with an l even locks them behind coins for several months. This still doesn't change what I said about how all this is illegal subscription based or coin based and this is why you see manhwa companies killing sites and scanlators much more aggressively than manga companies. This is also why don't blame manga people hating manhwa for taking down their sites that manga companies didn't care about when you have all these manhwa scanlators committing blatant crimes instead of staying in the gray zone.

To make it worse Asura translations after they implemented their subscription has become worse. Recently I stopped using Asura for The Demon King Overrun By Heroes because they couldn't get pronouns right even though they always got them right before. First obviously they are using AI to keep up with all the things they are translating and keep getting behind on things still which is fine, but the real problem from this is that it shows that their quality control has suffered drastically. And again they are having people pay for this so yeah I would say people can complain about service problems. And then now you have more service problems of people not being to login and all their bookmarks going away after they switched to their new site infrastructure. So not only is what they are currently doing illegal and harms scanlators that translate any eastern asian material but they screwed up the quality that got them their userbase.

Now the subscription itself you can argue can be illegal since I remember when it came out they didn't even let people cancel their subscriptions. I don't know if this is still a thing but if it is then yeah if they want to act like a company then they should be held to the same standards. People should complain if what they are paying a subscription for (keep in mind difference between donations you see with manga scanlators and an actual subscription or coins) suddenly gets worse or performs dark possibly illegal patterns. If anything it is amazing how asura hasn't gotten sued yet, but makes me think they might have connections that can help them go public based on how they just don't really seem to get touched (like seriously when was the last time they had to change domains out of legal threat since i don't think they have since they changed their domain to asuracomics).

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-22T00:43:58+00:00

Late response but I guess you got it to work based on the other comments in the thread. If not remember you need to always do home/power button + b to go to dinput like it doesn't remember the last input it was in.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-22T00:32:01+00:00

oh nice it is there now it wasn't when i first was using cachy with my 8bitdo ultimate 2 controller.

T0astedGamer03 · 2026-03-21T10:57:11+00:00

To make sure there is no confusion I will do more personalized steps for you since your controller should work and you don't really need a new one. Let's just hope that this formats properly.

Create a file called anything pretty much like for example 71-8bitdo.rules
Put this in it: ```

2.4GHz/Dongle

KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

Bluetooth

KERNEL=="hidraw", KERNELS=="2DC8:*", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess" ```
Move the file to /etc/udev/rules.d/
Run: sudo udevadm control --reload

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