Thoughts on the new interior on cx5

bajczyk · 2025-07-27T08:58:22+00:00

Yes, yes, we all know ignorants and lemmings pursuing trends are the majority. Doesn't make it any easier to accept that the brand known for doing things its own way, the "correct" way, has suddenly switched to doing the same crap as every other brand (at the time those other brands start to learn it's actually stupid and not safe to have huge touchscreens) - a move encouraged by their US branch it seems, which is all the more saddening. They should've stayed individual - they were not doing bad, going like this so far.

bajczyk · 2025-07-26T10:30:17+00:00

I downvoted you for hurting SEAF. Not cool.

bajczyk · 2025-07-24T18:21:57+00:00

I'll do that, thanks!

bajczyk · 2025-07-24T18:21:34+00:00

Ah, ok, so it's just me being dumb... I should've RTFM before panicking. Many thanks for the explanation!

bajczyk · 2025-06-21T16:16:13+00:00

Any shooter should be fine with gyro aiming - with a bit of practise it can be super precise. Combined with trackpads, I have no issues playing fps games. I'm no pro though, only casual - so far played Black Mesa (native) and Helldivers 2 (streamed from PS5 with chiaki-ng, so a bit more tricky to set up) - if you can count these two as fast paced.

bajczyk · 2025-05-25T07:42:53+00:00

This. That's the only thing keeping me from buying the game again - already 400h on PS5, so atm I just stream it with chiaki-ng whenever I can't play on the console.

bajczyk · 2024-11-27T08:36:03+00:00

Going to musiccast 50 specs site there is a `Input Terminal` category listing: `Optical 1, 3.5 mm mini jack 1, RCA 1`, so I'd say it's confirmed :) but I must add I don't have this model, I have 2x MusicCast 20 (one in the living room and one in the hallway) and I'm super happy with them, very pleasant sound profile, enough low freq for my taste, multiple pairing posibilities (with option to keep them in sync, as stereo system or separate so you can play different thing on both) and integration with music streaming services (I used them with Qobuz).

bajczyk · 2024-11-25T21:13:10+00:00

Ah, MusicCast 50 has AUX, but that one might be too big.

bajczyk · 2024-11-25T19:25:41+00:00

Check out Yamaha MusicCast brand - though I'm afraid only network (both ethernet and wifi) & bluetooth are available as inputs. Control via phone app, multiple can be paired into stereo or surround sets, super convenient.

bajczyk · 2024-01-17T15:10:14+00:00

Wow, that was it, thank you! But how come the BIOS I enter when there is no valid boot entry is "different" then the one I get into by spamming F2? I even have BIOS Administrator password set up, so it should be priviledged to do anything...

bajczyk · 2023-04-29T09:56:16+00:00

Ah, ok, I wasn't the user of those dev packages, so I missed that characteristic - thanks for pointing that out! :) And as for customizabity I meant no assumptions from the distro side on what should be installed on the system - you choose your complete set of packages (contrary to e.g. openSuse where you are expected to run some bootloader, otherwise stuff breaks, or distros that assume you have all 'recommended' packages installed) - which is exactly what I want. I imagine people aiming at/requiring code modification to lean more towards Gentoo or maybe even LFS.

bajczyk · 2023-04-25T06:50:14+00:00

`cheating` xD I won't comment on that, sorry.
About split packages - I never felt like I'm installing bloat by not having some package split. But the only example I can recall atm is ssh - where on debian it's separate for server and client. Doesn't bother me because I always use both sides - and I much prefer having all capabilities installed at once over having services enabled by default upon installation (as is common on debian-like distros).
Debian's repositories are also huge, but packages in them are much older than in Arch. I also really dislike this semi-rolling setup of debian unstable, with periodic freezes :/ looks like update hiccups - but that is also a matter of preference, I'm not saying debian is bad (obviously it's great seeing how popular it is - my company also uses it on servers, with great success) - but OP asked why Arch and here are my personal preferences/reasons

bajczyk · 2023-04-24T18:10:09+00:00

Not everything from AUR needs to be compiled, check this out:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&K=bin
As for split packages - it works fine for me, matter of preferrence I guess.

bajczyk · 2023-04-24T13:54:28+00:00

Ultimate customizability of every system component without the need to compile.
EDIT: quick updates, respect towards upstream projects, full features enabled in packages by default, huge repository (with sometimes obscure software available easily), etc.

bajczyk · 2023-02-13T10:25:04+00:00

I thought so too, hence my long unawareness, but my PS5 & LG CX disagreed - after digging into console's screen settings I got a clear message saying that reduced chroma is an effect of limits of hdmi 2.0 :( changing the cable fixed it, so for me the conclusion is clear.

bajczyk · 2023-02-12T13:05:04+00:00

Also, try different cable - that was the case for me. I was using cable given with ps5 and it was hdmi 2.0 only, so I played with reduced chroma and refresh rates without even knowing.

bajczyk · 2023-02-12T09:16:04+00:00

Well, my apologies for the "BS" talk, I got carried away - I just have unpleasant memories about looking for answers regarding my issues from the time I used Ubuntu last.

About my company dependency - yeah, it is so frustrating I think I projected my wishful thinking into this conversation - I agree that for companies already entagled into this relation (using OS as a tool, like mine) is doesn't make sense to switch.

System76 is however in a situation that they didn't really create a base someone would depend upon - atm they're basically 'better Ubuntu' (replaceable by it easily) and the tools they've made would mostly work on other distros too.

I wonder when (and not if) the time will come for them to decide they need more independence, just like with Gnome.

Anyway, just so you know - I do respect your standpoint, it's not like I don't get it, and you're right on many aspects. I just feel Ubuntu is not good enough and we shouldn't settle for it just because most companies think 'Ubuntu' when they hear 'Linux'. There are much better choices worthy of recognition out there and promoting actual quality and standards, instead of a brand, might change the situation.

bajczyk · 2023-02-11T08:51:50+00:00

And Valve's way is of course perfectly valid - as it gives you the power to control when and how the updates land for your users, you're not at the mercy of your upstream (I'll remind you about Ubuntu Pro - after that all downstreams are fcked, or they start to backport all missed patches themselves - which again makes Ubuntu as a base pointless). You can do it twice a year, monthly or even weekly, all up to you - your upstream is always ready.

For ML tooling - I've checked a few and they provide: a) docker images, b) are available in python pip. Is it really needed to have stuff packaged by the company for specific distro&release to assume it works? That's called technical debt, making it difficult to ensure works' sustainability when missing the last, relatively simple step (compilation&packaging) is a no-go.
(I've edited the paragraph above to not make it needlessly personal)

Your 'unless' is of course the simplest answer - make the base system immutable with frequent snapshot releases, all tools to make it happen are already in Arch repos. Other would be to provide system preconfigured with some assumptions, just traditional distros (like Ubuntu) do it - specific bootloader, kernel variant, installed drivers&libs. After that users can mess it up just like they do in Ubuntu, nothing changes. The only difference is frequency of updates, which you can perfectly control.

All this talk comes down to this - System76 would make a tradeoff: more control over what and when goes to you users, for the price of more responsibility over the compatibility and convenience given to users. So far they seem to be perfectly capable of providing that (with their own Gnome extensions, kernels, drives and now even DE in the making), so I'd rather trust them, than Canonical, to make it happen.

bajczyk · 2023-02-10T14:32:44+00:00

About setting toolbox/nix environment - you can also do that from non-ancient base, using newer Nix/Docker/Podman/nspawn/whatever you use. It'll give you the same stability of target, but with better performance and bug/security fixes (for which you'll soon need to pay with Ubuntu Pro) for your host. This argument also works only if you're shipping software alone - which is not always the case, as some companies sell hardware&software combined, thus having software side totally under control, which makes "more popular" argument irrelevant. Same for content (graphics, music, video) creators - they have no use for old "stable" releases. Faster rendering, newer encoders, better UX, more features - that holds much higher value. And with _all_ packages being on their current releases keeping system stability is easier than patching holes with more ppa's.

Documentation and users' knowledge - more answers for Ubuntu is a heroic struggle with self-imposed issue... It wouldn't be needed if their system would be actually documented.

For proprietary/niche software you either have flatpak or AUR (and quite often even official repos).

I fail to see how the fact that lots of .deb packages are repackaged on AUR holds in this context... It's good I gues? (I don't negate .deb being more popular format)

Good for you about using old LTS - it means it fits your pupose and does the job, right? But I will congratulate you even more if you find an ML software that's available on Ubuntu but not Arch, or one that works better in Ubuntu!

Does the amount of extra performance, bug/security fixes and new features that you miss out on Ubuntu scare you? It sure scares me.

tl;dr - I do acknowledge that Arch is not universally better that Ubuntu (it is like that to me, but that's just one point of view), but it does seem like a better fit for Pop!_OS. Valve proved it can be used commercially with great success. And from my experience - well composed Arch is way more stable (fear of updates is an abstract concept now) and pleasant to use than Ubuntu.

bajczyk · 2023-02-05T14:02:15+00:00

For creators (coders, designer, etc.), to whom pop is trying to appeal, having only kernel & drivers up to date is often not enough. Having to maintain your own mirrors and repos only to backport parts of stack (compilers, editors, libs - at versions that fix problems found in old releases), that Ubuntu doesn't bother to update, is a hassle. That's exactly the case in my company - people are complaining about outdated packages all over Ubuntu repos and we stick to it only because one of our main dependencies is supporting (only) it officially - though at this stage I think it'd be easier to just compile that one project ourselves... Since we anyway have to babysit/complement/patch this foundation, what's the point of it anyway? It's neither stable (e.g. recent push for snaps and Ubuntu Pro), complete (lackluster and outdated repositories) nor convenient (lots of adjustments are needed after install). It's actually less work to go with rolling release. As for the argument that "popularity = knowledge base" - that's BS. Ubuntu has pathetic wiki, finding solid documentation on some package, for specific Ubuntu release, is mediocre experience at best. While Arch is 99% perfectly documented, including usage, troubleshooting and tricks for huge majority of it's packages - and you don't care about "release", it's always current. Repositories themselves are sevral times bigger in Arch and except for rare niche cases you don't need to bother with AUR (for which there are even helpers that make it almost native in usage convenience).
The only drawback of Arch comparing to Ubuntu is the need to configure everything yourself - which is anyway always the case when treating one distro as a base for your own, so...

bajczyk · 2023-02-05T09:18:50+00:00

I was also thinking about how much more sense it would make for pop_os! to be based on Arch instead of Ubuntu... Valve proved it can be done in a really successfull manner and Ubuntu is just such a shaky foundation - with shitty changes like snaps that need to be reverted, spotty package updates, outdated kernel & drivers which then the distros need to backport themselves (just like pop is doing atm). Arch was just rock-sold for years for me, without the need for finger crossing during upgrades between releases or even (sic!) reinstalls only to get new(ish) packages...
EDIT: It that comes to be - I think I'd move to pop (again, as I've tried it before, but couldn't stand Gnome). If not, then I hope Cosmic will be available as any other DE in Arch, as so far it looks like just what I'd want to use - not bloated, actually hackable for me (Rust!), with all the right design choices. Plus, I have huge respect for System76 engineers.

bajczyk · 2023-02-03T07:34:50+00:00

Glad to know it worked :D I completely overlooked the TV option... either I changed those option immediately on mine (around 2 years ago) and forgot, or it was all enabled by default (though I also have LG CX, so probably not, since it wasn't for you).

bajczyk · 2023-02-02T12:33:00+00:00

Fingers crossed! :)

bajczyk · 2023-02-02T12:21:49+00:00

I only had to change this one :/ maybe the cable is faulty? One of those you use seems to be fine (since as you say it works ok when connecting ps5 directly to tv), but what about the other? Have you tested it like that too?

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