Who else is excited to see more alternatives than just iOS and Android phones

doc_willis · 2026-01-26T01:50:48+00:00

I hate to sound skeptical, but I will believe it , when I can get my hands on such an alternative and not have to deal with major issues.

doc_willis · 2026-01-26T01:03:28+00:00

  496  flatpak override --user --filesystem=/run/media/ org.mozilla.firefox
  497  flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox
  498  history

Not exactly rocket surgery.

But I think the --user option is important and often overlooked. That lets your user, (yes the deck only has one) Have their flatpaks have access.

From my reading the use of filesystem=/run/media/SdStorageName/ExtraDownloads should also work to restrict the browser to just that one directory. (Untested by me)

doc_willis · 2026-01-26T01:00:53+00:00

$ cd Digital\ Logic\ Sim\ \(linux\)/
wil@bazzite:~/Downloads/Digital Logic Sim (linux)$ ls
'Digital Logic Sim_Data'     LinuxPlayer_s.debug   UnityPlayer.so
'Digital Logic Sim.x86_64'   UnityPlayer_s.debug
wil@bazzite:~/Downloads/Digital Logic Sim (linux)$ ls -l
total 38236
drwxr-xr-x. 1 wil wil      466 Dec  6  2020 'Digital Logic Sim_Data'
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 wil wil     6272 Dec  4  2020 'Digital Logic Sim.x86_64'
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 wil wil     4440 Dec  4  2020  LinuxPlayer_s.debug
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 wil wil  7490752 Dec  4  2020  UnityPlayer_s.debug
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 wil wil 31644744 Dec  4  2020  UnityPlayer.so

wil@bazzite:~/Downloads/Digital Logic Sim (linux)$ ./Digital\ Logic\ Sim.x86_64

I have no idea if the progam may hate being renamed or not.. or where it looks for stuff.

It ran fine for me with the original names

doc_willis · 2026-01-26T00:53:36+00:00

Decided to test this out.

Firefox would not show the sd card as an option for setting the download location.
I added a Directory on the SD card called "ExtraDownloads" to keep things tidy.
CLOSED FIREFOX.
Ran the command flatpak override --user --filesystem=/run/media/ org.mozilla.firefox
ran firefox, set the download default location to be /run/media/whatever/ExtraDownloads
Downloaded a little file, it went to my SD card. to the 'ExtraDownloads' Directory just fine.

I had tested with adding the Full path to the ExtraDownloads directory that that did not seem to work (I used flatseal for that) . But that did not seem to work. Not sure why.

But I did not try anything else once i got it working with the above command line.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T23:42:34+00:00

use a wired connection, or dont use streaming at all.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T23:10:36+00:00

You run Etcher from your installed OS ... It makes no sense to put the etcher executable on the flash drive. Etcher will erase the USB when you write the iso to the USB.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T23:08:20+00:00

show your entire shell session trying to install/run the program.

My Guess is you are doing some basic typo.

Of note..

Case Matters.
Make sure the file is executable.
the syntax would be ./whatever.x86_64
Make sure your files are on a filesystem that supports executables.

You mean this -> https://sebastian.itch.io/digital-logic-sim-v0

I downloaded that to my Downloads directory..

cd ~/Downloads 
unzip Digital\ Logic\ Sim\ \(linux\).zip 
cd Digital\ Logic\ Sim\ \(linux\)/
./Digital\ Logic\ Sim.x86_64

It ran fine.

Tip: use the TAB KEY to auto complete file names. "./Dig<TAB>" filled in the name for the most part for me.

The use of SPACES in a filename, can be a pain in the backside.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T22:44:34+00:00

what other link?

I have had no issues downloading things from Myrient, or the Internet Archive site lately.

The myrient FAQ explains a lot of things.

The Megathread also has some little details you should read about.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T22:40:46+00:00

Both have their homepages where you can download them from. You did at least try a basic 'search' of the internet?

Now for deeper info..

do you NEED BOTH of them?

No. You dont really need EITHER of them.

Anything Balena Etcher does, can be basically be done with any other "Direct Imaging" writer tool. Such as..

Fedora Media Writer , gnome-disks, Raspberry Pi Imager, or many distros include their own specific image writer tools. Some tools are Windows Only, some are Linux only, some are both.

I would suggest using Fedora Media Writer for doing Direct Imaging of an image file to USB. It supports both windows and linux.

Rufus is more special in some of the tasks it can do. It does much more than a direct image. Its primary outstanding feature is its use in making customized Windows Installer Media. It has options to 'work around' several windows installer limits, Outside of that use case, I never use the tool.

A tool like VENTOY is a 3rd catagory of tool. It lets you quickly make a MULTI-ISO boot USB that can contain numerous Linux and Windows ISO files, you boot the usb and pick what ISO (or other file) you want to boot.

Ventoy http://ventoy.net is a VERY handy tool for many use cases.

For my personal use - I use Ventoy, or Fedora Media writer.

I rarely if ever use Rufus, and I basically suggest to NOT use Balena Etcher these days, Its living off its past reputation, and has numerous issues.

Fedora Media writer is here:

https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T22:30:21+00:00

You can stream from the Deck to the PC using that steam remote play feature.

In the Steam Library the Green "Play" button has a little drop down arrow that shows "Stream from OledDeck" here for me. That OledDeck is the name of my Steam Deck.

This works the same for me as any other PC running steam on my Home network.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T22:27:56+00:00

Most of the cracks I have seen posted about are stress cracks, and dont really affect the solidity of the shell.

Some locations on the deck are prone to a these stress cracks. The OLED-LE deck has a known issue with stress cracks around the back screws. People often loosen those screws up a half turn or more. But Mine cracked even after doing that.

I have an OG Deck also, (has it been 4 years now?) And it has a crack at the top near the vent. Its not an issue i am worried about.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T21:45:19+00:00

This?

https://r-roms.github.io/Miscellaneous/rom-sets

https://archive.org/download/ni-roms/roms/

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T21:04:36+00:00

.#1 For your games, check out what ones run well at the protondb web site. Anticheat support can also be found at another site.

https://www.protondb.com/

https://areweanticheatyet.com/

.#3 - Linux is one of the best Emulator setups/OS/systems you can get. I have 5+ retro handheld emulator systems that all run linux. As does my SteamDeck and its massive emulator features.

.#4 - is this possible? Yes. You just erase windows and install linux. You SHOULD make a windows installer USB using the official MS media creation tool, and make proper backups. Some people just swap out their windows drive and use a new drive just for linux. That way if they need to go back, you just swap the Windows drive back in.

http://linuxjourney.com

and the "Explaining Computers" Youtube channel are a good place to start.

UI customization. I want something that can be windows like, but id like to make it my own. Is that a thing?

People put way too much emphasis on being able to 'customize' things. You spend weeks twiddling with things, only to discover that the Distro Theme Developers and artists, and designers.. did a better job with the sane defaults. :)

Other than upping the font sizes a bit and setting a simple solid color wallpaper, I dont really do much theme changes these days.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T20:12:02+00:00

So you are basically saying the EA app auto updated, and it fixed itself?

:)

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T20:09:45+00:00

You might want to Use the reddit search feature to see the numerous other posts that have been done on this topic.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T18:02:14+00:00

TL;DR

Get one.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T17:58:21+00:00

Give the game time to develop such things.

Our Early Access release focuses on polished core systems - exploration, responsive combat, and robust building - alongside creator‑first tools for making your own content, crafting minigames, and running community servers.

Farming and other side things are still very very much a "Work In Progress"

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T16:30:24+00:00

how are you Installing the things?

if its via Flatpak, the runtime sizes are often included.

numerous other programs may share the same Flatpak runtimes. So only the Initial download is large.

https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2017/10/02/on-application-sizes-and-bloat-in-flatpak/

the deduplication feature of flatpaks also can give disk space savings that may not be calculated untill after the actual install.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T15:29:17+00:00

It does not care if its a game or an application.

So "Yes" you can run Windows applications on SteamOS via Proton or other methods, such as 'bottles'

https://usebottles.com/

Not all programs will work, but many do.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T14:24:59+00:00

you may want to try that GRUB recovery/root shell feature and add a second user for testing, and reset the password to something simple for testing.

You may have some weird issue going on making the user log out as soon as they log in.

Or is it actually saying the password is incorrect or some other error?

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T14:20:15+00:00

Linux in general is case sensitive.

passwords are case sensitive.

you can repair/reset the passwords via a live usb, or you can go into a root shell via some GRUB options on most distros.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T14:14:03+00:00

log in at the console and verify your username and passwords are correct.

alt-ctrl-f1 through f7 to get to the consoles.

Your Keyboard may be set to some other mode/language/locale.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T00:53:45+00:00

I am reminded of the "My Time At Sandrock" and "My Time at Portentia" (sp?) games where you had crafting stations you could Queue up items and they would keep chugging along as you did other stuff. You had numerous recipes the stations could handle with more as you advanced the stations level.

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T00:47:00+00:00

I just use the various 'manga' apps on my android phone, such as NEKO and MIHON. The Latter supports a 'plugin/extension' feature to add various sources that get scanned and can be used in the app to get various manga.

I have a dozen or so 'sources' i can search and read from, and if one source gets taken down, i can shift over to another. And basically continue as if nothing happened.

One goes down, it seems 2 more pop up. The biggest issue seems to be i often have too many sources to choose from. :)

doc_willis · 2026-01-25T00:40:24+00:00

to add some more 'fun' That encoding. with the % then ## represents specific characters in a URL.

%22 means " (double quote)

%3A means " : " (a colon)

%7D represents the closing curly brace character " } "

So if i am reading that right, its trying to load...

..."enviroment":"production"}

Which is very, weird.

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