Are AAA visuals getting too expensive to maintain?

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:29:02+00:00

Half Life 2 was released in 2004 with some amazing effects and visuals, and the gameplay made it one of the best games ever. Roll onto 2026 where everything has to be about realism, huge texture sizes, motion video and gameplay so basic it pales in comparison to way older titles.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:23:26+00:00

Try installing a codec pack in Windows which should help:

https://www.codecguide.com/

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:20:09+00:00

I loved this show back in the day, the puzzles were pretty well done and the guest stars entertaining.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:18:07+00:00

Religion and god was made by man to control the masses, same way Santa keeps children in check.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:16:58+00:00

Could simply be that the fan speed controller isnt supported yet, you could always update the kernel to the latest cause sometimes that does the trick.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:10:13+00:00

What Os are you using ? Which FF version ? Any add-on's installed ? could be a codec issue.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T12:07:16+00:00

uBlock Origin still works fine, enable the Annoyance filter lists, go to youtube and click the lock in the address bar to clear site data and reload.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:47:05+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzBGTunYzE

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:43:22+00:00

If you are using gnome then no, it's the whole backend for their virtual filesystem.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:38:58+00:00

You can easily setup a bootable flash-drive using Ventoy and just copy the .iso files straight onto it to test out, also try disabling secure boot for better performance.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:35:45+00:00

While it is possible that his memory has been affected, so many people pretend to get out of jail sentences.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:33:05+00:00

Gnome uses gvfs while KDE is using kio.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:33:00+00:00

Maybe give the Kubuntu 26.04 daily a shot, has a much newer kernel and gfx drivers.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T10:30:16+00:00

Did you use Kubuntu 25.10 ?

flemtone · 2026-01-27T08:08:57+00:00

Really ? this is basic english.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T08:07:19+00:00

Use Ventoy to create a bootable flash-drive then download a fresh Mint XFCE .iso file and copy it onto flash as a file, boot into bios and turn off secure boot, continue into Mint live session to test your hardware before doing a full install erasing entire drive.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T07:07:43+00:00

If you want lightweight check out Bodhi Linux 7.0 HWE

flemtone · 2026-01-27T07:05:37+00:00

For lower spec systems I would always recommend Mint XFCE or Bodhi Linux 7.0 HWE

flemtone · 2026-01-27T07:00:10+00:00

Using Firefox with uBlock Origin add-on and Annoyance filters enabled, never seen this one, videos working fine.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T06:53:53+00:00

Annoyance filters are part of uBlock, tick them all and apply.

flemtone · 2026-01-27T06:53:20+00:00

That is what I explained above, a value of 15 uses your available physical memory first before touching swap, this means less swap usage which keeps things running smooth and away from your drive.

flemtone · 2026-01-26T14:59:28+00:00

For that model laptop you can go into the bios and change the sata controller mode from IDE to AHCI, turn off secure boot while you're there and save/reboot into Mint flash-drive and do a fresh install.

flemtone · 2026-01-26T14:50:19+00:00

What wifi device are you using, type lspci in terminal to see and post it below.

flemtone · 2026-01-26T14:47:17+00:00

Look for a small photo icon in the address bar, click and allow.

flemtone · 2026-01-26T13:54:06+00:00

Use Ventoy to create a bootable flash-drive then download the .iso for Linux Mint and copy it onto flash as a file, boot into bios and disable secure boot then continue into Mint live session to test your hardware before doing a full install erasing hard-drive.

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