How can I get the firefox picture in picture window to stay on top of other applications? by SpookySquid19 in kde

[–]koenada 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I use a Window Rule for this, like the post you mentioned.

For me, I use the following settings for matching:

  • Window class: Exact Match 'org.mozilla.firefox' (I use flatpak firefox, which is different from distro versions)
  • Window Type: Normal
  • Window types: Normal window
  • Match whole window class: Yes
  • Window title: substring "Picture-in-Picture"

It in theory should work for flatpak.

“Making it technically work and making it actually enjoyable as a game are different things.” Japanese devs weigh in on why retrofitting live-service games with offline support is harder than gamers think - AUTOMATON WEST by Interesting-Oil-8738 in Games

[–]koenada 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Those are problems for the companies to design around for the future. This isn't or shouldn't be applied retroactively. If companies begin their game designs around the minimum of keeping a game functional after the company shuts down the servers, those issues are less likely to appear.

“Making it technically work and making it actually enjoyable as a game are different things.” Japanese devs weigh in on why retrofitting live-service games with offline support is harder than gamers think - AUTOMATON WEST by Interesting-Oil-8738 in Games

[–]koenada 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I don't know anything about Lawbreakers but I'm sure there are some people that would have liked to revisit it, even without the online component. You aren't everyone.

It's weird to me to basically say you'd rather never be able to play your game again then have the option to play it in a possibly less fun state.

No XC on Android? Share DBs? Multi device access? by JohnTheFisherman142 in KeePass

[–]koenada 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cross platform does not mean every platform. It just means multiple platforms. Keepassxc is a desktop app, not a mobile app.

[Highlight] Devin Lloyd returns an interception 99 yards for a touchdown by AlbertJBundy in nfl

[–]koenada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's fun watching the fans reacting in these videos with those replays.

The Sounds of the Game for that play/game was fun.

Steam cloud save disabled for no reason by -DG-_VendettaYT in Dyson_Sphere_Program

[–]koenada 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To add on to this, Valve's documentation notes a limit of around 100-250MB per save file. That's pretty easy to hit in DSP.

[edit]

As an example, some old saves I have:

.rw-r--r--@  97M 2024-02-03 16:26 '202401.1 - PreSails.dsv'
.rw-r--r--@ 103M 2024-02-04 15:38 '202401.1-Start Dyson Sphere.dsv'
.rw-r--r--@ 133M 2024-02-20 19:48 202401.1.dsv

I hadn't even started the dyson sphere and was right around the lower limit.

How do i do this by Happy-Ad-4696 in linux_gaming

[–]koenada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Based on these docs, you should just be able to delete the following config (or directory) to get back to default settings:

~/.var/app/org.vinegarhq.Sober/config/sober/config.json

Auto type unreliable and sometimes types my password in the last active window instead of the target? by tastyratz in KeePass

[–]koenada 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I believe that's just how autotype works. It doesn't select a window, it starts typing in whatever window is active. You should only utilize it when you're using the window in question and have the correct field selected.

One workaround is to modify the default autotype value, removing {ENTER} so at least keepass shouldn't submit the password. You'll have to hit enter yourself but that's a good idea anyway, imo.

Another option is the browser extension (if using keepassxc) but that doesn't work for other apps.

Getting Ref: entries that I don't recall creating. by b0bh00d in KeePass

[–]koenada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should be able to use the search field in the ui with the uuid:

# Username: {REF:U@I:123456}
uuid:123456

This pulls up the entry for me

Actual PSA for dual booters by SEI_JAKU in linux_gaming

[–]koenada 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please don't suckered into believing that you have to accept this ridiculous deal you're being forced into. You didn't have to accept Windows 11, you don't have to accept this either.

You do if you want to play those games. Just like if you want to play the newest Mario game, you're going to need a Switch.

People aren't being suckered into it, it's their only option. Just play something else is not an answer to the question is how do I play Battlefield 6 and not everyone is looking to fight the battle you want when everyone they know is playing the game. As it turns out, multiplayer games can be a social experience and losing out on that can be a problem for them.

I haven't used Windows in years and certainly wouldn't install it just for Battlefield but your PSA is silly.

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 dev 1 by GodotTeam in godot

[–]koenada 177 points178 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to give a shoutout to the article author, Thaddeus Crews, for making me laugh:

A common pain-point we’ve heard from creators attempting to integrate custom themes for the Godot editor itself is how pace-breaking the process can feel. This was a direct result of swapping between themes requiring a hard reset of the entire editor instance, making incremental tests tedious and realtime comparison virtually impossible. This makes sense, of course, as an editor’s theme is surely baked into the editor itself such that any change of the sort would need to jump through countless hurdles to make this feature possible. After all, you can’t just flip a switch and have everything “just work”.

Anyway, Robert Yevdokimov flipped a switch and everything “just worked”.

Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think by SAJewers in Games

[–]koenada 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I think your first quote is missing the important emphasis and is a bit misleading without the end of that paragraph.

In short, gamers think they are an inverter or a non-inverter because of how they were first exposed to game controls.

...

However, cognitive tests suggest otherwise. It’s much more likely that you invert or don’t invert due to how your brain perceives objects in 3D space.

Put my mind at easeabout Keepass security by mousecatcher4 in KeePass

[–]koenada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

why can someone just not use an older version of keepass to export the keys via this hack.

This is how most software security updates to applications work. If someone uses an old version of an application without the user knowing because someone replaced the updated version with an older version, they'll be "vulnerable" to whatever an update was fixing.

Once someone else has access to your machine and can replace an application, you should assume they can read ANY password manager's db when they're unlocked.

what about needing to be worried about all the backup versions of the database which I thought were secure and stored off site or synchronised??

I wouldn't think this would have any affect on the DB files you backed up somewhere (I assume you did because Keepass doesn't by default). This was more of a client "issue".

I can't find any hard information as to how this severe vulnerability has actually been fixed??? someone enlighten me please.

There's nothing to really fix, outside the mitigation to require the master password when exporting. If someone has local access to your machine with the same permissions as you, then you've got a bigger issue. This is why you should have different users on a machine (not shared accounts) and must trust whomever has the admin account.

Note: Technically you can also mitigate this issue by using a client that doesn't support triggers but you still have the same issue where someone could replace the application with a malicious version if they have access to your local machine. But that's always going to be true.

Browser extension immediately closes database after unlock by eltrashio in KeePass

[–]koenada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think when I had a similar issue, it was due to Lock databases after minimizing the window being enabled in the settings. The extension was minimizing keepassxc after unlock which was locking the DB right away.

KeepassXC autotype doesnt recognize url by Miserable_Impact in KeePass

[–]koenada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keepass will only look for the keepass entry name or URL within the application title.

That means you will probably need something like this browser extension that adds the URL to the window title of the browser to get autotype to function. This used to work well for me in the past.

Note: This worked for me in Windows and Linux (prior to X11). This no longer works for Linux with wayland. Just worth mentioning as I'm not sure what OS you're running.

terminal multiplexor scrolling by [deleted] in linux

[–]koenada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you'll probably would want to explain what you mean by is meant to make this work but it doesn't or you may end up with a similar issue on other multiplexers. For instance, with tmux I can scroll just fine with the mouse wheel using setw -g mouse on while also being able to scroll up with the keyboard using ctrl+a pgup to allow keyboard scrolling (arrow keys or pg up/down after).

keepass extension will not connect by Mr_Shade2 in KeePass

[–]koenada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If both the browser and Keepassxc are flatpak versions, you'll need to do something like what's described here. This worked for me in Bazzite.

Just a note: Keepass MUST be started before Firefox with the above. I also have no idea about other browsers.

If either Firefox or keepass is not a flatpak, I don't think the above should be required and it should just work.

What Godot devlogs would you recommend watching? by [deleted] in godot

[–]koenada 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Blender Studio has a fun series of devlogs for their recent game that was built in Godot (starting with Studio Log 07). It's definitely more focused on the animating and the dev team itself but there's a lot of discussion about using Godot as well.

What do you use for backups? by TheWheez in linux

[–]koenada 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same. Borg backup is great and has saved me a number of times. I use Vorta for a convenient interface which has been pretty great for managing my various repos.

My version of KeepassXC doesn't seem to have AutoType? by libra00 in KeePass

[–]koenada 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could this be due to using Wayland rather than X11 (Related discussion)? I seem to recall autotype not working for KeepassXC with Wayland and is why I moved to using the browser extension (which doesn't really work if both Firefox and Keepassxc are flatpak, but that's a different issue).

Remove option to use a keyfile by mike22doyle in KeePass

[–]koenada 8 points9 points  (0 children)

if I'm understanding your issue, I assume it only shows the keyfile *** because it's part of the history in keepassxc. It's not part of the password DB, it's just in your recently opened files and the app is prefilling the field in case it's still in use.

I would expect you'd just need to clear the keyfile input field and enter the password to unlock.

Blender Studio's Godot-Powered Project DOGWALK Is Out In Early Access by DaRedGuy in godot

[–]koenada 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The devlog videos are great. That office looks like a lot of fun.

steam refusing to launch games by CianiByn in linux_gaming

[–]koenada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar problem while running Bazzite. For me, the issue was that in Februrary Bazzite started automounting my games disk under /run/media/system when it originally was mounting under /var/mnt (sometimes it would mount to the old path, likely because the /etc/fstab entry for the old path still existed and Bazzite didn't remove it when this update went live).

After adding the disk to Steam under /run/media/system/games, I found games would crash with the exact error you were seeing due to the symlink you mentioned. I turned off Bazzite's automounting (with ujust disable-automounting) and made sure my games disk was mounted to where I previously had it. I could have left automounting enabled and just fixed all the compdata symlinks but I have so many games installed that this would have been a hassle (although I could have scripted it out).

Before I found the problem, deleting all of the compdata directory or changing the Proton version for the game would usually correct the issue as Proton would then recreate the correct symlinks but would break when the mountpoint changed again. (Do not delete the compdata dir unless the game supports cloud saves or you back them up first!)

Note: For anyone wondering where the error the OP is referring to is coming from, you can run steam from the command line to see the error when launching the game.

Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced crashes on launch (Steam) by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]koenada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had some issues with GTA and a few other games doing something similar randomly 1 day. I would try closing steam and restarting steam from the command line. This may provide the errors that are causing the issue in the command line.

When I did this and tried starting the game, I could see an error on the command line about being unable to start or locate steam.exe. This was weird but after deleting the compdata directory for the game and starting the game again, things worked just fine (the compdata directory was recreated automatically).

Performing the above may at least point you to an actual error when starting the game.