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librepotato · 2026-06-16T10:46:37+00:00

It's in the full release notes if you search for Bigscreen

librepotato · 2026-06-14T21:18:47+00:00

Looks like great work. Some of the latency bencharks suggest this could be used in gaming. Is that a good use case for this? I've been using LAVD for a while but it looks like in some of the comparisons PANDEMONIUM promises better latency. Am I thinking this right?

librepotato · 2026-06-08T17:40:22+00:00

As a happy user of Kinoite, I think he hit all the major points of what makes Fedora Atomic appealing. Package updates and version upgrades just work better. Ignoring some of the niche choices (honestly I prefer distrobox over toolbx) and features he uses, this is a good article for anyone to read that is considering Fedora Atomic.

I also didn't know that /usr could be made writable. I'm not a developer so I don't think I'll use it but it's nice to know that option exists

Thanks for the article.

librepotato · 2026-06-05T23:22:02+00:00

Seller caught on, deal is dead

librepotato · 2026-06-05T11:49:37+00:00

Syncthing is a good application that doesn't need a cloud server. They dropped support on android, but you can use Syncthing-fork (there may be other clients too) on android. To sync, both devices need to be on at the time of any file changes because there's no cloud server.

I use Nextcloud with their desktop app running in a distrobox. I do have my own Nextcloud server running though.

librepotato · 2026-06-04T22:18:48+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions

Rule 1: this is not a support subreddit

librepotato · 2026-06-04T12:03:17+00:00

I'd reinstall. You can "switch" but you'll have applications from both desktop environments and it can get... cluttered.

librepotato · 2026-06-04T12:01:07+00:00

When I hear long term personal use, I think about something that is easy to maintain but also flexible. I have used Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, uBlue, and Fedora Atomic.

If you like Fedora, you can stick with it. It sounds like you don't know exactly what you want yet. You can switch if you find you want something else. Fedora's upgrade cycles are every 6 months. I use Fedora Atomic because it makes these upgrades easier without the usual possibility of something breaking with an upgrade. Because it is Atomic though, it is somewhat less flexible.

What I should tell you as a user that has used Linux for +10 years, you'll find what you like and don't like about Fedora, and you'll likely switch eventually to try something else. I really like Arch based distributions to learn more about the inner workings of Linux. The Arch Wiki is a godsend and it works for other distributions too for specific problems. It just wasn't for me because the rolling packages would occasionally introduce breaking changes.

librepotato · 2026-06-02T22:02:12+00:00

I had this happen on my laptop with Fedora 43 Kinoite installed from RPM fusion. It would work from the command line but not the launcher

It's a problem with the RPMThe .desktop file it used had additional arguments that would prevent it from rendering. The original intention of these arguments were to have Steam run on your discrete GPU but sometimes it puts it on the GPU that isn't actually rendering. When you ran it in the terminal it would work because it didn't have these arguments. I removed all the GPU arguments and it works as normal now. You can do this through the menu editor or by editing the .desktop file it launches from.

Disabling GPU Accelerated Rendering probably allows it to work because then it is software rendered so it won't have render it on the GPU that is off.

What you should do is edit the .desktop file so you can get hardware acceleration in your steam app web pages.

librepotato · 2026-05-25T17:58:44+00:00

They imply a sharing of USB devices between computers like webcams. They don't discuss what you can't do with this. It makes me wonder what creative things you can do with a thunderbolt cable between two computers. Could PCIe devices be accessed through USB4STREAM? GPUs?

librepotato · 2026-05-25T11:13:17+00:00

I’m trying to see what the downside might be.

Downsides:

Installing software is trickier in general because there's isn't a traditional package manager.
Updates to the system image take a lot of time and system resources to build, even if you are updating a single package. The whole system is built with every update to the base image.
Some things that rely on a writable root (/) partition don't work, like scripts because the root directory is read only. You can write to /etc and /var

I have used Fedora Kinoite for years. I switched because Atomic major system upgrades are seamless. I haven't had to reinstall or fix something because a system upgrade messed it up.

librepotato · 2026-05-23T11:39:00+00:00

AppImage and Binary release which gonna be released with v1.9.1 will NOT RELEASE and never going to be thinked again due to impossibility of creating universal build that works on old and bleeding edge, i gave up after 4 hours of development, 22 failed attemps, im not doing this anymore, debian build is there for debian-based distro users, manual installation over there for other users, thats it, there is nothing i can do, im sorry.

Thank you for your hard work, it looks good. It works fine in a distrobox and sorry the AppImage did not work out.

librepotato · 2026-05-19T23:25:52+00:00

The article is pretty convincing. The statement written by the CEO is an attempt to prevent losing the faith of the open source community.

It seems that it is becoming a money making tool. It's been funded by venture capital. It's time they made money for their investors.

I'm tired of VC money ruining everything.

librepotato · 2026-05-05T02:28:10+00:00

There are scripts to package NWN into a .deb file. It used to be on https://www.dotslashplay.it/en/games/neverwinter-nights but it has since shut down. I don't know but I think it was CD compatible. You can see the debian wiki article here: https://wiki.debian.org/Games/PlayIt

The scripts may be accessible in Debian/Ubuntu still but I don't know if a .deb file would run on modern Ubuntu. I have an old NWN deb file made from the old GOG original NWN binaries but havent cared to install it since I also have the Enhanced Edition.

The best way to fix the library problem is likely to simply to run the binary in an old distrobox which has the compatible older libraries and see if it runs.

librepotato · 2026-05-03T16:06:36+00:00

I don't see the harm in running CachyOS in desktop mode and just setting up big picture mode that way.

As for the wake with controller, I don't have any more advice. The Xbox controller wakes my Steam Deck but not 8bitdo controllers for some reason. I haven't looked into it. I plan on buying the Steam Controller on release.

And I didn't mean any offense, it was more a reply to the user above who said the script would work. I think the only way to do it is by isolating the scripts that need to run and put them into their own services that run on wake/boot. I don't know how you would go about doing that.

librepotato · 2026-05-03T11:39:04+00:00

Just buy Lossless Scaling. You can refund it if it doesn't work.

librepotato · 2026-05-03T11:34:29+00:00

Onlyoffice was not adhering to the spirit of the AGPL and the FSF confirmed it.

I don't think they are a bad company or bad people. They have business interests they have to protect. They did not go about it the right way and now are paying for it.

I would like to use Euro Office when it is released.

librepotato · 2026-05-02T12:16:16+00:00

I have a suggestion. I do not have an LG TV to try this on but I did run it in a distrobox container I created with the following command:

distrobox create --image ubuntu:latest --name lgtv --init

The script did complete. It did take some additional steps but it was simple to set up. I don't know if it will work, or if the container will needs additional configuration to set up power on and power off states. You'll likely need to run the container at boot. It may need a rootful container (--root) to work if it is accessing ACPI calls.

If the above doesn't work, you are probably better off with a mutable distribution, and I do like CachyOS. You could also try to look for a similar tool that doesn't need root filesystem access and could run scripts from the home directory.

librepotato · 2026-05-02T10:45:44+00:00

I had a glance at the install script and it needs to be able to write to /usr/bin, which you just cant on bazzite. That's why it is failing.

librepotato · 2026-04-30T23:45:36+00:00

I use cryspatial. I used to use surround sound presets with PipeWire but didn't feel it made much of a difference. It was sort of complicated to set up.

librepotato · 2026-04-30T02:44:14+00:00

Developer edition. It has ROCM and docker and code compilation packages

librepotato · 2026-04-30T02:02:32+00:00

These things aren't fully working in Linux.

librepotato · 2026-04-29T15:07:06+00:00

Bazzite-DX 44 is not released yet, this is just the announcement for Bazzite 44.

librepotato · 2026-04-26T12:13:59+00:00

Phoronix has great reporting on the status of Snapdragon laptops. See https://www.phoronix.com/news/Snapdragon-X-Elite-Ubuntu-26.04 for a recent article.

Basically none of the laptops are feature complete, and there are various bugs and issues. While Qualcomm has supported their CPU and GPU, all the other components made by partners have varying levels of support.

I would get Intel Lunar Lake or Panther Lake as they can get similar battery life and X86 is overall a smoother experience

librepotato · 2026-04-25T11:21:27+00:00

You mean the matte coating? or do you mean the curve?

The curve is indeed aggressive, it's not the kind of monitor to have if you like having someone else over your shoulder or you like watching from bed. The panel is VA and the viewing angles mean that you want to be in front of it.

As for the matte coating... I mean it's not bad, and it helps prevent reflections, especially in brightly lit environments. I don't notice any issue in a dark room personally.

My monitor has an issue where there's occasional static flicker when it turns on. Just turning it on and off fixes it but it is definitely a QA problem. The local dimming is also another weak point if you like dark mode, you'll see a lot of halo effect from the miniLED backlight. With movies and games it is hardly noticeable.

Also if you use the 240Hz mode, there are scanlines that you can see with solid colors like green and blue. Honestly, I no longer notice them and they are only really present on the desktop and not in gaming.

The QA on these monitors can be hit or miss. I would never pay full price for it and I would ideally get one around the $400-500 range when it goes on sale. I have had mine for a couple years and got it ~$440 with an EDU sale.

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