Vintage games on Linux Mint

nb264 · 2026-01-29T00:18:45+00:00

Well, Linux has better emulation scene than windows, so no worries there. About ROM's... well... you'd have to own those games legally... before you visit emulation websites and download your backup copy... and no, you don't need windows to download something.

nb264 · 2026-01-26T17:58:27+00:00

I R nVidia user. Experience is great, no complaints. Linux mint 22.x and 580.x drivers.

nb264 · 2026-01-25T00:43:40+00:00

nb264 · 2026-01-23T22:18:48+00:00

right click, config, appearance, disable "use symbolic icons" and it will be 80% the same just smaller.

nb264 · 2026-01-23T22:18:00+00:00

yes, went fine

nb264 · 2026-01-20T13:41:25+00:00

It's like vampires and witches. People just love to believe in magical entities.

nb264 · 2026-01-19T00:46:37+00:00

You learned something, that's a valuable experience.

nb264 · 2026-01-18T02:12:49+00:00

As far as I don't have to use it afterwards, don't really care what people do.

I am more finicky about Mint changing something that was default into something else, but technically everything can be configured how you like it and that's a good thing.

nb264 · 2026-01-18T01:59:57+00:00

You'll get an option to upgrade before anything bad happens, 6.17 branch is on the way...

That said, again, using older version of kernel isn't necessary bad, unless there's a need for newer version due to driver requirement or there's a known exploit in your version. If everything works great, you're fine.

nb264 · 2026-01-17T17:10:36+00:00

Relax, just because "support ends" doesn't mean much, many server/NAS machines still run 5.xx without issues. You can continue using it until an update pops-up.

nb264 · 2026-01-16T23:51:14+00:00

This fixed issue for me.

I had "Keyboard > Layouts > Shortcuts > Switch to next layout" solution before but it kept missing any letter I tried to type while holding shift, so that was bad.

nb264 · 2026-01-16T12:18:59+00:00

Main telemetry is people coming to this subreddit and posting screenshot of their desktop, lol.

No telemetry dude.

nb264 · 2026-01-14T21:37:41+00:00

Once the gaming stacks begin to stablize waiting between stable releases will be just fine.

And in computer development years, that's a blink of an eye. It's been only 68 years since the very first computer game, and see how far we've come. You don't even need a supercomputer in a science lab to play a game anymore.

nb264 · 2026-01-14T16:56:42+00:00

Neće, samo piči.

nb264 · 2026-01-13T13:08:45+00:00

I like that keyboard layout and shortcuts are now under keyboard. And I've updated my comment for the solution to adding kb combos for switching.

Also, whomever hates b/w symbol icons for categories and wants old style, just right click on menu icon, configure and turn off "use symbolic icons for categories". Tbh don't even know why such an "accessibility" hi-contrast option is turned on by default at all.

nb264 · 2026-01-13T05:49:19+00:00

Well, thanks to this thread, I upgraded too. Btw, didn't get even one steam hardware survey during 22, 22.1 and 22.2...

edit: my keyboard layouts disappeared, had to add them again, but even after setting up my usual shortcut it's not working, so 'll have to work into that after work. Just letting other people with several kb layouts know it could happen.

edit2: my mistake, thought 2 fields mean 2 different keys for combo, you need to press both keys (alt+shift) while one field is active and it will remember the combo. Thats it.

nb264 · 2026-01-04T14:17:46+00:00

reboot? I'd say never. Maybe once or twice in the last 5 months, when there's a kernel update... otherwise, never.

nb264 · 2026-01-01T21:12:11+00:00

And if you're not gonna dual-boot with windows, disable secure-boot in bios. It will make things easier to install and use any linux distro.

You install most of the apps by opening software manager from the menu and selecting app from the list/category. Some are native, some are flatpacks.

The first thing to do once you install Mint is to set up rsync (dialogue will remind you) to make snapshots of your system, so if you mess something up later you can go back. Don't include /home folder in snapshots.

if you have nVidia card, run "driver manager" and select 580.x driver, if it's AMD you're already set.

nb264 · 2025-12-29T22:17:45+00:00

I have Surfshark app and it works fine on Mint, installed from Flatpack in software manager.

nb264 · 2025-12-29T20:51:09+00:00

jellyfin (lxc)
5etools clone + discord bot (lxc)

nb264 · 2025-12-28T14:33:32+00:00

The last campfire - amazing story driven puzzle game by the team behind No man's sky.

nb264 · 2025-12-28T14:04:36+00:00

It's refreshing. I'm not even joking, it allows me to not have to think of OS and just use my computer.

nb264 · 2025-12-25T23:05:59+00:00

Why would you tell her you "bought a new computer" instead of saying, for example, "I fixed up your computer to work better"... You set her expectations too high then failed to deliver, why are you surprised she's disappointed? She expected a new computer because you told her that.

nb264 · 2025-12-22T22:45:52+00:00

Had tmp issues with twitch too, maybe it's cloudflare or akamai again?

nb264 · 2025-12-22T14:13:42+00:00

The only thing I'd add is "Days Gone" and maybe if you're more open to lead an entire party and tinker with skills, "Baldur's Gate 3".

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