Any advice in getting AOE4 to Run through Proton
Age of Empires 4 is the only game I have had trouble getting to run properly after my switch to Linux. On my Windows boot I can play at 100% scaling 1440P and get a solid 80fps with High settings...
When historians are trying to credit the invention of generative AI, they may have to hunt down that one social media post that started the "use only auto-complete to finish this sentence" trend.
How is the US able to instantly stop an attack from Iran but powerless when Israel attacks hospitals?
I’m missing something here. Admittedly, I’m making the assumption that blowing up hospitals is a bad thing to do.
Is rsync.net a good service for backups?
I’ve been playing around with the self hosted apps for quite a while and I got to the point where I’m happy about my local setup. Next step is to setup reliable offsite backup. I’m using borgbackup as a tool to manage my backups (so far only local backups). I’ve been looking for an affordable yet reliable service to...
There is someone who's the first and oldest member of gen Z, and they have absolutely no clue that's the case.
Good NAS Software for a Bad PC?
Up till now I’ve been running Debian on a 2008 Dell tower as my homeserver. I just got 2 1tb drives for it so I want to upgrade to an actual dedicated NAS software to simplify how I manage it. The problem is, I only have 4gb of RAM in it. Any recommendations?...
Looking for Russian and Ukrainian language learning materials
Is there any pirated copy of resources for learning two Slavic languages?
Looking for German learning resources.
Hello, I would like to learn German and i am seeking tools or resources to help me do it.
Dinosaurs were around before Saturn had rings.
Saturn’s rings are around 150 mio. years old.
Is it just me, or is packaging for Flatpak a nightmare?
I’m trying to package and publish a tool I’ve been working on, but for the life of me, I’m struggling with Flatpak....
Couch Gaming setups
So I switch between playing games from my desk and my couch. I have a long HDMI cable that runs from my desktop to my tv. before I would use a bluetooth keyboard and a bluetooth mouse when playing from the couch with a little table or with a xbox 360 controller....
Ubuntu renames files while exporting from google drive connected to "files"?
Ubuntu just started renaming files while exporting (sending over mail, KDE Connect, Whatsapp web). The folder is my google drive, connected to my google drive. Sometimes it looses its file ending/type as well. The file is called something like: “1Kfhgsji2rjfIS-fi3oo598nf8ajlfoi.pdf”...
Getting Started with Self Hosted LLM
I’ve been playing around with Ollama in a VM on my machine and it is really useful....
Gunfire and blaze at Moscow concert hall, reports say
Deaths and injuries have been reported after a gun attack at a concert hall near Moscow, Russian media say....
Portable monitor for steamdeck?
I am in need of some help. I’m trying to find a good portable monitor for my steamdeck. I don’t need it to be huge, 12inches minimum, but I’m not having much luck with my own research. I would like low latency, high refresh rate, and colors as close to the same as on the og LCD deck (which is what I have)....
"This generation is finished" --previous generation
What's the real world connection speed from your residential IP to your Server?
I’m using contabo and the VPS I got is advertised as 1 Gigabit. When I do a speedtest or use iperf3 to connect to public servers I get pretty close to 1 Gigabit. But from my residential IP the speed drops down to 100-250 Mbit/s. My home internet connection can handle 500 Mbit just fine....
Plasma 6: How to use HDR with games?
As the title asks, how does one actually use HDR for games after upgrading to Plasma 6?...
What's the state of the art for KDE Connect Clipboard Sync?
A couple of years ago with my old phone (running if I don’t remember wrong Android Pie) and my old laptop (running Manjaro KDE) I discovered KDEConnect and how it could enable a clipboard sharing feature similar to the one Apple provides between Macs and iPhones. It was great! Now, after having changed both my phone (now...
Most stuff you touch was super hot while being made
Suggestions for cheap enterprise grade hardware to run linux headless.
Basically what it says in the title. I did a lot of searching in Internet. I think small form factor computers are mt best bet. But I still feel they are costly for my purpose....
Do you have favorites or specific list preferences about trivial things like color or music?
I always feel awkward when asked my favorite color, song, or any other type of trivial question. I have my standard responses I remain consistent with over time, but they are only consistent lies. Are those types of questions fundamentally awkward to you too?...
Movies too dark in HDR?
Since KDE plasma 6 with hdr support came out recently, I decided to check how some of the hdr tagged movies I’d watched previously look with that. I was surprised to see that they are rather dark, even in scenes under direct sunlight. I ‘tested’ the brightness by opening the movie in hdr and sdr at the same time and...
VMWare black screen after installing all updates with Fedora Linux
So I’m trying to play around with Fedora in a VM with VMWare Workstation Player (v17.5.1) but I’m running into a problem I don’t know how to solve. I use the Fedora 39 1.5 ISO file which is the most current version that’s available for download and after installing it in the VM everything works fine. I setup the install...