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vortexal OP , 4 days ago

The closest thing I see to “clear packages” is “remove foreign packages”, is that it? For the mirror, am I supposed to change the Linux Mint mirror or the Ubuntu mirror? It’s telling me to change the Linux Mint mirror but you mentioned “Jammy”, so which one am I supposed to change?

vortexal OP , 4 days ago

I just saw your edit, the closest to “remove duplicate dependencies” is “remove duplicate entries”, is that it?

vortexal OP , 3 days ago

I’ll try that if the issue happens again because right now it seems to be working. Last night, I used the “Fix MergeList problems” option in the maintenance tab of software sources and that seems to have fixed it.

vortexal OP , 3 days ago

Right now it seems to be working fine, so I’ll try that later if I have issues again. Last night, I used the “Fix MergeList problems” option in the maintenance tab of software sources and that seems to have fixed it.

vortexal OP , 3 days ago

It seems to be working now, so I might not need to try that. Last night, I used the “Fix MergeList problems” option in the maintenance tab of software sources and that seems to have fixed the issue.

vortexal OP , 3 days ago

I might try that later if the issue comes back up. Last night, I used the “Fix MergeList problems” option in the maintenance tab of software sources and that seems to have fixed it. I did at the time think it was an issue with my HDD but disks wont let me check the filesystem because it can’t unmount a filesystem that is in use.

vortexal , 9 days ago

I think it’s that they always turn from full color to “black and red” when they get too stressful for me.

vortexal , 10 days ago

It’s been a while since I’ve played either Runescape or OSRS and my accounts were never upgraded to Jagex accounts, if I upgrade one of them to a Jagex account, is it possible to link my other account to that same Jagex account?

vortexal , 10 days ago

Ok thanks.

vortexal , 17 days ago

To name something that hasn’t been mentioned yet, ArcaOS, which based on OS/2. It supports modern hardware and in addition to some preinstalled software, it also has some compatibility layers to run software from other OSs.

vortexal , 17 days ago

Would it lick me clean or would I still have to wipe myself?

vortexal , 23 days ago

You could try Animus: Stand Alone, the android version isn’t available anymore but the PC, Xbox, Switch and iOS versions seem to still be available. It had a sequel called Animus: Harbinger but it seems like only the Switch and iOS versions are the only ones still available. There was also a third Animus game but Revenant is quite different from the first two.

Another game I can recommend is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. It was only ever available for the PS2 and Xbox but it’s gameplay, especially during bosses, is similar to dark souls.

vortexal , 27 days ago

Fake Gamer

I once saw a video where a guy was talking to his sister’s best friend about Fallout 3. He didn’t know how to leave the vault without killing the overseer and she said that she would only help him if he banged her.

vortexal , 27 days ago

I didn’t see anyone else mention this but, as someone who uses Linux Mint, if you are going to install software through the Software Manager, read the reviews for the app you want before downloading it. Linux Mint’s Software Manager is full of apps that are so outdated that some of them aren’t even compatible with the current version of Linux Mint. There are other issues as well, like how there are at least 20 different versions of Wine and most of them are very old versions. I’d understand if they want to keep legacy apps for the older, still supported, versions of Linux Mint but it can be confusing to use sometimes.

vortexal , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

I’ve forgotten the name but there was an “adult” MMO made for android devices that I played a while back. After I completed the tutorial, I was shown the announcements and it stated that the the game’s service was to end in about week.

I feel like I should have more but I can’t remember anything else.

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

RIght, I forgot that 64-bit binaries use more ram. And seeing that the 64-bit version does work fine with 1 GB of ram, in the off chance that there is something that should work but requires a 64-bit OS, I would still have the option to use the 64-bit version.

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

I was actually testing the trinity 64-bit version because it was the only version that had a live cd. I actually just downloaded the 32-bit version and I’m about to try it out.

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

On their website, it states that the minimum requirements for the OS are 256 MB, that’s what I was going off of. I even mentioned in my post that even if it was installable on a computer with 256 MB of ram that it would be pretty much useless.

Also, I just tested the 32-bit version and, like what another user stated, it does use less than 256 MB of ram, which means that their claim is right.

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

Did you not read the part of my post where I mentioned that I was planning on running this on an old computer that only has 1 GB of ram?

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

I’ve been looking into lightweight Linux distros on and off for a while now, so I have heard of LXQt. The only problem is that I have no experience with installing a desktop environment, so if there is a distro that can use it and it would use less ram than the 32-bit version of Q4OS (which is already less than 256 MB), I’d want a distro that has it preinstalled.

It would be easy if there was a list/database that contained a sort-able list of how much ram every distro used. But I’ve never found one, the closest was a list of lightweight distros on Wikipedia but that list is very outdated and is also missing a lot of distros.

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

I’m not familiar with Fedora, as I’ve only ever used Debian and Debian derivatives. I also can’t seem to find any information on the system requirements for the LXQt spin of Fedora. I may still check it out in the future because I don’t know if I will always stick with the Xfce edition of Linux Mint for my main computer, but right now I’m just looking for a Linux distro for my old computer and Q4OS seems to be fine.

vortexal OP , 1 month ago

The main reason I’m currently staying with Linux Mint is because it’s what I have installed and it works for me. I may switch to a different distro in the future but right now, I have no reason to. I’d also have concerns about software availability, which from what I’ve seen, Debian (and I think Arch to some extent) currently has the most software available.

Also, Xfce is currently in the process of adding support for Wayland. They have stated in their roadmap that they want full support for Wayland in version 4.20 and they are working on porting everything and making sure that everything works. You can read about their current progress here: https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap

vortexal , 2 months ago

I’d imagine so but I don’t currently listen to any artists that have done anything bad as far as I’m aware.

vortexal , 2 months ago

On a very old computer of mine, the “y” key was completely missing and I couldn’t replace it because the contacts were broken so I just use JoytoKey and a USB SNES controller.

I’ve also used a similar setup for navigating some image boorus but, for obvious reasons, I wont specify anything further.

vortexal , 2 months ago

I have an account for both but I don’t really use them. The only thing I’ve done on Matrix was upload a profile picture and the only thing I use Discord for currently, is just to keep up with the updates for AI Dungeon because for some reason they’ve decided that the patch notes shouldn’t be accessible in the actual game/website anymore and have moved them to a completely different platform.

I’d probably use them more but I haven’t found a Matrix chatroom that I would actually consider using and most of the Discord servers I’ve actually considered interacting with act like cliques.

vortexal , 2 months ago

I started using Lemmy a few years ago because of the blackout that happened then (the one that started because they hired a known pedophile apologist as an admin). When Reddit fired her and made what they considered an apology, I continued to use both just simply because I didn’t like the fact that their apology sounded like they were disappointed in the community for not supporting pedophilia.

When the second blackout happened (the one caused by the API changes) I didn’t support the statements that Spez was spouting about the app developers. At first I waited to see what their response was to the blackout but they, more specifically Spez, made it obvious that they didn’t care, so I deleted my Reddit account and started only using Lemmy.

vortexal , 3 months ago

Assuming you’re counting stories where the villain did very bad things for the purpose of a doing something good, there is an anime from 2005 called Speed Grapher.

vortexal , 3 months ago

There are three things, off the top of my head, that I can recall buying but either not using very much or not for it’s intended purpose. The first item is a portable bluetooth keyboard, I got it for the purpose of playing games on my android devices with it but the problem is that I haven’t found many games that actually even have keyboard support. The second item is a portable bluetooth mouse, it’s the same as the keyboard but with the additional issue of not working with my tablet for some reason. The third item is a DS flashcart, I forgot what it’s called but it’s the one from Datel and I had so many problems with it that I’ve been using it’s “Gigapack” for transferring small files between my two computers.

vortexal , 3 months ago

It’s been a while since I’ve had tea and it’s not fancy or anything but what I did was I would start off with either an unsweetened green or black tea bag (just whatever I had at the time) and steep it in twice as much water that was recommended on the box. After I removed the tea bag, I would then add a lemonade drink mix and either 1 packet of sugar for green tea or 2 packets of sugar for black tea.

I don’t remember any specific combinations of brands but I think I remember sweeter lemonades working better with green tea and tart lemonades working better with black tea. Just avoid True Lemon, I haven’t tried their other drink mixes but I remember the regular lemonade drink mix being terrible in tea.

vortexal OP , 3 months ago

I would try a direct install but as far as I can tell the only way to install simple64 is through flathub. Trying to install through apt just give an error saying it can’t find the package and the github page just links to flathub.

vortexal OP , 3 months ago

Simple64 isn’t a PPA, it’s downloaded from flathub and the github page only links to flathub. If you are seeing a PPA, it’s probably not real. Also, I’m not sure what to do with the information but that command gives me: libxapp1: Installed: 2.8.2+virginia Candidate: 2.8.2+virginia Version table: *** 2.8.2+virginia 500 500 http://mirror.team-cymru.com/mint-packages virginia/backport amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.2.8-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages

vortexal OP , 3 months ago

I’m not sure how to do that because I’ve never had this kind of an issue with flatpaks before. What am I supposed to do?

vortexal OP , 3 months ago

Ok but is there anything I can do to get simple64’s flatpak working or should I just move onto trying another N64 emulator?

vortexal OP , 3 months ago

Ok, I’m actually in the process of filling out the bug report right now.

vortexal OP , 3 months ago

I might try that later, I have tried another emulator that was able to run the game I had issues with.

vortexal , 4 months ago

I know it’s probably an odd choice, but ChromeOS. It has the potential to be not just a good starting point for new Linux users but also a distro that could allow Linux to be a lot more accessible to people who aren’t as technologically capable. The main problem is that, similar to android, Google prevents ChromeOS from being used as a proper Linux distro. Right now, it might be a good alternative to Windows and MacOS but as a Linux distro, it’s just not worth using. Especially considering that Linux already has some options available for running android apps, such as Waydroid, that work pretty well.

vortexal , 4 months ago

Have they ever? ChromeOS’s original “app store” was just Chrome’s extension store. It’s been awhile since I’ve checked but Google doesn’t (or at least didn’t) officially support running android apps in ChromeOS Flex. Instead of focusing on getting more apps running on ChromeOS, they’re actively working on Google Play Games for Windows (which also hurts android). For which I think I saw that there are games that work in Google Play Games but they don’t work in ChromeOS for some reason. I’d imagine that there are a lot of other weird things but it’s been a while since I’ve actually used it.

It’s just one of those things where, ChromeOS has the potential to be a good competitor to Windows and MacOS (and maybe even a good Linux distro) but for some reason Google does nothing with it to make it worth using and actually seems to be actively harming it.

vortexal OP , 5 months ago

I tried that a few hours ago and it didn’t seem to do anything. But I just tried it again and got this message “Failed to request new MokSB state”.

vortexal OP , 5 months ago

Ok so it turns out that I got that error message because I forgot to use sudo, but it still didn’t disable MOK. However, as I stated in the update in my post, I was able to get around MOK with my password and I’m currently reinstalling Mint.

vortexal , 5 months ago

I do what I can to just ignore it. Sure, I don’t have a lot and my life is pretty shitty but I always remember that someone somewhere else probably has it significantly worse. Also, while I know it’s morbid to think like this, I know that if things get really bad, there will always be a way out.

vortexal OP , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

I know you wont understand where I’m coming from so I wont bother explaining it. If I need another storage device than I’ll just have to wait until next year to get another storage device.

Edit: I don’t understand why I’m getting downvoted but it proves to me that I made the right choice in not explaining my situation.

vortexal OP , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

I don’t think I can use that mostly because my internet package has a data cap and I don’t want to risk exceeding that.

Also, I know it’s not really the time or place for this type of discussion but I’ve noticed recently (within the last few months) that for some reason the Lemmy community has changed. I don’t know if anyone else feels that way but it sometimes seems like some users are unnecessarily hostile/judgemental towards me. I wont say anything more because once again, this is not the time or the place but Lemmy wasn’t like this when I first started using it over two years ago.

vortexal OP , 5 months ago

Assuming I’m using it correctly, it doesn’t seem to be working for me. It sees the partitions but then it says that they can’t be recovered. But it’s weird because it’s for some reason saying that there is two unreadable partitions called “ms data”, which unless it’s referring to some partitions that were deleted when I install Ubuntu, I have no idea what they are supposed to be.

vortexal OP , 5 months ago

I don’t know how to do any of that first part. All of the data on the drive is replaceable, it’s just going to be very tedious and time consuming. I’m currently trying one other method and I think after I’m done with that, that I’m just going to skip trying to recover the data. I had some other plans for what I wanted to do with this device and I think trying to recover the data isn’t worth it at this point.