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How to install a default collection of tools when upgrading / reinstalling in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
[–] ackthxbye 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Alright fine, forget about the upgrade. Let's say I put together my system tomorrow. I find my preferred Audio Player, Browser, Password Manager and a couple of other things. In 10 years I want to move to a new computer, how do I get all of these things over on the new system without reinstalling the tools manually.

How to install a default collection of tools when upgrading / reinstalling in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
[–] ackthxbye 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Clumsy? How?

A flat list of 100 packages seems kinda clumsy, I was thinking there must be a way to a file to the package manager, but at least for dnf I didn't find anything on the manpage.

Oh, and you don’t need to reinstall soft while upgrading adequate Linux distros.

Well realistically I'll switch around a bit before finding "my" distro. And considering how I have no idea what I'm doing I'd prefer a clean install when switching.

set up Unity Mod Manager in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 4 points 1 week ago

Right, turns out reading the documentation helps. Thank you!

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set up Unity Mod Manager (self.linux_gaming)
 

Games I like tend to be written in Unity, or at least they were in the past. And usually I like to mod them.

How do I correctly set up Unity Mod Manager on Linux? Does it make a difference if the game comes from Steam or GOG?

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How to install a default collection of tools when upgrading / reinstalling (self.linux4noobs)
 

I'm getting ready to switch but there are a few things that I could not figure out how to do optimally. Here's one of those, maybe you can help me with that:

For the past 30 years on Windows when I found a new application I wanted to use I put it in D:\Tools. Almost all applications don't actually need to be installed even if they are only distributed in an installer. That meant that to move my tool collection to a new computer I pull out the D-Drive, mount it in the new computer as D and I'm instantly ready to go.

On Linux there are 2 scenarios flatpak or traditional Package Manager distributions.

For flatpaks putting them on a specific drive seems easy enough.

But how do I handle applications that are not (yet?) available as a flatpak? I tried Nix but decided I'm not ready for that. I could put everything in a bash script but that seems clumsy and would be work to maintain. Is there any other clever way to avoid manually installing my defaults when I updgrade / reinstall my OS?

Which distro for older machine (with NVIDIA GPU) in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 1 points 2 months ago

Didn't even know I had integrated graphics. Will try that out!

Which distro for older machine (with NVIDIA GPU) in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That would be an Intel i5-3570, 8 Gigs of RAM, no SSD because I cannibalized it.

I tried Factorio with Nouveau and it couldn't even give me a decent Framerate on an empty map. Not sure if the driver doesn't like that card or I did something wrong.

Which distro for older machine (with NVIDIA GPU) in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 2 points 2 months ago

Awesome, I'll try that.

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Which distro for older machine (with NVIDIA GPU) (self.linux_gaming)
 

I wanted to dip my toes into linux by trying it on my previous machine, which unfortunately has an NVIDIA GTX 670 GPU.

I tried Nobara and loved the look and feel. But unfortunately the GPU isn't officially supported. I tried to install the NVIDIA driver using this guide: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2015/fedora-nvidia-guide/ but that resulted in a system that won't boot.

Can you recommend a distro that works out of the box or at least let's me install the proprietary driver without issue?

12 years on, Star Wars: The Old Republic is still kicking, with revamped graphics and new story content coming soon in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] ackthxbye 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Meh, I think it's severely held back on account of being an MMO. Like most MMOs it's 99% facade and 1% substance. What little character development there was got toned down over time to the point where the only real choice left is the subclass selection. And while it's cool that you have different storylines, they are extremely railroady.

But of course it's cool that the game is still around, I guess I just don't like MMOs.

Other than Smite, what are some other games with a large amount of mythological pantheons as playable characters? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] ackthxbye 1 points 5 months ago

Loki is another ARPG. Titan Quest is definitely the better game, but in Loki you actually get to choose the god you are associated with.

Which Mouse / Keyboard is fully supported on Linux? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nice, thanks!

Which Mouse / Keyboard is fully supported on Linux? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 4 points 6 months ago

That looks awesome, thanks!

Which Mouse / Keyboard is fully supported on Linux? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] ackthxbye 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh, and the UI even looks better than the totally overloaded official Logitech UI. Thanks!

Which Mouse / Keyboard is fully supported on Linux? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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Which Mouse / Keyboard is fully supported on Linux? (self.linux_gaming)
 

My venerable Logitech Mouse a is nearing the end of it's life and I'm thinking about a replacement. Since I have no plans to switch my Gaming PC to Windows 11 I would like to have a mouse (and eventually a keyboard) that properly supports Linux.

I looked at the sites for Corsair, Logitech and Razer and the corresponding software is available for Windows (and sometimes MacOS for some reason) but no Linux Version.

Since I actually use some of the fancy Gaming-Gear functionality like setting up macros and variable DPI I'd like to use the software that is used to set these things up.
How do you guys deal with this?
Is there a manufacturer that offers their software for Linux?
Do these things run properly under Wine?

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