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Truth does not wait for your "readiness". It arrives, and what you do next defines you.

  • Brain activity lower when using AI chatbots: MIT research

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  • Of course, that's precisely the point.

  • What would make you change distro?

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  • I ditched FreeBSD and Slackware when I got tired of installing everything from scratch on every major release. Compiling stuff from source was interesting for learning and seeing how amazing open source can be, but it wasn't fun long term.

    Then I ditched Ubuntu because there was always something not working on laptops, usually related to hibernation/sleep and/or webcam/wireless. I was frustrated with how little care was put into making sure such basic things would simply work.

    I'm currently very satisfied with Mint. Everything just works out of the box and Mint X is a lovely theme for old folks like me, who appreciate a proper good looking desktop and can't understand what all the hype is with dark/flat themed UIs these days.

  • Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help

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  • But the way people use the web has evolved

    Er... nope.

  • What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for? - The Old New Thing

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  • Cute.

  • [Help] Can't restore a fullscreen game after alt-tabbing, and Windows have white border in borderless fullscreen

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  • From the description it feels like you're not exiting full screen mode within the game before switching to other applications. Try the same key combination you use to enter full screen mode again, before switching.

  • Huawei launches HarmonyOS for PCs to rival Windows and macOS in the desktop market

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  • Any similarity to Apple is purely coincidental.

    Or thanks, we already have the best alternatives to macOS and Windows that money cannot buy: https://distrowatch.com/

  • Medal of honor on the PS1

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  • "Your papers! You're Patterson!"

  • Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online?

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  • Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online?

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  • I think there are two sides to this. Yes, online aggression has probably peaked in recent years with the rise of worldwide pro far-right misinformation campaigns, no argument there. They were specifically targeted at the people more vulnerable to buy into hate speech propaganda.

    On the other hand, I have personally noticed more constructive discussions, even after I deleted most of my anti-social media accounts and substantialy decreased my usage of Internet forums in general. It seems there's some positive trend in the middle of all that.

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  • Windows XP's UI philosophy was great: one could always find what they needed within a two-clicks distance. Everything just went downhill after that. If they ever fix Windows, it will probably look a lot like XP again.

  • Convicted Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament

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  • You do realize that makes it even more disappointing, right? I mean, trying to understand what Brexit was after voting for it? My goodness.

  • I tried Debian, I tried Fedora for my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX3060: Framerate issues, stuttering in browsers, stuttering in simple 3D programs

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  • That's not how it works. Ubuntu adds layers of hardware support and software tweaks on top of its Debian base. Same goes for Mint on top of Ubuntu.

  • Refurbished Lenovos in general (and LinuxPusher.dk, in particular)

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  • I'm really fond of the Aspire 15 at the moment. You can get them without any preinstalled OS, which is perfect if your goal is to run Linux on them, since you won't be paying any hidden costs for a Windows license you never intended to use anyway.

  • Refurbished Lenovos in general (and LinuxPusher.dk, in particular)

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  • I've had very disappointing experiences with Lenovo laptops in general and they're not cheap, even when bought second hand. My recommendation? Go for an AMD Acer laptop, they're very good machines and Linux Mint works out of the box in all laptops I've tested it so far. And I'm sure there are other affordable / good OEMs out there.

  • I tried Debian, I tried Fedora for my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX3060: Framerate issues, stuttering in browsers, stuttering in simple 3D programs

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  • Why?

  • I tried Debian, I tried Fedora for my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX3060: Framerate issues, stuttering in browsers, stuttering in simple 3D programs

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  • Not directly, I'm just giving OP the answer they wanted:

    The quick and dirty questions is: Which distro should I try next?

  • I tried Debian, I tried Fedora for my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro RTX3060: Framerate issues, stuttering in browsers, stuttering in simple 3D programs

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  • Give Linux Mint a spin, I seriously doubt there's a friendlier distribution for newcomers from Windows.

  • Gamers Above 30, What Older Games Would You Still Recommend to Younger Gamers?

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  • Gen X here. Arriving late to the thread but I think I have something to say about this. I'll try to keep the list short, as it could go really long if I added everything that deserves to be mentioned. Games that were genre-defining for me:

    • Gradius/Nemesis (this saga defines what a good shoot 'em up should look like, noteworthy title being Nemesis 2 for the MSX)
    • Double Dragon (original arcade version, as it was never correctly ported to any other platform due to home consoles being too weak at the time, this is the beat 'em up game you must play)
    • Shadow Dancer (for the Genesis/Mega Drive, the best title in the Shinobi series, has great graphics, music and gameplay)
    • Bionic Commando (for the GameBoy, there's just something special about this game that was never truly replicated)
    • Super Mario World (the Super NES title is 16-bit platformer perfection, the interaction between sprites is just what you expect it to be)
    • Ninja Warriors Again (for the SNES, is just a fun, very well-made beat 'em up)
    • Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (a.k.a. Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha, this is 2D fighting perfection, simply put)
    • Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (the series' debut on the Game Boy Advance was also one of the best games ever made for the console, arguably the very best 2D title in the series)
    • Doom (the game that made Boomers get interested in video games for better or worse, requires no further introduction)
    • Ōkami (this one has been re-released for every platform since its original PS2 version and if you play it you'll understand why)
    • Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (hands down the best 3D Castlevania title ever created, criminally not ported to newer consoles)
    • Resident Evil Zero (probably the best fixed-camera title in the series, also sets a good basis for playing the next ones afterwards)
    • Resident Evil 4 (the original, not the remake, arguably one of the best video games ever made, also first "action" title in the series)

    Anything that comes after that is probably not "old" enough for me.

  • Convicted Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament

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  • Ah ok, so Brexit was caused by Russians now. I thought it was caused by the people who voted to leave the EU.

  • Games @lemmy.world
    vegetvs @kbin.earth

    Finally unlocked all USF2 titles

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    vegetvs @kbin.earth

    Waiting for the next Capcom crossover fighting game featuring Evil Rebecca

  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    vegetvs @kbin.earth

    Gradius Origins

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    Is it just me or you can actually hear Lisa Trevor screaming in the background music for the first fight against Orochi?