Yeah, I’m thinking about doing some really weird shit by sharing the steam folder between users and then mounting compatdata inside each /home so that save files from proton games are individualized.

Sadly this requires a more traditional distro instead of ChimeraOS or HoloISO, which I didn’t really want, but it offers more possibilities later down the line

The issue is that AFAIK there is no way to get an event when the Steam user is swapped

It depends on the game. If the game uses Valve’s recommended file path there’s no problem. If the game uses Steam Cloud it will sync your save file with what it should have.

Those distros are basically focused on offering a console like experience on Linux, as in, a machine that is hooked to a TV, has no keyboard or mouse and only method of input is a gaming controller. They all start directly into Steam Big Picture mode, and there’s a single system user, all users are Steam Users. This works, but has the issues with save files I’m trying to get a solution that hopefully doesn’t involve changing to a traditional distro

Afaik it isn’t an option in SteamOS/HoloISO/ChimeraOS and would require a more “traditional” distro to be used, which does fixes those issues, but now we have other issues, like how those distros aren’t made to be used as consoles, and there’s the issue with Steam Family Sharing (as I understand, you need to be logged with the Steam Account in each system user you wish to share the library with)

Btrfs is really cool, just a warning: I had a surprise when I found out the subvolumes make a device more of a hassle to mount externally, you can’t just put it on an external HDD enclosure and expect it to work as painlessly as it is with more “traditional” file systems, I had to mount each subvolume manually as GUI file managers only mounted the root.

It’s not complicated, but more than I’d hoped for.

I don’t really understand that argument, and I want someone to correct me:

If you were keeping your battery at the ideal charge (i.e. 20% to 80%) that means you are really only using 60% of your battery during its lifetime. I’ve been using my phone since July of 2021, always changing it to 100%, preferably only charging when it gets close to 0%. Using AccuBattery I get the battery stats and after 2 years and a half, the battery capacity is at 85%.

I still have 85% of usable battery, this is more than the 60% I’d get if I was using the battery ideally. So I don’t really get this argument about taking care of the battery cause it appears it would take a while before the battery is degraded enough to hold less charge than the recommended rate.

It makes translation more of a headache than it needs to be.

iirc sudo has a bunch of quotes to spit out when an incorrect password is typed. Gentoo exposes that feature with the offensive USE flag.

Argh, why tho?

Like, I get that it is sometimes fun to throw some humor and things like that, but it is just too much trouble. It looks unprofessional and makes translation more of a pain than it needs to be. And that isn’t even opening the can of worms that insults actually are

Edit: alright, I got it. L for me

Hmm, the GUI is reasonable and easy to understand. I wonder if Gamescope can be changed while the game is running, so it could be put in the Quick Access menu

So one big disk for your Steam library and whatever you play might be slow on the first load but then as you play the game files gets promoted to the NVMe cache and perform mostly at NVMe speeds, and your loading screens are much shorter.

I really love/hate how you can immediately understand the practical application of new technologies through the use of games.

Even if a social network loses 99,99% of the user base due to charging to use it, those left are the ones that see no problem paying to use it, so they are more likely to eat up some insane pricing, which would help recoup losses from a smaller user base. Basically whales.

I think the only way to try to kill a social network is by going full scorched earth on it. Remove all your comments, or change them to be an annoying copy pasted comment about why you’re getting off the platform. And even then I don’t think it is helpful, I did that with Reddit but was forced to leave technical posts intact because I feared I might prevent someone from solving their issue.

I don’t use PayPal cause it doesn’t accept the most convenient method of payment of my country

Sure… If donating wasn’t a pain in the ass to do due to payment methods being different across countries.

I have a few projects I wouldn’t mind donating to, but as Patreon uses PayPal it is just more trouble than it is worth

People downvote cause seeing ads is annoying, but IMO, if it is done tastefully it is the only viable way to pay for the infrastructure, and it would prevent a collapse of the system.