@Pasculator I (and my team) are going with Kubuntu (Ubuntu, but with KDE by default)

Distro isn't as important as it used to be. Ubuntu as a base is popular and well supported. KDE as DE is solid and friendly for converting. (Changing DE later is easy)

On the positive side, I have fixed my #3DPrinter that wasn't working. Some filament had broken and jammed things up... in multiple spots.

Big PITA.

Reflecting back, the latter half of this year has been a nightmare. On top of health and personal issues, I've had to postpone or cancel almost all projects I've wanted to work on in order to dedicate my time preparing infrastructure and making both short and long term plans to protect against the oncoming hellscape.

Things are likely getting worse over the next year; hopefully all this prep saves me.

Quick #Linux :linux: update: the more I spent time with Mint, the more the rough edges stick out and the less important anything meant to smooth the transition seem to matter in comparison. It just needs more time in the oven.

I knew this would be true for me, but now feel confident the right choice for my team (and probably yours) is going to be Kubuntu.

As a bonus, this means workstations and build machines will be on near identical environments/tool versions.

@ihorner Because Apple wants you to give them more money. You don't do that by reusing devices, only buying new ones.

That is the only reason.

This is why locked hardware is bad.

@aras https://pixieditor.net/ feels like it's going to be a big deal

@Wortex17 Particularly with Unreal, there are a lot of features and improvements advertised, and a slew of tech demos.

The features rarely live up to the hype, and the tech demos are generally unrealistic for an actual game. Gamers don't realize that.

Gamers see the marketing and assume a game switching to the new engine will magically gain all those features and look like the tech demos, which is not reality.

@Jeffool When I bought my first keyboard I had the same thought: "it'll live next to my PC so it should be fine"

It wasn't. It added just enough friction to the process that I never wanted to deal with the hassle to practice.

On the flip side, I recommend looking for something that makes its own sound and also can send MIDI to your computer. There are some neat learning apps out there I wish existed when I started.

...however, the theory also predicts something is about to happen related to the 1996 movie Down Periscope, so maybe it is imperfect.

Based on my scummy stealth marketing theory, I predict a new John Wick movie/show will be announced soon.

@ludd It doesn't matter that much. I'm using Mint (which is part of the Debian/Ubuntu family). SteamOS itself is based on Arch. If the system is only for gaming Bazzite sounds like it has a lot of pre-configured gaming/emulation stuff.

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@BmeBenji Protondb looks nice, but it needs to be integrated in Steam. I need to be able to click a button and have games filtered, not need to go off to a 3rd party site and manually search each individual game.

@BmeBenji In an ideal world there would be some sort of community rating system that gave detailed information, but just exposing if there is a native build and a developer provided compatibility indicator would make a huge difference and be very easy to implement.

@BmeBenji The second half of my post: show and make filterable/searchable whether there is a native build and what the devs claim for support.

FYI, the Linux filter in Steam does NOT do this; it shows games it will try to run, including via proton, with no concept of how well it will run.

@kojack I just watched an interview where they explicitly say they aren't interested in AR, but "won't stop people from doing it"

The cameras are 100% meant for room/controller tracking only.

New Steam Controller: $80
Steam Machine: $600/$750
Steam Frame: $1k/$1.2k

Call me out if I'm wrong.

With their new hardware #Valve seems to be doubling down on the philosophy that players shouldn't have to care about details for compatibility. I understand the logic, but IMO it is a misstep, and #Steam 's biggest issue on #Linux.

At a minimum, they really need to show and allow filtering/searching whether there is a native build, and what the developer claims for support.

If your product doesn't use any AI at all,
you will be ahead of the curve.

And you should brag about it.

#NoAI

Microsoft is being incredibly rude right now, and not giving me enough time to spread conspiracy theories before they implement them.