ipacialsection

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[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most regular distros are good enough for gaming. The only issue you're likely to run into is with graphics drivers (I recommend going for AMD graphics on that build), and the availability of certain software in certain formats (gaming software is more likely to be available for Debian or Ubuntu based distros).

If you like the Steam Deck's desktop mode, you might enjoy another distro with the same desktop environment (KDE Plasma). I'm partial to KDE Neon, a snappy Ubuntu LTS spin with all of the latest KDE software.

oh it is still being updated! great.

[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'm aware of FreeTube and PlasmaTube, which IIRC both require an Invidious instance. There was something called SMTube in the past, not sure if it still exists.

Nothing I'm aware of has both desktop and mobile version, but if anything there are more options for mobile YouTube clients; try NewPipe or Clipious.

Edit: SMTube does still exist. It does not require Invidious, but it does use tonvid.com.

[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Details:

  • OS is Debian bookworm, DE is Plasma 5.27.
  • Plasma theme is Oxygen.
  • Icon theme is a slightly modified version of Oxylite, only changes are that it follows my system color scheme, the "inherits" list is different, and the start-here and preferences-system icons have been changed.
  • Wallpaper is Haenau.
  • I'm using Oxygen for Qt widgets and decorations, with the Obsidian Coast color scheme, and standard Breeze Dark for GTK2.
  • Layout is entirely my own. I'm showing my Games activity because the main one contains a folder view that might expose info I don't want to expose here.

Hopefully this is original enough? I'm not sure. I've gotten away with posting desktops with mostly existing themes before, but on other occasions I've had posts removed for it. At least I mixed and matched some icons this time.

bonus screenshot with apps:

A KDE Plasma 5 desktop disguised as Plasma 4 with Neofetch in Konsole, KPatience, and Plasma Discover open

Even worse: the .deb file's dependences are only available in a specific version of Ubuntu LTS or with PPAs.

[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Revolt is the most Discord-like FOSS chat app; it's very easy to use and customizable. Rocket.chat and Mattermost do similar things and are more oriented toward organizations (the Slack/Teams Classic use case).

[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fandom does care about cash cows, and will almost certainly do the same thing they've done with several wikis that have left: take it over, remove references to the move, and continue attempting to compete with the new wiki, leveraging their better SEO.

But if anything, Fandom considering Memory Alpha a cash cow would be even more of a reason to leave, considering that Fandom tends to cover those wikis with ads (that's why Minecraft Wiki moved).

[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

What makes this extra confusing to me, is that this doesn't seem to happen to the same extent for Invidious instances. I've only needed to swap between two instances on Clipious, whereas on LibreTube I was hopping across their entire instance list and sometimes not finding even one working instance.

I suspect a lot of "evil admirals" were promoted by votes from, or just to appease, reactionary political movements.

Startendo DS (Dual Screen) Nine

[–] ipacialsection@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

VOY: "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy" comes to mind.

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