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the16bitgamer@programming.devto Gaming@beehaw.org•Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"3·29 days agoAccording to Nintendo my legitimate backed up software is causing them to loose money. At this point even if the legal way is wrong, then why not go full sail.
Not when it’s not installing because of the lack of swap
It works with a usb bluray drive. Though I got an internal bluray drive for my PC
MakeMKV to backup the contents and if you need it in a different format Handbrake so it can be converted to MP4.
A $50 used ipad is always a better deal than a $80 fire tablet
What I did was I went to the thrift store and I found a laptop. It was the Asus Transformer Book T100han.
I had one when it was new. It was a POS but hey it worked really well in my use case I was thinking of.
Got it home booted it, has Windows 10 1501 installed on it. Refused the update. (The perfect windows machine does exists)
Updated it to 22h2 bricked it by running out of the limited 32GB of storage.
Said screw it got Linux Mint on a USB installer. Installer crashes. Tries Ubuntu… also crashes. Tries OpenSuse, also crashes. Tries Fedora also crashes.
Turns out the installer requires more than 2GB of ram. Laptop only has 2 and it’s soldered. (The e waste special)
Gets Debian installs it. Gets to desktop, no Bluetooth, no audio, but everything else runs better than I ever saw it. Needs older distro.
Gets Q4OS installs fine, runs as well and audio works. No Bluetooth. My very specific use case requires Bluetooth.
Forces myself to go back to windows. No recovery image. Downloads from MS, can’t create media because my PC is on Linux. Boots into VM, makes installer. Installs Windows. No audio no Bluetooth.
Gets drivers from asus website. Everything works but audio. Calls asus support gets drivers. PC is back to when I got it.
Pair Bluetooth controller, installs auto hotkeys, installs libre office. Best teleprompter I’ve ever used.
Shoves into box until it’s needed again.
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Technology@beehaw.org•Google hits back after Apple exec says AI is hurting search4·1 month agoThere’s a few thing ecosia still gets wrong or offers the wrong answer. But 80% of the time it is correct.
Using it on all my devices.
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users?5·1 month agoUnderneath they are similar, however I was in the same boat as you. Lutris first however after installing a few apps I moved towards heroic.
Heroic is easier to manage your library requires less tinkering and as a benefit for steam deck owners, has controller support in the gui by default and native integration with epic games store.
Lutris works better for non platform games, like old PC games from CDs or EA App.
How I’ve been moving my games over is rebuying games I would be gutted to loose like Fallout 3, and Doom 2016. Then waiting on sales for the rest. Also Amazon Prime has free gog games so you maybe able to get a handful of games every month to move over
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users?24·1 month agoHeroic Launcher and GOG is your friend. DRM free ftw.
But seriously Steam Family sharing is the way to go here.
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Nintendo@lemmy.world•STAR WARS: Grand Collection - Signature Edition – Launch Trailer – Nintendo SwitchEnglish2·1 month agoIt’s not even the Force Unleashed 1. It’s the Wii/PS2 port of the Force Unleashed.
Slightly different story with less cut content.
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Linux@lemmy.ml•If you have to pick only one Desktop Environment and use it till your computer breaks, what would you choose?6·3 months agoCinnamon for 2 reasons
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KDE is missing a lot of features which still only works in Gnome. Like the taskbar Calendar app syncing events with services like Google Calendar
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cinnamon is extremely stable and doesn’t move your icons around when you connect to an external display with your laptop and the display has a different resolution.
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the16bitgamer@programming.devto Gaming@beehaw.org•How to Backup/Dump/Rip PS1 Games Using Brasero on Ubuntu 22.10 (Linux)2·3 months agoA cross platform option would be Power ISO. It has an option for the bin/cue format CD games are in and I’ve used it on Linux. It can also do ISO for DVD games
You loose out on automatic updates and not all packages are easy to build. I am not personally familiar with building Gimp. But I’ve tried to build other projects from GitHub only to get errors I couldn’t decipher.
It’s a skill which not many have.
Debian/Ubuntu/Mint packages are always older and only get updated once everything is stable.
If you are looking for more up to date packages I would recommend using FlatPaks or AppImages since they are usually maintained by the devs and kept up to date.
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Gaming@lemmy.ml•~~Game codes giveaway (GOG, Microsoft Store, Xbox)~~ (no codes left)1·3 months agoI can take Youngblood for xbone. Got the system for Conkers but wouldn’t mind a wolf game on there
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Apple@lemmy.world•Apple announces “iPhone 16e” to replace iPhone SE, starts at $599 for 128GB7·4 months ago$899 CAD…. For a budget iPhone… the se3 was $579 CAD or $649 CAS for 128GB.
WTF
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Gaming@lemmy.ml•How to earn lives in Pac Man World Re Pac?3·4 months agoYou get 1 ups at the fruit machine at the end of the levels. Otherwise they are very very well hidden in certain levels.
At least on the PS1 game they were a Pac-Man sprite that was slightly transparent
I agree, however if the price is making your nervous try a Factory Seconds Framework. We noticed no issues with on our end and it’s cheaper.
Sure you get a 11th gen Intel, but the performance is still good enough for indi games and more than enough for surfing the web
the16bitgamer@programming.devto Game Development@programming.dev•Unity’s struggles continue with fresh wave of layoffs11·4 months agoBack in university I published my first games in Unity. Compared with the competition is was brilliant. It was free, it’s bugs could be worked around compared to GameMaker, and on paper if you game ever got popular the software would scale with you and you could publish your games on any platform you want.
I can’t say the same thing now, since I can’t trust Unity after their policy changes. Planning on moving to Godot when (read if) I start my next project.
I am not 100% sure.
The Acer appears to be from 2007
The Dell 2007
The Asus around 2015