myersguy

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[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 19 points 4 days ago

How does one qualify how much a language needs to be used?

Are you saying Rust is being used in places that you feel C/C++ should be used, and you don't think Rust belongs? Or maybe you are saying Rust is being used in places where C/C++ are not typically used, and you don't feel it belongs there?

The closest thing to context you've given is that you feel Rust has flaws (all languages do), and that Ada is perhaps safer. It's really hard to give any kind of answer without a properly fleshed out question.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 67 points 4 days ago

Overused

What is the correct amount of usage? Why shouldn't people use the languages they want to?

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Step 1: Get tested for sleep apnea. If you have it, snoring is the least of your worries. Don't skip this step.

Otherwise, sleep on your side, elevate your upper body (Amazon sells wedge pillows).

If you are certain you don't have apnea, you can also try a chin strap. Just be sure any chin strap you buy pulls your chin up, not back, as this will A: Obstruct breathing, and B: cause major jaw pain.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

+1 on lower tier Intel CPU mini PC. I have a slew of different boxes by Beelink, Intel, and Asus. The N95 box I bought from Beelink (basically an N100) has been one of the most impressive for being so low power, and yet handling the wealth of services I've been running on it (with a lot of overhead yet).

The two are not even remotely in the same category of CPU. This is a comparison of apples to orchards.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I was mostly being tongue in cheek, but I think it might be possible to launch steam in big picture mode, rendered by Gamescope, from the TUI. No DE required.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

It has for sure been there for at least a decade now. I think most people autopilot through OS installs.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It says so on the installer page where you are asked to enter a root password.

FWIW: I'm not arguing for or against Debian as a beginner friendly distribution. Just mentioning that you don't have to set up sudo manually.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Don't install a GUI and you can just skip this step

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nonfree is usually something people are going to want to enable (Nvidia, Steam, Media codecs, etc)

You can install a nonfree image, but a person could argue that needing to know which image is needed is already more advanced than other distributions.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

FYI: If you leave out root password on install, it instead sets your user up with sudo privileges.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

No, I mean it was debian based. When Steam Deck released, they moved to being an immutable arch based distribution instead.

It also isn't currently made available for install outside of the Steam Deck yet.

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EAC Seems broken on Arch? (lemmy.simpl.website)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
 

I recently installed BattleBit Remastered on Steam (uses EAC). Upon trying to run the game, I only get as far as a screen telling me to ensure EAC is installed. I tried their "repair EAC" option in steam, and there was no change (a terminal opens, blinks, and closes again). I tried a system update to see if that would help, but no dice.

Now, when I try to launch Apex Legends (a game which I play all the time), I see EAC loading extremely slowly, then it goes away, but the game never launches (though Steam still shows the title as running).

Is anyone else having issues right now (with an up to date system)? Has anyone else experienced this before?

Edit: Decided to format my OS drive and move to Fedora. Using the same steam library, both games are now working. Clearly some package ended up misconfigured, but I have no idea what or why.

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