mat

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[–] mat@linux.community 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I work at a game studio that provides Linux-native builds of our game. I don't speak for them but in my opinion this gives us an opportunity to take advantage of Linux features such as better input systems, performance, dev tooling, and in the future maybe APIs like Wayland. While the Windows build does work via Proton, it's limited to what Microsoft allows us to do with the Windows API. We also have to use a non-standard-compliant compiler (msvc) and overall maintaining a Windows build damages code quality, performance, dev speed, and end user experience. Our Linux userbase is already small enough, imagine if all our players started using the Proton version. It'd become impossible to justify spending as much time on the Linux builds as we do, and they would probably stop being available. So, although I see WINE and Proton as a net positive, I fear it will slowly kill Linux development and eventually all games will be limited 100% by what MS decides, despite technically playing them on a free platform.

[–] mat@linux.community 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yes, but OP makes it sound like the Hollow Knight issue is not fixed either. I didn't even know HK had rumble, but I def felt the Silksong haptics when I played it at Gamescom. I wonder how we can make Team Cherry aware of this, or whether they are already aware?

[–] mat@linux.community 9 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Thanks for the info. That's a shame, I really want to use native builds when available. Especially since Silksong runs so well. Is there any hope for a fix, even if unofficial?

[–] mat@linux.community 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting! Maybe it's worth switching banks, at least once I get the courage to move to Linux mobile.

[–] mat@linux.community 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

None of my banks (a couple French and Belgian ones) seem to support anything but auth via app. Can't log in on my computer without my phone.

[–] mat@linux.community 16 points 4 days ago

I'm personally really excited for Linux phones and want to move to one relatively soon. They've done amazing work on the experience of using them. What I'd really miss, based off of talking to folks and trying them at conventions, is:

  • battery life. My Pixel 3a lasts over a day on Android, likely much less on pmOS
  • UnifiedPush for notifications. I only see a Matrix client listed as WIP. Every other app (Fediverse, Signal) I would have to keep running in the background
  • Notifications while in sleep mode. Looks like we don't have "Doze Mode" from Android, so only calls & SMS work while asleep
  • Fingerprint sensor. More of a QoL but I kept my phone model specifically for the ergonomics of the sensor on the back, and being able to scroll with it. Communication with the sensor is not yet figured out
[–] mat@linux.community 5 points 1 week ago

This title is gold.

[–] mat@linux.community 39 points 1 week ago (5 children)

While degoogling is accessible right now, what worries me is that all of these projects are 100% dependent on Google's whims because they use Android as the upstream. Same reason why I don't use Chromium browsers: yes, they can patch over things, but they can't fight the direction of the upstream project and they are powerless if the upstream stops publishing commits / source, like Google seems to be moving toward. Additionally, what "the big distros" aka stock ROMs do to prevent FOSS apps being installed means a much much smaller potential userbase for them. I develop an Android app, and (while I don't have analytics) I don't find it unlikely that at least half my users are on stock roms that would lose access to my app with this policy. It's much less motivating to develop something when I know less people will benefit, and especially knowing I'm supporting only custom roms that are 100% beholden to Google. Degoogling is a good first step. I've been on Lineage for many years now. But I believe that the step that will truly make us independent is moving to Linux phones.

[–] mat@linux.community 6 points 2 weeks ago

What kind of collective action are you thinking of?

[–] mat@linux.community 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool! Perhaps I'll give Qwant another shot. Thanks for sharing :)

[–] mat@linux.community 83 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Very cool, but this is old news from 2024. I wonder how they're doing now.

[–] mat@linux.community 7 points 1 month ago

Cool! Hope it works out.

 

Hey! I'm going to finish up university soon and as part of that I'm required to do an internship related to C++ development. I'd love to do something in the Linux gaming space and help promote it that way, but I'm not aware of many studios in Europe that are big enough to take interns. So I turn to Lemmy: what are some studios that may be open to Linux development, either through supporting it natively or creating/improving developer tooling on Linux?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mat@linux.community to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

I just moved into a student dorm for a semester abroad, and beforehand I emailed them asking whether they had ethernet ports to plug my router into (I use it to connect all my devices, and for WiVRn VR streaming). They confirmed that I could, but now that I'm here the wifi login portal is asking me to accept these terms from the ISP, which forbid plugging in a router. There's another clause that forbids "Disruptive Devices" entirely, defined as:

“Disruptive Device” means any device that prevents or interferes with our provision of the 4Wireless to other customers (such as a wireless access point such as wireless routers) or any other device used by you in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy;

So what are my options? I don't think I can use this service without accepting the terms, but also I was told by the student dorm support that I could bring a router, which contradicts this.

EDIT: some additional context:

  • dorm provider is a company separate from my uni (they have an agreement but that's it)
  • ISP (ask4) is totally separate from dorm provider, and have installed a mesh network that requires an account. On account creation, there are many upsells including one for connecting more than one device. The "free" plan only allows me to sign in on a single device, and I can upgrade to two devices for 15 pounds.
  • ethernet requires login too
  • VR streaming requires a high performance wifi 6 network, which is why I bought this router (Archer C6 from tp-link)
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mat@linux.community to c/android@lemmy.world
 

I've been looking around for a good GitHub client on my degoogled phone, but have had trouble finding a still-maintained one that's ready to use. I find that I just default to opening URLs in Fennec, which is far from ideal as I have to load the whole website (and it's quite laggy on my Pixel 3a). So I turn to Lemmy: what GitHub client do you use?

Specifically, I'm looking to browse GitHub repos (view code, issues, forks, PRs) and use it (reply to and create issues mainly).

 

Hiya! I'm following a gamedev degree in university. It's been a major challenge doing it from Linux, as everything is Windows stuff (.sln Visual Studio projects, DirectX API, excel graphs...). However I've gotten by by making my own tools and dipping into WINE when it gets too difficult. I'm replacing my laptop due to hardware faults (never buying from ASUS again) and my Framework 16 preorder should arrive in a month or two.

I'm considering trying out NixOS. I currently have Arch on the laptop because it makes it easy to get recent versions of libraries and compilers. However, I've had lots of issues due to inconsistent setup (SDDM theme randomly disappears, KDE apps have black text on dark background, video encoding does not work) and I figured having a declarative config might allow me to set things up better and more consistently. I do have a few worries though, given this is new to me:

  1. Installing proprietary software. For certain courses I unfortunately have to use software like Unreal Engine, Maya, Houdini, Unity, P4V, and a few others. I read NixOS has difficulty with running random binaries. I also could not find an UE5 package in nixpkgs, which Arch does have.
  2. Building binaries. I know nixos does some weird stuff with libraries and binaries. I need to be able to do normal stuff with binaries, and perhaps package and distribute them. It'd be really nice to be able to try out different compilers for my CMake/C++ projects also. Can NixOS do that easily?
  3. VMs. I will be doing dGPU passthrough for testing assignments before handin. I assume this is no problem but it requires some weird stuff so I want to be sure before diving in!

Am I better off just setting up a brittle Arch install again, or is NixOS worth the plunge?

 

Hi! I'm looking to publish a blog that can be discovered through interactions on the fediverse, and potentially displays replies as comments. I had set up WriteFreely and, though it is missing the replies feature, it seemed pretty well-made. However, when I tried to publish my post, pressing "Move to [blog name]" made it disappear. It's still in the stats page but clicking on it shows "This page is missing." It seems really buggy, hasn't had a release in almost a year, and my post would be lost if I hadn't made a backup. Are there any other good options for publishing a blog?

 

Hi! I've installed Stremio on the ISP-provided AndroidTV "decoder" and it allows my family to watch shows while still having access to live TV. However, I am not aware of any option to watch live sports ("Ligue 1" in France) with as good an interface as Stremio, so my father has to watch it on his computer by finding a site that's streaming it and has the least invasive adblock-bypassing ads.

I wanted to know whether something like Stremio exists that I can set a Linux server to boot directly into and control with a remote (so we no longer depend on the ISP-provided box) and would allow watching the free live TV provided by our ISP, as well as something similar to Stremio's interface for pirating shows/movies, and also has sports streaming. I know torrent streaming doesn't help the ecosystem much, but I'm not sure where else to look. I installed Kodi and played around with it, but I couldn't get Elementum to work (and it looks much more complicated for my family to use than Stremio). Thanks in advance!

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