There is something a bit ironic about taking shots at AI while using unlicensed artwork made by others.

It was shipped with Cyanogenmod for a while.

It’s not reasonable in my opinion.

I can maybe understand not wanting other operating systems in their attestation chain that is protecting a payment system from the standpoint of liability.

All of the other things are entirely hardware features that any OS should be able to use. They’re using the ARM Trusted Execution Environment (ARM TrustZone) and a embedded Secure Element to enable the ability to store cryptographiclly secured files without the system ever having access to the keys.

Both TEEs and eSEs are not a Samsung invention or IP and are enabled by hardware on the device, the TEE is part of the ARM standard and is used in a huge number of other OSs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture_family). Secure Elements are also widely used pieces of hardware supported by innumerable OSs and also a feature of the hardware that you paid for.

To me, the killer app of VR is the moment when your brain clicks over from ‘I see this room in my headset’ to ‘I’m standing in a room’, this is often called Presence.

There are a lot of things in the way of that: low resolution displays, low frame rate due to the large total resolution and poor/delayed tracking, lens type/orientation creating first and second order reflections etc. All of these are slowly improving and the solutions are becoming cheaper.

And you’re right that the software needs to catch up, that’s the chicken and egg problem. Nobody wants to develop games for VR because there is no customer base and nobody wants to spend a ton of money on VR when there are few games worth playing.

Flight sims. I’m not really a super-hardcore flight simmer. But, sure, for WW2 flight sims or something like Elite: Dangerous, it’s probably nice.

The other good thing about them is that if you’re sitting in a chair then you’re getting a lot of tactile feedback that matches your in-game perspective.

I am not a super-hardcore flight simmer but VTOL VR is probably the VR game that I have the most hours in. It’s a one man project but he does a great job of creating in-sim controls for the aircraft. You don’t (can’t?) use anything but the VR controls, grab a flight stick, press a button, tap a screen, etc. It has enough depth to the planes and systems that it feels real-ish, without requiring a multi-week training course (DCS A-10C, smh).

Another title focusing on in-sim controls is Iron Rebellion. Same idea, you’re sitting in a cockpit, a mech this time, and there are variety of in-sim controls and gauges in place of UI and hardware controls.

There are some enjoyable games, but you’re right that the price:good game ratio isn’t great, but the tech keeps getting better and the library of games is slowly growing. I think we’ll eventually reach a tipping point where all it takes is one good VR-exclusive game to drive people to the platform.

ls, ctrl+R

Significantly less up arrows

Thanks for the write up, I was actually planning to launch using Heroic, just wasn’t sure if games through Wine needed the C:\ drive prefix.

It creates a virtual C:\ drive for the programs in the bottle. Externally it doesn’t matter where it is as long as your launch script/application knows where it is.

One of the only Uncle Ruckus quotes that can be used by a pasty white southern guy…

Open needs to remove french from their OS and not preserve the root (of all lies about password usage):

sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

(do not run this)

Yeah, that was it.

I asked my grandmother why she didn’t use Linux and she cited the fact that people were in denial about the frequency of password use in POSIX-based operating systems as her primary reason.

Just as much as you can use Windows without the command line/powershell.

The vast majority of tasks do not require it but some will and some tasks will be easier via the terminal if you take the time to read 2-3 pages of documentation.

Don’t be scared of the terminal

Everything, no, to move data quicker, no

Step 1: Create the Universe

Step 2: Stir

Step 3: ???

Step 4: Butter

I exclusively use Linux and have several family members who have Linux laptops.

I don’t think it is impossible, but they require someone in their life that can handle the issues.

They’re going to have a much harder time finding support for a Linux machine than a Windows machine.

No, it isn’t useful to browse.

I use it for grabbing low quality music and ‘subscribing’ to various channels (checks and downloads new videos every 10m) in order to avoid having to give the algorithm my eyeballs.

If you just want to scroll, something like FreeTube would do what you want. It blocks ads and has sponsorblock built-in. You can subscribe to videos via the app (which is all stored locally, not in any account, you don’t have to log-in.)

Uncle Ruckus made it to YT

Non-power users would have no operating system, no Windows 11 support and grandma isn’t going to learn Linux

terminal: profanity

A thing I never knew I needed until right now, thanks!

Always check the issue tracker(s) if you start having issues with software, usually it is the case that someone else has had it first and reported it. (If not, report it yourself if you’re comfortable with that… it helps the community)

Sorry mate. No need to apologize.

I hope you make peace with whatever it is that is troubling you.

I went into BG3 blind (having played every BG growing up) and nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I saw Minsc. Easily my favorite character in all of Baldur’s Gate