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  • On my personal computer ~/Projects/<name>, you need to remember that real-life is not like college, you won’t be working on a new project every week. If you have more stuff than you can manage like this, you’ve bitten more than you can chew.

    On my work computer it’s a bit more complex, because I have to work with other people’s projects as well, so I have a ~/Work folder and in it several folders by type of stuff, e.g. ops for operational stuff such as scripts to deploy stuff or grant permissions, code for servers (and client) code, etc. Also if I’m working on something specific that requires multiple repos I create a folder for that project with the repos inside.







  • It’s not about nationality. Here are the facts:

    1. LF is USA based (headquarters in California), as such they’re subject to USA law
    2. USA imposed sanctions on companies that are directly involved in supplying Russia with weapons.
    3. To have business, including receiving help, from those companies would open LF to legal repercussions in the country where they’re based.
    4. Baikal Electronic JSC is on the sanctioned list.
    5. Serge Sermin public GitHub profile listed Baikal as their employer

    Therefore to not remove Serge from the maintainers would open LF to legal repercussions.

    You might not agree with what was done, I certainly don’t, but I understand it.


  • Which is why most people don’t even realize this is a requirement. Also lots of us come from a time before these fancy players, so we needed to sort things out this way in order to find what we wanted.

    To me, having a library be just files thrown in a folder regardless of show/movie/etc seems very messy.



  • With it, you can use your Xbox controller to move around the screen and type.

    Does that mean you couldn’t before? Seriously people were playing around on a handheld that couldn’t even type?

    Button accelerators are also available; these include the X button for backspace and the Y button for the spacebar.

    WTF!? Isn’t that standard also?

    For better movement patterns, the keyboard keys are aligned vertically."

    Does this even make a difference?

    In any case, the title is bullshit, it should be that will make windows handhelds close to typing on consoles which sucks. Typing on the Deck is a completely different experience, one that can’t be replicated in any of these handhelds because they lack the hardware to do so.



  • This is what you said:

    While that may be partly true, (also likely) depending on the county you’re located, they’re not able to revoke the license though.

    The same is true for Steam, laws are laws

    So in this specific case you having the files makes a world of difference.

    You also have the files if you downloaded them on Steam. What’s important is whether those files can be used on their own or if they’re protected by some form of DRM. If the files can be used on their own it doesn’t matter if you got them from Steam, GoG or a physical disc. If on the other hand the files are DRM protected you having them is useless, whoever controls the DRM controls your files, again regardless of where you got the files from.




  • While I get where you’re coming from, Fallout 76 was a bad example, you don’t need a subscription to play (unless your preferred system of choice asks you for it regardless of the game you play) and it is intended to be a multiplayer first game, you might not like it, but it is not an example of what you’re complaining anymore than Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft (which actually has a subscription model).

    And the answer is simple, don’t buy those games, there are thousands of excellent single player games, if always online games start to fail companies will stop doing it, vote with your wallet. I recommend taking a look at indie games, there are several excellent games and almost assuredly they don’t have DRM, or at least not always online ones.




  • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlBalenca vs Ventoy?
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    This thread made me look at this issue. Realistically it’s not a big issue, the VAST majority of the binary blobs are accounted for and have a script or a readme file that shows where they’re downloaded from.

    That being said I will take a serious look at alternatives.