Formerly ClipperDefiance@lemmy.world and MintRaccoon@kbin.social

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  • The only immutable distro I’ve tried is Bazzite. It’s gaming-oriented, but can work well as a desktop. It also does offer a KDE edition, but for some reason they intentionally ship with some GNOME programs instead of the KDE ones. For example, a fresh KDE edition installation includes Ptyxis instead of Konsole.

    Also, DistroWatch’s search has the option to only show immutable distros. It’s under the Distribution Category option. I figure that might help you find a few more options.






  • ClipperDefiance@piefed.socialtome_irl@lemmy.worldMe_irl
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    24 days ago

    These days CRTs do still have the niche of being better for retro gaming. Modern televisions process the image and that adds frames of visual lag between when a button is pressed and when the action is displayed. Since many games require precise inputs this can make a significant difference in how well a game plays. There are ways to compensate for this with scalers (RetroTINK, OSSC, Morph 4K), but they aren’t cheap (like $400+) There’s also the fact that many newer televisions just don’t have compatible inputs for older consoles and cheap converters or adapters often add even more lag.



  • How about this gem from their localization of Vay:

    In the US version, Sirufa’s dialogue has been rewritten. Now, her wind powers are due to a bet she lost with an unexplained “Thaldar”, as a result of which she “received the curse of eternal seimic flatulence.” This is then used to create a mechanic whereby, if Sirufa’s teleportation is used without having all party members equipped with “Filtration Masks”, the unequipped members will be “overcome by the noxious fumes” and remove the rest of the party’s masks before dying, causing an instant game over.

    Text from TCRF.


  • I have a T480 that I bought a few years ago for around $250 (~€217). There are a number of possible configurations, but the one I bought was an i7 with 16 GB RAM, and a 256 GB SSD. I replaced the drive with a 1 TB SSD, so that was another $100 (~€87). Prices on this model have gone down since I bought mine as it is about 8 years old. I still highly recommend one since it can be upgraded to 64 GB RAM and has a removable battery, unlike many newer models. Just make sure it’s a T480 and not a T480s. The T480s doesn’t have upgradable RAM or a removable battery.