I would love to be able to play my ps3 games on ps5, but I ain’t gonna buy them again.
I’d be ready to pay to get an official emulator though.
It’s a really interesting article about something we might not think about.
It’d be interesting also to try to see how much money they can save by using a lower bitrate or saving energy by using less servers.
It’s a lot of things we take for granted when we’re just watching a show and you don’t think about all the work behind it.
Ok Thanks for the info. I might check it out 👍
It’s an interesting article and I’m also starting to think more and more about game preservation.
I don’t understand why a company like Sony wouldn’t provide you a way to play ps1-3 games on your ps5. I would even be ready to pay for it.
There might be some technical problems I’m not seeing, but people can do it on older pc’s..
I guess the whole video game industry has to think about preserving its own history.
I don’t know if open sourcing games would help, but something needs to be done.
Even playing a game like Sim City 2000 on pc is proving challenging now on Windows. I would want to play it on Linux but I can’t imagine how difficult that would be as the game isn’t even listed in Proton DB. And the VM solution would probably not work as Steam wouldn’t support something like Windows XP…
If they could now release the few exclusives they still have on ps5 now, it would be perfect.
Do you know how much is the limit for the external drive?
The problem is also that you can only use it for PlayStation data, that’s why I went with a « small » 2tb one.
I have an external 2gb hard drive and I use it to play some ps4 games and stock the data from the ps5 games I ain’t using right now.
Games are so big nowadays and you have to download so much data that it’s almost necessary to at least have an external drive.
I feel bad saying this, but I’m now struggling to play games without trophies.
And it’s not because I wanna show off in front of my friends, because none of them cares about trophies.
Still it’s some kind of addiction.
I’m still playing a lot of gt7 even if I have almost all the trophies, but I’d be really enthusiastic about getting a new career mode with new trophies.
Oh okay thanks for the info. I don’t think it’s such a problem because it’s open source and the code can be reviewed.
Also I’m not sure American companies are less evil than companies from other superpowers.
I love short games that I can play at least two times.
I’ve replayed every Uncharted or Killzone at least two times, but I’d never do that with a game like FFVII rebirth.
It doesn’t mean that FFVII is bad (I loved it in the end), but it’s important for me that they keep producing short games with a lot of replayability.
For instance, having a different trophy for every difficulty is a big incentive for me.
Also, as much as I enjoy open worlds, I don’t think every game should become one.
Regarding the graphics, I don’t think I would ever need something better looking than Last of Us part. 2. I think it would be better to focus on some details like trees or building popping up in front of the player as it takes me out of the game.
I would want to « force » my relatives to use Linux. My wife had an unsupported MacBook Pro from 2012, so I managed to convince her it would be safer to switch. Since then, she hasn’t used macOS, but she also hasn’t used Linux because she can use her work provided windows laptop 😅
I also proposed to my mom to provide IT support remotely to her via Linux, but she prefers using windows and relying on an old friend who is forcing her to buy a lot of Microsoft products otherwise he refuses to help her.
I hope I’ll at least be able to teach my kids that Linux ain’t scary 🙏
Yeah clearly Lemmy might have a lot of Linux users because Lemmy in itself is really niche. Way more than Linux.
I understand why it’s a loss for some developers, but I don’t think we should prevent Apple from integrating something in iOS just because of it.
You could also say these developers just benefited from the fact that Apple omitted to integrate some obvious features.
I have a 2018 Seat Leon Cupra ST 300, so basically a cheaper Golf VII R estate.
Previously I had an Audi S4 b6.
These newer cars are probably both great cars, but they are clearly not the same despite sharing a lot of parts.
The Golf is fake 4 wheel drive (a front wheel drive car most of the time) while the S4 isn’t.
You also clearly don’t need the same budget to keep them running as the Audi is gonna be way more expensive to run while being a bit more grown up in its attitude too.
Quality wise, I have nothing to complain about my Cupra after around 60000 kilometers.
It seems like an interesting project, especially with the problem of banking and payment apps not working on anything else than iOS or Android.
I hope one day we’ll be able to daily drive Linux phones, even if it’s through an app on a custom Android rom.
I’m also thinking a lot about the best way to move everything from one computer to another if one day I buy a new computer.
I thought I had found a way with Clonezilla, but after trying to clone my Surface Go 1 to an old laptop I had, it didn’t work. Could be because I hadn’t removed the surface specific kernel. But now I don’t feel safe anymore.
Some people are suggesting to copy my home folder which I did, but I’m not sure it would fit my needs.
Basically, my files are taken care of with cloud storage (kDrive by the way), but I’d like to keep the way all my programs and extensions are setup.
So I ain’t sure I was a big help😅
I hope one day we’ll just have some program to prepare an archive to unpack for your next system to make the transition seamlessly. Or just putting the computer side by side and sending everything wirelessly.
I feel like we need this with all the personalization we can have on Linux.
I don’t like Apple but I’m forced to admit that the iPhone my employer is forcing me to use and my wife’s 2012 MacBook Pro are good machines.
The MacBook runs Linux like a charm and is making me consider old MacBooks for my next Linux laptop.
I’m also looking forward to testing iOS 18.
A while ago there was an article about how Apple is destroying a lot of its phones (old generation) instead of selling them at a low price.
It was also explained that in the facility where it was done a lot of phones were disappearing because employees were stealing them to use them.
So I don’t know if they’re so good about recycling ♻️.
I can’t find the article but it seemed legit.
Yeah I know but honestly it looks really complicated for someone who's not at ease with terminal. Just finding the instruction to install it on Fedora (so no sudo apt install) is difficult, so I'm scared to do anything wrong, especially with important data.
So now I'm still using a Windows 10 virtual machine even if it's awfully slow on my not powerful computer..
Hi everyone!
A few days ago, I had a problem while trying to run KDE and Gnome as DE on Fedora 40. That problem was solved (see crosspost), but now, I can't update Fedora anymore as it says "the transaction did not complete" and I can't install or uninstall anything as it says I don't have space on my disk (which is not true).
Does anyone have an idea what to do?
Edit: apparently dnf clean and dnf clean all solved the problem, so thank you everyone as I was kind of panicking when I thought about all the work involved into having my perfect install again.
publication croisée depuis : https://sh.itjust.works/post/20027102
> Hi everyone! > > Today I tried to install KDE alongside Gnome to give it a try on Fedora on something else than a virtual machine. > > For a reason I can't understand, the terminal couldn't finish the installation of KDE as something failed. Despite all of this, all the KDE apps were installed and Plasma is appearing as an option on the login screen under Gnome and Gnome Classic. Still I couldn't launch KDE plasma and nothing was happening after typing my login. > > I took it as a sign that KDE isn't for me, especially because I'm 99% happy with Gnome. > > So I removed KDE via the terminal and the remaining apps via the software center. Sadly, there is one app called "Centre de bienvenue" or "Welcome center" from KDE that I can't remove. Nothing is happening when I try removing it. > > I tried removing it via the terminal, but when I type "dnf list installed" I can't find it as there are too many packages. Could anyone help me? > > I also tried « dnf list installed » with the words « welcome », « bienvenue », « kde » and « plasma ».
Hi everyone!
Today I tried to install KDE alongside Gnome to give it a try on Fedora on something else than a virtual machine.
For a reason I can't understand, the terminal couldn't finish the installation of KDE as something failed. Despite all of this, all the KDE apps were installed and Plasma is appearing as an option on the login screen under Gnome and Gnome Classic. Still I couldn't launch KDE plasma and nothing was happening after typing my login.
I took it as a sign that KDE isn't for me, especially because I'm 99% happy with Gnome.
So I removed KDE via the terminal and the remaining apps via the software center. Sadly, there is one app called "Centre de bienvenue" or "Welcome center" from KDE that I can't remove. Nothing is happening when I try removing it.
I tried removing it via the terminal, but when I type "dnf list installed" I can't find it as there are too many packages. Could anyone help me?
I also tried « dnf list installed » with the words « welcome », « bienvenue », « kde » and « plasma ».
Hi everyone,
Having successfully left windows for Linux (Fedora) a few years ago, I thought I’d the same for my phone.
I have a professional iPhone 13 provided by my employer, but I have an old Samsung GT-I8730 lying around.
Sadly, there is apparently nothing (except stock Android) that I could easily install on it.
So I’m kind of looking for a cheap second hand phone that I could get for my birthday in order to try to have a degoogled and deappleified private phone (I’m now using my work iPhone for everything).
What phone should I buy for max 150.- (around 180$) second hand?
Also what OS should I try to install on it?
To be honest, I’m really a rookie in the phone world and I’m not even sure if I’m looking for a degoogled Android phone (/e/os, lineage, graphene) or a linux phone (Ubuntu touch, KDE mobile).
It would be important for me to be able to daily drive the phone. Listening to music and using my banking apps on it would be important features.
So I’m looking for advice regarding all of this and I’m thankful in advance for your help.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16325109
> Automount WebDAV (for kDrive) > > Hi everyone, > > I’m really enjoying Gnome on Fedora and everything is almost perfectly set up. > > One of my only problems with my Webdav access to kdrive (cloud storage) in the file manager. > > It works fine but it’s not mounted automatically on startup. On the web, I’ve found that you should go to the disk utility to enable that but it doesn’t appear there. > > I’d want to do it on the GUI as I’m not knowledgeable enough to do it in the terminal. > > Can anyone help me?
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16224989
> What OS can I install on a Samsung GT-I8730? > > Hi everyone! > > I have to use an iPhone for work but I have an old Samsung GT-I8730 lying around. > > It’s a really old phone but it seems to work well on its base Android OS, so I would want to experiment a bit with it. > > I have experience with Linux distributions on my computers, but I’ve never installed an alternative OS. That’s why I’m looking for advices on what I could install on such an old piece of hardware. > > I’ve always been interested in /e/os as I think it would still allow me to use my (swiss) banking apps, but I’d be interested in any distribution which might also make it possible. > > If no OS would make such a thing possible, I would just want to know what I could install on this device to experience a bit. > > Thanks in advance for your help!
Hi everyone!
I have to use an iPhone for work but I have an old Samsung GT-I8730 lying around.
It’s a really old phone but it seems to work well on its base Android OS, so I would want to experiment a bit with it.
I have experience with Linux distributions on my computers, but I’ve never installed an alternative OS. That’s why I’m looking for advices on what I could install on such an old piece of hardware.
I’ve always been interested in /e/os as I think it would still allow me to use my (swiss) banking apps, but I’d be interested in any distribution which might also make it possible.
If no OS would make such a thing possible, I would just want to know what I could install on this device to experience a bit.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hey everyone!
One of my controllers is really starting to have some stickdrift on the left joystick.
I’ve tried that solution and it seems to temporarily work: https://youtu.be/cU26TxHOkSU?si=ZBj_lerD0m1jomch
If it keeps coming back, I might try this solution which involves opening the controller : https://fr.ifixit.com/Tutoriel/Comment+r%C3%A9parer+une+manette+PlayStation+Dualsense+V1+qui+drifte/168202
Apparently, both of these solutions can’t be considered as long term fixes and I was wondering if someone managed to find a long term solution.
I would hate buying a new controller as I love repairing stuff, but I’d be interested to know if there is a more reliable/repairable controller with all the Dual Sense functionalities out there.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Edit: I’ve opened my controller and cleaned the potentiometer with alcohol and it didn’t work. I’m gonna try again tomorrow and take more time to examine the potential causes.
I had been waiting for a really long time for that video by the Linux Experiment (really good Linux youtuber) which is also available there: https://tilvids.com/w/bLPmGvqHd69ANdPdhRZXWV .
Sadly, as I'm on Fedora, there are a few differences from Ubuntu (DNF instead of APT) and I can't use the PPA from the github links ( https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickgui/releases?page=1 , https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu?tab=readme-ov-file ).
I'm sure it's easy once you get to the beginning of the video but since I can't install quickgui and I'm stuck.
It would be really nice if I could get some help as I'm sure it's fairly easy for someone more knowleadgable than me.
I should just add that I don't even really know what DNF, APT and PPA are. I just know it's related to my problem.
Edit: Basically I’m stuck at the part where you have to use the terminal to install quickgui with these lines
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannick-mauray/quickgui sudo apt update sudo apt install quickgui
Hey everyone!
As described in the title, I have a Surface Go 1 happily running Fedora 39. The only downsides are that the cameras aren't working and that my mouse (Modern Mobile from Microsoft) sometimes doesn't connect or disconnects.
I don't really care about the cameras, as I can use my phone for anything requiring it, but I get really irritated when my Surface Modern mouse doesn't connect for a 30 seconds when I launch the OS and then connects after moving it a few times unsuccesfuly. Also, sometime without any reason or sometimes after 5 minutes of inactivity, it disconnects.
I've used the same mouse on my wife's MacBook Pro running Fedora and I don't remember having these problems.
I was looking at installing the Surface Kernel but I'm not so experienced I would be scared to damage my installation. I have a Clonezilla backup just in case but I'd want to avoid the useless hassle.
Has anyone experienced that issue and do you think the Surface Kernel could help?
Hey everyone!
Sadly, I’m forced to have an iPhone because of work. It’s a good device but I hate the philosophy behind it.
Right now I have a windows 10 vm to run iTunes and backup that phone.
It takes around 30gb on my Surface Go 1 with a 128gb ssd.
If I could use bottles or wine to backup my iPhone, it would save me some space and help me fully get rid of windows.
Sadly, last time I tried none of these worked. I think I managed to install iTunes, but then it crashed and sent me some weird messages.
So has anyone managed to backup an iPhone with these programs?
Hi everyone,
I’m really happy to be successfully using Clonezilla which is a great tool (but not easy without a tutorial) to create backups of my Fedora and Lubuntu installations on my 3 computers.
However I have a problem while cloning my 2012 MacBook Pro.
Clonezilla create individual files which are bigger than the 50 gb limit my kDrive (swiss equivalent to Google drive) allows me to have.
With my Surface Go 1 the individual files are way smaller although the overall size of the backup is approximately the same.
How can I change that so that I can put my backups on the cloud?
Hi everyone!
I'm a happy Gnome user on Fedora 38 on my Surface Go 1. Still, as I'm not an experienced Linux user, I'd want to discover some other distros and some other DE like KDE.
I'm planning on installing a distro with KDE on Gnome Boxes, but I wanted to know if there was a way to export it and make it a real OS (no VM) at one point.
To get to the point where I had my perfect workstation installation, it took me quite some time and I wouldn't want to waste my time creating my perfect VM and not make it real at one point.
I don't know if it could be done by cloning my virtual disk with Clonezilla for instance.
I'm sorry if my question ain't clear, it's just that I may not have the right vocabulary to talk about such things.
Hi everyone,
I have a Surface Go 1 with 128 gb hooked up to a usb-c screen.
I’ve installed Fedora 38 on it and I’m really happy with the whole setup. So much so that I wanted to be able to reproduce it on all my computers.
The problem is I can’t get the machine to boot from a Usb-a with usb-c adaptor or from a usb-c stick.
I’ve tried everything. I can access the uefi settings and disable secure boot and change the boot order. At first I thought it was because I was using an usb-c adapter but buying a usc-c stick didn’t change a thing.
In the past the only way I was able to boot from usb was to break my system, install windows again and go to windows recovery. I don’t want to do that again as I would want to clone my system.
For now, I’ve resorted to cloning my girlfriend’s 2012 MacBook Pro with Fedora on it, but since it’s not my daily driver, it’s not where I’m creating my perfect setup.
If anyone can help me, I’d be really grateful.
Hi everyone,
I’ve just used Clonezilla for the first time to clone a 500gb ssd with only 83gb being used.
Since only 83gb were used, could I clone that system on a computer with only 128gb? Or does it need to have at least 500gb of space even if most of it wasn’t used on my original system?
Clonezilla seems really practical but isn’t so accessible and I haven’t found an answer to that question online 😇
I’m using Fedora 38 but I don’t think it really matters.
Hi everyone,
I’m a happy Fedora 38 user on my Surface Go 1.
In fact I’m so happy with it that I just wanted to clone the whole thing with Clonezilla and put it on my girlfriend’s MacBook Pro which has reached end of life support for MacOs.
Sadly on the Surface Go it’s almost impossible to boot from an USB drive (had to rely on windows recovery to do it the first time, might be usb-a to usb-c adaptor related) and I’ll really have to do a clean install on her Mac.
For such situations, I find it crazy that you don’t have an effective graphic tool to fo an easy backup. Especially because Fedora is so great for everything else.
You could say, use Timeshift, but it would mean doing some alterations I’m not at ease with as I don’t want to end up destroying the system I’m trying to backup and clone.
Does anyone know if it’s on the developers roadmap?
Hi everyone,
My girlfriend has a 2012 MacBook Pro and she can’t macOS updates anymore because it’s Applecrap.
So I’ll dualboot Fedora and MacOS. We’ll keep macOS just for a few exceptions like iPhone backup.
I already have a Fedora installation on my Surface Go 1 and I took a lot of time setting it up perfectly. Is there any way to « clone » that installation on the MacBook so that I don’t have to go through everything again?
Hi everyone,
My girlfriend has MacBook Pro from 2012 which has already been upgraded with more Ram and an SSD.
From what I understand, her OS (Catalina) has reached end of life in 2022 and doesn’t get any support from Apple anymore.
As that machine works perfectly, what should she do?
I hate Apple products (even if it’s painful for me to say that they’re good) and I’m a Linux enthusiast, so I’d tell her to install Fedora Asahi, but I wanted to know if the Apple enthusiast crowd had a better idea.
My girlfriend isn’t geeky at all (despite her geeky glasses) and she would want to stay in the safe environment provided by an Apple OS. But we also don’t want to replace that powerful machine as we hate programmed obsoletism.