Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Build a pc.

  Install linux.

  Get confused by linux.

  What the fuck does linux want from me???

  Rip hair out.

  Be bald.

  People confuse you for skinhead.

  Wear wig.

  Wig blows off on sunny windy day.

  Lose wig.

  Be sad.

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  • emax_gomax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is absurd. Where’s the step to grow a beard and become a hobbit?

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    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Step 0

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  • aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Linux is easy.

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    • essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Not compared to using a console.

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      • tonyn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Consoles are easy, and I love my PS5 for chilling and playing games, and I love my Linux PC for its power and freedom from corporate bullshit.

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      • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Wait till you realize PlayStation is just Free BSD. 😏

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      • aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fisher price makes some good toys if you want something easy to play with.

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    • cRazi_man@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I love Linux. I’ve moved both my PC and laptop to Linux this year and gotten rid of Windows completely and I’m loving it. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed doesn’t get enough love.

      That being said… Linux is not easy guys. This guy is full of shit. But I would still recommend trying it if you’re an enthusiast with this sort of inclination.

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Like anything, it’s easy once you know how it works. Knowing how Linux works only takes several years.

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    • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It can be. But people don’t usually read instructions or ReadMEs or Docs first?

      I will never under why not. Did you know:

      • …m.wikipedia.org/…/Literacy_in_the_United_States

      National average Proficient 34% Basic 65%

      That is totes a big ooof and explains a lot about many people. @.@

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If I had to read documentation first, I wouldn’t be using Linux. We write software so we can automate things, so we should be able to automate away most of the troublesome parts until we’re just left with a useful device that does its job.

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It really explains why assembly instructions are mostly useless pictures now.

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      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        May I introduce you to republicans, and the bible belt?

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    • mycelium_underground@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And Windows is hard

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    • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Show me your hair.

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  • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Use rats as wig

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      “Honey, don’t look”

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I agree for the most part but it really does “just work” for gaming. If you use Chimera or Bazzite it works almost just like a console.

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    • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No…no it doesn’t. Ask me how I know.

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes…Yes it does. Ask me how I know. Actually I’ll just tell you: I use it every day.

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      • Raptorox@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        How do you know? Are you some kind of wizard?

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  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    As a windows main but steam deck user, can confirm Linux being confusing.

    Fucking wine prefixes.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To be fair, it’s just because windows is the most used and common desktop operating system and the two OSs are different. People would be confused about windows too if the tables were turned.

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      • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Also the Linux community is toxic and overcomplicates things for no reason.

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    • Laser@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What’s confusing about wine prefixes apart from the fact that wine itself doesn’t come with a graphical interface to manage them? On a Deck, Steam should handle these for you

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      • Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Calling them “prefixes” is about the total of the confusion. Call them “instances” or even just “boxes” and it’s suddenly clear what they do.

        (The only reason I’m not using “sandbox” is because they don’t really provide sandboxing from a security point of view, only a kind of separate instance with its own configuration but with access to everything via the Z drive)

        Once you figure out what using a different “wine prefix” only really means a separate “Windows” with it’s own config there’s nothing confusing about it.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I was led to believe you could put windows on steamdeck? Am I wrong? I don’t have one.

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      • dabaldeagul@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You definitely can. The UI from Steam OS (Linux based) is much better though.

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      • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You could, but you wouldn’t

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  • wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bazzite is the answer you search for. Learn the terminal & eventually get a grasp on why atomic distros are cool and you’ll be okay. I was on windows for years & when I learned the terminal for that it was like I was giving God powers.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The only thing I’m trying to install linux on is my Raspberry Pi. Upon googling Bazzite, it doesn’t seem to support Raspberry Pi.

      Also, I’ve been trying to learn terminal off and on for 15ish years, with no luck. I’ve been trying to get the fan to work, unsucsessfully on my raspberry pi, for 4 years now. Apperently I have to compile some code…I don’t know what that means…

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      • aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What the fuck are you on about? I just build a Raspberry Pi based console running RetroPie with a custom cooler, fan, and power button with LED indicator. Check out my recent posts to 3D printing.

        I compiled nothing but RetroPie since the Pi 5 isn’t officially supported but it was dirt simple to do. Install Raspbian, clone RetroPie repo, run install script.

        Once again, you just suck at computing.=

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      • grozzle@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        the benefits of Bazzite are centred around it having good performance with nVidia / AMD / Intel GPUs.

        RasPi doesnt work with those GPUs, so it makes sense Bazzite wouldn’t support it.

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      • Iapar@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Compiling means that you take code then run that code trough a program that checks if the code works like intended. After that it will put out a binary/exe/whatever that you can work with further.

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      • wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Worst case scenario you can take it apart & put it back together to maybe find a defective part. Terminal is tricky because of the language barrier. It’s all just coding with extra steps which isn’t meant to dumb it down.

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  • Butterpaderp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You forgot the part where you get angry, bevause your hdmi doesnt work with linux

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  • gregor@gregtech.eu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    !usernamechecksout@lemmy.zip

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• Lemonparty@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  PS5 pro is a waste of money, but also lots of people don’t want a PC to play games. Two things can be true at the same time!

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  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yep.

    I’m a die hard Linux nerd, but I would still Rather have a console.

    But what I really want is a console that just runs Linux so I can keep it updated and fix minor issues without all the bullshit.

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    • ben_dover@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      i’d argue that a console running linux would be a PC, even if it’s plugged into your living room tv

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      • chillinit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’d argue the replaceable parts and software are what defines a PC for the vast majority of users. Small subsets of users may chase FPS or the highest quality render. But, the vast majority spend more today to spend less long term and want to be in control of their software and hardware.

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      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I would argue that a PC without a keyboard, dedicated to gaming is a console.

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But what I really want is a console that just runs Linux

      Steam Deck

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• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Who is making all those pc parts? It wouldn’t be corporations would it.

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  • aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You’re still beholden to the hardware manufacturers whether you buy a PC or a shitty console but at least with a PC you have choices and you’re spreading your corporate money out to those you feel worth it instead of motherfucking freedom-hating Sony.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Fair point.

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• Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Been building since 2003.

  On Linux since 2018. Current on Bazzite.

  On meh 7950x X Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XTX and NVME 4.0 drive. 240hz 4k on Display Port.

  Who would wanna play on cruddy console hardware lol. Based. Ironically I use a DualSense Edge.

  Also have an OG and OLED Steam Deck.

  I am spoiled by living near a Micro Center.

  Tho the 9800X3D may launch as soon as next month for people wanting to wait.

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  • aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Does Meh have good deals again? I used to check that daily but the last few years it seems like its been nothing but cheap chinese garbage.

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    • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I only go when fire sales are on.

      I got my combo deal 7950x for cheap cheap when the 7800X3Ds launched. They were giving away free Ram with purchase at the time with them as well.

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      • aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I once wrote a quick little scrapper that ran at midnight and would email me the listing. I think I’ll have to re-write it if there’s some sweet deals on hardware. Im still using my 10 year old 4k display i got for stupid cheap.

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  • emax_gomax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    How’s the dualsense running on Linux? I opted for Xbox elite purely because I thought it’d have better support for the back pads but still not over bluetooth :-(.

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    • mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Dualsense and DS4 have official drivers from Sony

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      • emax_gomax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’m aware but last I checked the adaptive triggers and some haptic were unsupported. Was asking if that’s supported now or not.

        S.N. not sure why you’re being downvoted.

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• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Or if you want something more turnkey, a Steam Deck. Want more flexibility? Put Bazzite on it.

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