I feel the same, I was only ever a lurker on Reddit. It's lot easier to have something to contribute on these smaker communities when each post doesn't already have a thousand comments :)
kjetil
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While (WRC) rally is interesting to watch for the driving and car control, the fact that it's Time Trial makes it less enjoyable.
So I prefer Formula 1 because it's an actual race. Everybody races at the same track at the same time, first one to cross the finish line wins. Overtaking is a thing. And the race can change on a dime with changing weather conditions and tactics for pitstops, accidents etc. Of course some tracks can be dreadfully boring where it just becomes a static endurance run from start to finish, but when the racing is good it's so exciting.
When I was a kid there was Rally Cross shown on national TV. I wish they'd bring it back. They raced a few laps around the track. The cars look like normal cars, they banged in to eachother, the tracks were half dirt half asphalt, the teams were part amateurs and part professional teams
One main / general account with a arbitrary username, And one more with a username shared with my other socials, on a different instance Also a third one I created on a third instance while figuring out this Fediverse stuff during the first Reddit migration
Also a kbin account to try out kbin
It does yes. Although it launches Steam directly as its own .. "shelll"? Is that the right word? KDE is bypassed entirely unless you launch "Desktop Mode"
Anyways, I still wouldn't recommend Arch to a new user, go with something easier and more mainstream for your first Linux experience. PopOS, Mint, Fedora, Norabora, Ubuntu/Kubuntu
Also, saying Steam Deck uses Arch isn't wrong, but it's a bit misleading. It uses an Arch base , curated, configured and tested by Valve, and finally periodically shipped as updates using immutable root images (on a single well defined hardware platform). If you install vanilla Arch yourself you're responsible for all configuration and testing yourself.
I'm so torn on this.. on the one hand always online DRM "leased" games from what's effectively a monopoly is bad.
On the other hand.. Proton good. Like really really good. Valve has done so much for Linux gaming through their Steam Machine and now Steam Deck initiatives
Simply put, X11 is the bottom of the graphics stack, i.e. everything that makes Linux have more than just a command line has historically been built on top of X11
X11 is OLD. Like really old. And has a bunch of problem because of it (no variable refresh rate, no good multi monitor support, no proper fractional scaling , tearing, no security etc) It's also very mature. Somehow developers have managed to build a decent user experience out of the old X11
The Wayland protocol was designed to overcome the shortcomings of X11 and replace it. Wayland is now at the cusp of being a fully functional complete replacement for X11. It already is for many (most?) use cases.
Many Applications that are not made for Wayland will still run in Wayland, but they run in a fake X11 server inside called Xwayland. But native Wayland is better (performance, security, features)
Wayland very good on AMD and Intel these days. Nvidia was unsupported, but last year nVidia made a business decision to support EGL(?) so with fresh drives work has begun in Gnome and KDE to support Nvidia in Wayland. I'm not sure how mature Nvidia on Wayland is yet
It's clickable on Jerboa app too