Chrome killed Ublock, Valve talks Steam Deck 2, Nvidia's hybrid GPUs: Linux & Open Source News

[@TheLinuxEXP]

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[@NightBeyondVeil]

Hi could you talk about Mega OS Luna linux Distro?

[@longdashes]

no

[@terry2295]

Chrome is destroying itself like Windows. What are the higher ups at these companies thinking at the moment?

[@passtheboxfox5374]

Maximizing value for shareholders. They don't care about us because they're better a majority won't know or care to move to the competition

[@voltcroc]

"I like money💵"

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Too busy smoking crack

[@theviniso]

I'm afraid that most people simply don't care. They just click on the colorful internet button and browse the web, and are not even aware there are alternatives.

[@8lec_R]

They are thinking "muh q4 profits"

[@honkhonkler7732]

I switched back to Firefox this year for the first time in a decade because I heard Chrome would be nuking ad blockers. uBlock is fantastic.

[@whirl89]

Google is one of mozilla biggest contributer let's just hope they dont introduce the same changes to firefox Edit: firefox uses their own engine but the point still stands

[@kaialist]

@@whirl89 wdym? its not based on chromium

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@kaialist I can't stand Mozilla. I'll take my chances with Vivaldi. And I know Vivaldi is Chromium and not FOSS, but it's the best option out of the admittedly not big pool of choices.

[@kaialist]

@@cameronbosch1213 why can't you stand mozilla?

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@@kaialistThey paid their CEO insane money while Firefox market share nosedived, they got into the ad business which was enabled in Firefox _by default,_ they refuse to implement community feedback into Firefox, and they let Thunderbird nearly die until the community basically saved it. Now Thunderbird is arguably better off than Firefox thanks to the community! And don't get me started on how late they are to PWAs...

[@lightyisreal]

Switched to Linux planning to stay permanently and switched to Firefox. Never felt this good

[@lukadjo]

🥳

[@RogerioDuarte]

good choice

[@AstraPlanetshine]

welcome

[@radhakrishnaupadhyayak1684]

Welcome!!

[@scpatl4now]

Never left Firefox, and I'm good with that. All of google needs to be broken up. Chrome, their ad business, and search all need to be totally separate companies.

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

Definitely. I hate google.

[@Kiev-in-3-days]

Also youtube must do something about Putin's trolls. Some news channels comment sections are 99% made of their shitty comments. Totally unaceptable. We can't even block them.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

​@@Kiev-in-3-days given your account name, your definition of a troll is anyone who doesn't want an endless war or just doesn't give a crap about a random territorial spat on another side of the earth

[@opiumpodium55]

a breakup of google probably means youtube goes under

[@PainweedingPills]

​@@Kiev-in-3-days Yes, lets turn tech discussion into p*litical cockfights.

[@nerms5256]

Thank you for making these videos every week. Very appreciated.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

You’re welcome!

[@pradeepmalar327]

Valve's move on going for a bit of longer generation cycle is good for the company and the customers. I just hope they arent too late

[@p4l4d1n7]

Lets be real, its better to wait out a few apu generations and wait on fsr 4 or 5.

[@bonevelous]

Honestly in my book, I doubt they will be too late if they release in a similar time frame (though not too similar) to the switch 2

[@bmqww223]

they can't achieve shit with making shitty handhelds , handheld market is very small and doesn't represent the mainstream gamers and you cannot expect long service life like we get from playstation and xbox console..... they have time to cancel steam deck 2 and start working on steam machine , with xbox backing out the void can be filled by providing cheap alternative to ps5 pro or upcoming ps 6 then sony will be feeling the heat and will drop their price down or innovate..... the next step is steam machine not steam deck 2 my friends.... if they are serious about it , but hey its valve we know there are some retards who will buy any failed product they release so they might not be serious............

[@wedge_one]

Google just did the best advertising for Firefox ever.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Too bad Mozilla fails to make it viable...

[@kapser2210]

@@cameronbosch1213 how so? I've used Firefox for years and I haven't had any issues other than one government website that just refuses to support Firefox, and that's only on mobile, everything else works wonders

[@Romactu]

In so of Brave browser.

[@Aimede]

Some of the folks that left and forgot Firefox will get some kind of recollection that ye trusty ole Firefox is still there and rocking

[@briani7858]

@@cameronbosch1213 what do you mean? mozilla is great.

[@shishimaru1000]

The Linux experience: "cause, you know, you have to worry about which port connects to where[...]" Me trying for 8 months, along with three communities, to make Nouveau audio work: "what if I only need to use another port?" ...it works now if I connect display port to a different port. Holy moley. I'm speechless.

[@xanderplayz3446]

The problem is not using the Nvidia drivers. Nouveau drivers are still not great.

[@florian5670]

Nvidia has a bad reputation amongst Linux users for a reason. AMD and Intel usually run without any issues on Linux.

[@PhilipPetev]

... and it seems Chrome is the only Chromium-based browser that drops the Manifest V2 support. Most Chromium-based browsers already said they will keep the Manifest V2 support, running side by side with Manifest V3. Which is laughable at very least. It's like someone energizes the crowd in a room with his new idea, then says "Now, who's with me?" and the answer is the silence in the room...

[@aber416373]

Ublock Origin even works on my Android phone through Firefox. Not only is Chrome becoming worse, all of Google is failing. Sad to see.

[@pju28]

One thing you should keep in mind. It doesn’t matter the environment. We look for you as person and your quality of news you present which is always a pleasure to watch and enjoying it! Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

[@namesurname7654]

Little addition to winamp downfall, 18:00 there was a copy of their api keys and certificates stored with repo in early commits. Fun to view such incompetence

[@cameronbosch1213]

Like, honestly, how much incompetence did the WinAmp company have? Apparently, too much! 😂

[@jps1]

This is shot like a villain scene from the 60s Batman

[@TheLinuxEXP]

This is shot in front of a camera placed on my desk, not really different from the previous videos?

[@theviniso]

​@@TheLinuxEXP Maybe they think all of your videos are shot like villain scenes from 60s Batman and just decided to mention it now? I don't know, that's all I got.

[@overlordmarkus]

​@@TheLinuxEXP Have you considered getting a fluffy white cat or growing out your mustache? Maybe letting some more of your accent slip? :)

[@DISMALSIGNAL]

@@TheLinuxEXP I think it's because the camera is slightly tilted.

[@jps1]

@@DISMALSIGNAL That is correct, it is because of the angle/tilt of the camera.

[@artemis4534]

The idea that a steam deck 2 needs to come out after only 2 years is insane to me the current console generation is only 4 years old and the switch is nearing 10 years. It's a handheld its not gonna play games at 4k 249 fps and a steam deck 2 isn't either. Tripple A games aren't gonna drastically become more demanding in a year or so because they still need to be able to run on the base ps5 and Xbox series X.

[@real1vaylo]

the switch is around 8 years old, not 10 lol

[@KoopstaKlicca]

​@@real1vayloSomeone never learned how to round

[@deoxys9794]

​@@real1vayloYou really need to improve your reading skills lol. "Is nearing 10 years" means the Switch is not 10 years yet but in a short time it will be 10 years

[@DavideDavini]

The difference is that consoles get a bespoke version of the game, Steam Deck does not. That limits its viability. As long as developers keep its existence in mind. It can work. But if they don’t bother and it becomes too old to run the new shiny game of the week, most people are going to abandon it. These are PC gamers we are talking about. People who cry their way to Micro Center every time their GPU can’t do 100FPS on Epic Ultra Nightmare settings. I think he’s right that waiting could backfire. IMO. Of course.

[@real1vaylo]

@KoopstaKlicca i know how to round but saying 2 years makes a difference dawg

[@retrorody]

I'm happy to leave chrome for Firefox for a while now and the powerful of customization and uBlockOrigin and tampermonkey is amazing for both pc and mobile

[@willi1978]

i wonder what next step chrome has thought out. they might also stop sending responses to firefox in the future.

[@retrorody]

@@willi1978 Microsoft will do it to make Bing is the default in ff same as vivaldi

[@cavvieira]

Imagine if UBO lite replaced all the ads with an unobtrusive Firefox ad. Something like “seeing ads? With Firefox + UBO you could have filtered more of them!”

[@FedoraSilverblue]

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[@SirLightfire]

That is the ultimate passive aggressive move, and i love it

[@cameronbosch1213]

8:08 Unpopular opinion, I don't think we need a new Steam Deck 2, we need a Steam Machine 2 home console.

[@Linux_ASMR]

I think that Valve doesn't want to release a steam machine 2.0 because they'd be directly competing with regular gaming PCs, sometimes with way better specs. There's probably more added value in a steam deck since it's a portable gaming Pc and less competition for Valve in that niche.

[@McSquiddington]

@@Linux_ASMR I just hope that Valve is working on releasing SteamOS as a standalone, honestly. I don't want a Steam Deck 2, mine is still perfectly serviceable for what I play on it. What I'd like is custom hardware running Valve's fork of Arch.

[@bonevelous]

Honestly Valve probably doesn't need the steam deck 2 to be a success as much as we do

[@Espartanica]

Why not both? Have a Steam Deck 2 that has all the functionality of a Steam Machine. Otherwise it's just a PC console

[@Cyco_Nix]

Unfortunately, Google, like Microsoft, bank on the quote from George Carlin... ""Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that" being accurate.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Well, they did just get busted by the US DOJ, so maybe they'll have to divest Chromium!

[@willi1978]

big companies just don't make products for customers anymore. everything would look a lot different if they wanted to make the best product for the users, it is sad

[@Cyco_Nix]

@@willi1978 I really wish I could disagree with you.

[@roborob347]

Firefox and its forks are our only hope. Even Brave isn't safe, since it's still a Chromium based browser.

[@HShango]

Used to love Firefox, but I'll not bother with Firefox at all and no I don't use chrome at all, I use brave

[@keit99]

​@@HShangotherefore you use chromium aka the google controlled inet engine

[@lukadjo]

The brave founder/creator of JavaScript is ... controversial to say the least, so I steer clear of brave.

[@df3yt]

@@lukadjo Mozilla FF has their share too, arguably worse.

[@cameronbosch1213]

@@df3yt I agree 100%.

[@iamnobody940]

Whatever happens to chrome, it's none of my concern because I don't even use it. There is literally not a single reason to have chrome installed.

[@brads2041]

Geforce Now 😊 That's all I use it for

[@京都-v8b]

@@brads2041 Chromium...can do that

[@itsHanibee]

the camera looks tilted, is this an illusion?

[@Dosenwerfer]

Right?? That tilt is hurting my brain qwq

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I can’t see it, personally?

[@MommyKhaos]

It's tilted like 3-4⁰ degrees

[@itsHanibee]

​@@MommyKhaos yeah towards the left right? i think the vertical lines in the frame look a little tilted

[@itsHanibee]

​@@TheLinuxEXP im doing a frame analysis just to make sure im not seeing things lol

[@weluvmusicz]

Is the camera tilted?

[@Torviticus]

It's called a Dutch Angle it's very cinematic builds tension and a subtle discomfort.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I don’t see it,personally ?

[@muizzsiddique]

It is to me! Look at 11:00

[@PaulG.x]

@@Torviticus I was wondering why I was uncomfortably itchy. I'm glad it wasn't what I thought it was - Monkey Pox

[@skywalkdesign2023]

​@@PaulG.x😂😂😂😂😂

[@luckybutunlucky8937]

Moved back to Firefox because anything that has Chromium will break any adblockers you have. Firefox isn't the greatest for gaming or hacking into online games but it at least blocks ads.

[@thefablesfolly]

I use LibreWolf (FireFox fork)

[@AstraPlanetshine]

I have been thinking about trying it. it looks good from what i have seen.

[@FedoraSilverblue]

i use zen browser based on firefox

[@nikunjkhangwal]

Babe wake up, we're doing The Linux Experiment

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

lol @ Winamp "Don't fork our stuff"... gets forked... 2600+ times Well done mighty Llama Group hahahahahaha

[@gordonfreeman9641]

It's no longer owned by nullsoft, the old Devs were quite mad at how they handled the open sourcing too.

[@Fossil-e4w]

Valve should just work on a console to compete with PS6 and Xbox. This way Valve can work on SteamOS, a steam controller, capture console market share and wait for meaningful performance and efficiency improvements for Steam Deck 2. I hope it's at least 3-5+ years for Steam Deck 2.

[@cameronbosch1213]

I would love a Steam Machine 2.0 with current Steam OS plus a new Steam Controller. That would honestly open up new options for gaming that a handheld could never accomplish.

[@Thorned_Rose]

I would also love to see a function of a Steam console to connect with another computer on your network to boost performance for more hardware hungry games. Like the ye olde Turbo button but a whole 'nother box to boost things. EDIT: with potential that if they continued with the Steam Deck, the same function could boost the Deck.

[@bonevelous]

As much as I get what you're trying to say, I can't help but think that the PS5 and XBox's dismal sales and the PS5 Pro's almost imperceptible graphical upgrades will mean they will more need to focus on peripheral innovations, similar to Nintendo

[@Fossil-e4w]

@@bonevelous The problem is 9th gen consoles have very few games to make upgrading worth it. That’s why a good chunk of people are still on PS4 and Xbox One. PS5 is getting remasters of 4 year old games💀

[@dylon4906]

Valve should make steam machines again. Imagine this: valve gets a contract with AMD for a high-power APU (like what's in the consoles) and uses it in a steam machine (running steamOS obviously). However, unlike the consoles, it would otherwise be just a normal gaming PC that you could technically install any OS on. And since valve makes so much money from steam, they can afford to sell the steam machine with a super thin profit margin. So valve would basically be selling gaming PCs at an insanely cheap price for the power you get. I think this would catch on very fast and become very popular. And the other good part is that all of the steam machines come running Linux (steamOS) out of the box, so this would definitely boost Linux's gaming marketshare

[@shadowseek27]

missed a space in the description for the time stamp, great vids as always thanks!

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Thanks, fixed!

[@waldezurbe]

i know it's what every company says, but i really think valve is happy with the competition. i always thought the real competition for valve was not the switch or other consoles, but windows. going by the reviews i saw, windows on a hand held is a serious limitation - see the asus one.

[@MrKilljay]

Valve is happy because none of it is actually competition. When someone buys an ROG Ally, where do they get their games? Of course Valve is happy with the 'competition', they win either way lol.

[@softwarelivre2389]

Valve's competition is Epic Games. And consoles. So more PC handhelds sold, the better for them

[@Romaoplays]

08:32 would be a godsend

[@dcpow]

Intel and AMD might also concerned about open-source-ish architecture RISC-V, not only ARM, so developing their CPUs even more into RISC ones. If you ask me Intel and AMD are teaming up to get the work done faster before the fan is hitten by 💩. How urgent must the situation be?!🤔

[@PremierPrep]

Hybrid Graphics has been the number one issue I've had when choosing hardware for Linux. Thank goodness NVIDIA is putting some attention to this.

[@Uryendel]

Other handheld PC devices are not competition for Valve, they don't sell a handheld device, they provide a product to access their store.

[@deepkhamaru]

Zen browser, use it. Love it!

[@willi1978]

i like the zen browser. most browsers have too many features

[@FedoraSilverblue]

i use zen browser based on firefox

[@jr.jackrabbit10]

camera tilt vs not tilted, the new yanny vs laurel also thank you very much for these videos, best and most readily available linux digest i've had the pleasure of listening to

[@50-50_Grind]

Laurel !

[@ed.puckett]

I don't really care about your backgrounds because your content carries the day. Keep up the good work!

[@gmt-yt]

Yaaay! WB; camera looks great! Maybe you should rotate the room 10 degrees though. Don't things keep falling off the shelves in there?

[@NiffirgkcaJ]

When I still didn't have a laptop, I was using Chrome, but the ads were unbearable, so I switched to Brave after finding a roundabout way to transfer my bookmarks. I was already trying out Firefox on mobile but felt it was limited compared to Chromium browsers, despite Firefox's ability to use add-ons on mobile. Then, when I got a laptop, I immediately switched to it and have stuck with it ever since. I also switched to Linux this year after spending 6 months on Windows 11. It felt clunky and heavy for what it was worth. I got tired of Windows, and the final push for me was when Microsoft decided to stop supporting WSA. I'm currently a happy Firefox and Linux user! 🦊🐧

[@blakecasimir]

The response from Valve regarding the Steam Deck is robust and encouraging. I'm not in the market for one but if I were this would convince me to give the Deck a closer look.

[@ArcticTraveller-o7s]

I've been running Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition on a trial basis for a year. I have only suffered one bad update that crashed the system, partly my fault in updating whilst being logged in as a user and not a super user administrator. There are two browsers I use, one is chromium based Brave the other is Firefox based Librewolf which I find very secure and simplistic. I've uninstalled MS Edge and Bing on my Windows 10 &11 and I don't have Google Chrome browser installed on any of my laptops. It's appreciated we have a channel like Nick's Linux Experiment to inform us on critical changes. If it wasn't the fact 2 of my business laptops have biometric fingers print readers I would have completely transferred to using Linux Mint full time.

[@Hobbitstomper]

*Enshittification mode to the max!*

[@tulsatrash]

Happy to see valve is taking a patient approach to platform iteration and AMD dedicated GPUs will be running better on Linux.

[@_xolari]

good news video like every week

[@NiyaKouya]

Will share this video with my colleagues because they include some die-hard Chrome fans that think it's "the only browser"... I've been a Firefox user since version 2.x and migrated to Waterfox when Mozilla started their own big extension API change a few years ago. And I would never even consider changing to some other browser, the setup of extensions I have (including uBO, uMatrix, Decentraleyes and some for specific sites like RES for Reddit) includes years of tuning and gives me a browsing experience that gets rid of 99% of ads and tracking.

[@needsLITHIUM]

The irony is that the original founder of Nullsoft/WinAmp, Justin Frankel, actually DOES contribute to open source. The source code for ShoutCast being in there isn't too surprising, as that actually IS an open source project, also started by Justin before he left his own company after AOL, the company he sold it to, ousted him.

[@valdroz]

my fave linux news channellll

[@swagmuffin9000]

the winamp issue section was the greatest thing i've seen in an issue section. sad it's gone

[@BytebroUK]

So switch from Chrome to Brave (or some other Chromium browser). Yes, I'm aware that some people don't like that 'person' heading the Brave project but the actual browser just bloody works. It's the one browser where I do not see KZbin ads upfront, and of course with Ublock Origin still apparently working, my work here is done, no?

[@cybernit3]

I think my old 2021 ASUS A15 Gaming Laptop is MUXLESS, the RTX 3060 dGPU can only be used on an external monitor; when I found this out after I bought it I didn't like this, since I wanted the RTX 3060 to render out to the Laptop Panel too. So I am using Ubuntu 24.10 could I improve with this patch the power profile for my 7800xt graphics card? It would be nice to get even better performance, but I also don't want to screw anything up.

[@CristianMolina]

Thanks for the great news program ❤

[@Zigwantssoda]

2024 is a wild year. Windows and chrome self-destructing is a cherry on top

[@kolz4ever1980]

Oh yeah... Windows is with the 4 % user base. Definitely they're cooked.. 😂

[@Sheerwinter]

:( i have battlefield 2042 and wanna play it on steam deck 2. But it's not working on linux right? For anti cheat... And :( i have some other games in my library. :( genshin impact is running but what if i get ban.

[@Fractal227]

Valve should not release a revised steam deck for at least the first 5 years, there is absolutely no reason to. Stream your games from Nvidia or somewhere else, it has plenty of years left if you ask me.

[@Linux_ASMR]

Streaming games to the steam deck seems like a good solution to play some games in higher settings. Sunshine and Moonlight are awesome for that 😎

[@jordanwardle11]

Then you might as well buy a laptop. What's the point of a portable handheld if you are still reliant on a good internet connection?

[@deloller2452]

​@@jordanwardle11Maybe you want to play confortably on your bed? And btw you dont need internet IF you dont play multiplayer

[@Techmagus76]

Thx Nick. promotion comment.

[@bvd_vlvd]

The reason Chrome can keep a good part of its market share are user agents. My browser reports that it's Chrome by default so it can blend into the web and be a little more difficult to fingerprint. There are no reasons not to lie about your user agent (unless you set it to something like curl cause that would be very funny) so even if your browser says it's something else, I'd recommend just setting it to Chrome

[@jerryferreira8960]

0:05 Yes, visuals are much better! Thanks.

[@thelakeman2538]

No video chapters ? (edit- realised that there are timestamps in the description)

[@ananon5771]

AMD and intel collaborating is fine because there's now a lot more competition, but id be worried if this was earlier. Being that their ownership of X86 has prevented competition for decades and I do not consider IP to be property in the same way as your personal or private property.

[@Operr_Omuc]

idk if it's because of my region or because I use vivaldi but Ublock still works for me

[@Drazil100]

7:49 I personally want them to wait a good while before they release Steam Deck 2. We all know Valve can’t count to 3 so whatever comes next is gonna have to be really good.

[@RubenKelevra]

Ha, waiting for the first court case where Winamp is then forced to release the full source code under GPL 2 ;)

[@josephdegarmo]

I switched to Vivaldi a week ago after seeing this coming.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Yeah, they have integrated something very similar to uBlock Origin into the browser itself. GG Google!

[@KatherineFtw]

Vivaldi is Chromium IIRC. It’s only a matter of time before it impacts you. Switch to Firefox or LibreWolf.

[@josephdegarmo]

@@KatherineFtw Vivaldi has a built-in ad blocker not linked to uBlock Origin.

[@cameronbosch1213]

@@josephdegarmo This exactly. Their solution isn't extension based, so GG Google!

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

Big blurry mic in the middle of the screen

[@deusexaethera]

Chrome is Google's greatest gift to Mozilla.

[@bigbay1159]

Enjoy the Oled deck and will certainly get the Deck once it's out but nice to know we wont have to play the replace game so quickly

[@cameronbosch1213]

Yeah, I disagree with Nick here. I don't think we need a Steam Deck 2; I think a home console competitor like a Steam Machine revival; something to compete with Microsoft and Sony.

[@UltraZelda64]

Time to switch browsers again I guess. Maybe back to Firefox now after having switched away from it over a decade ago. Although I'm still not happy with the way Mozilla is going--which is pretty much the main reason I left it in the first place. Ladybird just can't reach a usable state soon enough.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Have you tried Vivaldi? Yes, I know it's not FOSS and yes it's based on Chromium, but they are integrated something very similar to uBlock Origin straight into the browser, so you'll still get good ad blocking. I wouldn't touch Mozilla anything right now given they seem to be digging their grave faster than everybody else can claw them out of it.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Or even GNOME's Epiphany...

[@thingsiplay]

Amazing how so many people (even on Linux) are still using Chrome. I think even using a Chromium based browser is bad, because it still counts as Chrome compatible. I hope more people will switch to Firefox.

[@-mwolf]

OMG PLEASE. Mux is the source of all my pain with linux on laptop.

[@gordonfreeman9641]

The issue with Firefox is that it's really not a good substitute right now, I had to switch to a chrome fork with continued mv2 support because Firefox had so many issues for me, graphical bugs, cache issues where websites didn't load. Firefox needs more funding and outside development ASAP

[@Straw..]

Hey do you have videos of that or something so you can send it to the dev team because it's open source, never seen anyone say websites don't load or graphical bugs in firefox

[@The_Frustrated_Optimist]

I can't help but think Valve would benefit from a Steam Console in addition to the deck. I got one of those Tuxedo cubes and while I do like it, it is still much larger than an actual console. Valve making some steam equivilant of a ps5 in terms of size could be a solid idea. It would give game devs another linux base to target, but if built right could be upgradable by users. Basically, a console-sized pre-made gaming rig.

[@xperience-evolution]

Now what does that mean for Brave and such?

[@TheLinuxEXP]

They’ll keep their Adblock alive

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@@TheLinuxEXPSame with Vivaldi. They've built it into the browser directly to avoid upstream from being able to do something like this again.

[@xperience-evolution]

@@TheLinuxEXP puh, thanks for the Info. My heart can beat slower again.

[@muizzsiddique]

I'm psyched for VRR support. Also, a 2024+ AAAA game capable portable console is a lie. Devs need to lower the minimum requirements and stop relying on blurring technologies to look "acceptable" at 4K.

[@muizzsiddique]

The blurring is in and of itself a problem and would make people demand from Valve a higher resolution display. 720p is enough for a portable console!

[@cameronbosch1213]

Yeah, 1280x800 is fine for a handheld console with a 7 inch screen, especially since high resolution screens kill battery life and most games cannot be played at higher resolutions and refresh rates. I'd take an 1280x800 OLED 90 hz screen over a 1920x1200 120 hz IPS screen.

[@MatthewMakesAU]

I wish I could use Opera, but on mobile it won't let you set a custom search engine. Just the ones in their list.

[@Shabbir-A.]

we are distancing ourselves from these guys and adopted Linux. we switched to Deepin Linux and it's way better than all other Linux Distros. no driver problems, no errors. not need to get a degree to use Linux

[@Animotions01]

I do All of my recreational internet activity on a 2012 Imac running the first Sierra OS 10.12. MY work PC’s and linux machine remain air gapped from the internet( for many reasons) I am running chrome with Adblock on the old imac and I never see ads on any websites or youtube.

[@Wilker_uwu]

on winamp i'm curious as to how deep is the gpl violations are

[@ChellSneed]

No, you are zooming in a lot. I like the old zoomed out videos. God bless you.

[@jozsefk9]

Few weeks ago I left Chrome based browsers. Using Zed Browser now. Firefox based.

[@cameronbosch1213]

Zen browser? Not worth it imo.

[@jozsefk9]

@@cameronbosch1213 why not? Works good to me.

[@Straw..]

​@@cameronbosch1213Pretty much worth it so good

[@Ratorix]

for the people that didn't use add blocker... you probably can count more than half of them as not knowing that they use it, because they didn't configured their browser themself, and that the tech guy that installed their computer obviously installed one for them... personally I install add blocker every time I have to prepare a PC... for basic user it's equivalent to protect them from themself... avoiding a lot of scam, and helping their computer to work better by not loading data from five hundred and to(I know... most of the time it's even more) external site...

[@potatocrispychip]

AMD: Does this mean I get access to your ring architecture patent, Intel? Intel: No. You make powerful budget CPU's and we invented the mesh architecture to downgrade CPU's.

[@calabi-yau4894]

I saw on another channel that one of the devs that released the Winamp repo posted on Twitter (paraphrasing) "We totally ChatGPTed the license, use it however you want and if there's issues, let us know and we'll change it. We're busy building things over here, bro" 😆

[@jacquelineliu2641]

If the devs really said that, they're too dumb and/or liars. If they really want to let people do whatever they want with it, they should have licensed it WTFPL or put it into the public domain.

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@@jacquelineliu2641Heck, even 2 or 3 clause BSD or MIT would have been fine!

[@jacquelineliu2641]

@@cameronbosch1213 Of course. I just only said WTFPL/PD because that adheres strictly to what the devs said. Also, BSD and MIT licenses are so common, anyone who is familiar with open source would have thought of those as first options, so they're not worth mentioning. Not using those is either incompetence or malice.

[@calabi-yau4894]

@@jacquelineliu2641 I remembered where I saw it - ThePrimagen talking about it in "WTF Winamp" stream, the tweet is shown at 26:35 minutes in

[@jacquelineliu2641]

@@calabi-yau4894 It's not Winamp.

[@fefefefe56]

Got me curious to test uBO Lite on Chrome. It has Basic - Optimal - Complete modes. On Complete I can block YT ads though I'm not sure if this mode is dependent on the V2 stuff.

[@tylermelton369]

I seriously hope Chrome's user base tanks.

[@AsakaAkhsara]

Just switched to Zen Browser earlier today from Chrome because the Chrome policy to uBO and of course trying to new experience of new browser (since it's Firefox-based browser)

[@cameronbosch1213]

Good luck with a laggy and buggy mess that likely will be dead in a few years when Mozilla goes Chapter 7.

[@Waxedcutcopperblock]

​@@cameronbosch1213 what should I use then? I don't want to be dependent on chromium

[@iclonethefirst]

Nice new setup, but the microphone is a bit odd in the middle; maybe better place it off screen

[@cameronbosch1213]

15:39 What!? A llama!? _He's supposed to be _*_DEAD!_*

[@logodedalo]

Could you do a video or a comment on how is it possible to install a printer on Linux Mint these days? Old models, with or without airscan etc. Like, with cups 2.4.7 update? Greetings from Brazil. Meilleurs salutations.

[@OnlyCitrus]

There is no reason to rush the Deck 2, if they cannot provide 2x the current perf at half the wattage. And 24 gigs of RAM please.

[@cameronbosch1213]

And a bigger battery or at least better battery life.

[@ml_serenity]

So long Chrome. You won't be missed

[@Rick_Gregor]

Version 128 of Thorium works fine already blocking 100 blocks just opened it

[@lian_drake]

12:50 Intel and AMD are the only companies that are legally allowed to develop the x86 architecture I think. They made an agreement in 2001 for that, because x86 was patented by Intel (I don't really know the situation now)

[@tinyplayerss]

What we do Need is Linux to Become Playable on Denouvo Enabled Games!

[@mataznuiz]

most games with denuvo work on linux iirc

[@tinyplayerss]

@@mataznuiz Well not entirely all Games maybe 1 out of 200 Games but all of my Games I have to play on Windows otherwise they dont work on linux

[@FedoraSilverblue]

what is Denouvo

[@mataznuiz]

@@FedoraSilverblue Denuvo is DRM software that some games use, to make them harder to pirate. If you look at a list of games that use Denuvo and ProtonDB, you'll see most work just fine on Proton. The main thing preventing games from running is really just anti cheat.

[@tinyplayerss]

@@FedoraSilverblue its a piece of Software that Prevents or Delays the process for Pirates to Crack Games with Denouvo enabled on the Games we buy but some games on Linux does not run with Denouvo

[@systim30]

Nothing compares to the steamdeck. AAA titles work well for now. As for battery life.. I can play for a good 3 to 4 hrs... but I got an aftermarket battery. I will get the SD2 when it releases

[@hp4985]

I'm considering recommending tuxedo laptops to my sister who wants a number pad and basic gaming while mostly being for document work. Do these laptops have good screens and battery life?

[@cameronbosch1213]

Good screens? Depending on the laptop, yes, but no OLED or Mini-LED if you want that. Also, if you need or want an ANSI keyboard, be careful of which model you choose. Some are available with ISO or ANSI keyboard options, but not all are.

[@Αρτέμιος-ρ5λ]

Thanks!)

[@AFCMS]

I was a Firefox user in the past but the lack of some features (notably folder access and installable PWAs) and a huge video decoding issue (random 1s freezes, affected all FF based browsers on my Fedora + NVIDIA laptop) made me switch to a chromium based, namely Brave. It was mind blowing to see how much performance it game me, some OpenGL apps were literally loading twice as fast. Then I experienced a bug in Brave which made me switch to Google Chrome (my only requirement was to have a solid adblocker available, which uBlock Origin was). Now if Chrome destroy the adblockers (uBlock still isn't deactivated for me) I will again switch to something else, certainly not FF but probably Thorium which have stated they will keep MV2.

[@alex15095]

Thorium is maintained by a single guy and includes some antifeatures like proprietary Google libraries, I would recommend going for Brave or Firefox if you want something more likely to be stable long-term. At some point keeping MV2 will become a maintenance burden too big for one person

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@alex15095 heck, even Vivaldi despite not being FOSS is better than Chrome. I'd argue it's better than Brave because the CEO of Vivaldi isn't a crypto scammer and other nasty things like the CEO of Brave is.

[@AzureSoukyuu]

Well... I'm staying with vivaldi, they have their own integrated adblock and tracking protection, while still using the chrome engine.

[@avidwriter2882]

I legit thought you were blurring your shirt at first.