bam13302

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[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder if the steam deck will work for you. Its sacrifice of physical keyboard for portability will probably be the deal breaking issue if I were to guess, but not sure. I've seen plenty of people use them as computers for various field projects not game related. It's cheapest is 350 if you don't need a lot storage on the device and the storage is upgradeable. It's compatible with normal USB c hubs for if you do need a physical keyboard or w/e. There are definitely some hangups that may make it undesirable and from what you described some of them are definitely possible, ie if you want to pull it out in the field and do a lot of typing without setting up a dock and whatnot, it won't work for your needs. But if the fieldwork with it is mostly just start a program and connect a USB data source, and most typing will be somewhere with a desk (home office or w/e) then it may work.

I was personally looking for a Linux compatible laptop a while back (admittedly I asked the wrong community), and eventually came to the conclusion that my wife's steam deck was actually a great solution for my needs, the main times I needed a keyboard I could just setup a simple dock and plug one it (though if you get a USBC or Bluetooth keyboard the only use for the dock is for holding it upright or additional peripherals), and most of my on the go use of it doesn't need a lot of typing.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Very similar here, windows 11 being shittier and forced further pissing me off as windows 10 was supposed to be their last release shifting to a service model.

I've still yet to see a convincing reason windows 11 is an improvement in any way over 10.

Then steam decks came out with a solid proton version, and my only reason to stay on windows evaporated. I didn't even try dual booting windows.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 months ago

Sounds like he might want to marry a man then

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 6 points 3 months ago

Its funny, I'm currently using popos and my experience printing was easier than windows by a mile. Literally like 2 buttons clicks in the first related menu I found.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago

Likely depends on what's needed/used as feed

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 months ago (24 children)

What changed? I thought that is still what they did.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 10 points 3 months ago

I think the intent is to show untrained instinctual responses, not learned responses, I'm not sure though some of this chart I find odd, still parsing it to figure out what

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The coloring made me think the cat was on a half finished pizza at first, which certainly changed the tone of things

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 3 points 6 months ago

Same thing for any other software, see if you can get it running in wine, and see what the alternatives are and try them out until you find a solution you like. You need to accept there may be change, and may need to experiment and hit up Google to find solutions, but solutions do exist.

From a quick Google search, i found about 4/5 potential open source options

FreeCAD would probably be what I try first, but it's hardly the only option and seen some people complain that it feels archaic (but it's FOSS). I've also seen draftsight recommended a few times, and it has a free trial but is not free.

Also apparently fusion360 has a web interface that may be usable.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Just checked the app on my phone, 0 bites used, I don't really think they get any live data from it.

[–] bam13302@ttrpg.network 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where is that filter?

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