hellerphant

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How many steam deck folks are here and what are you playing? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I use my deck daily. Anything that is super intensive I actually just stream from my PC upstairs to my deck / or TV downstairs using the deck. For native games I am currently playing Diablo IV, Eastward, and about to start XCOM 2 after finishing the first game entirely on deck earlier this year.

does anybody around here play fighting games? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

As of last week I do, simply because SF6 has really captured my heart. The modern controls allow me to still pull off some cool moves, but give me a chance to focus on building fundamentals. I don't want to grind away in the lab mode for 1934589 hours. I want to learn by doing. I'll never be hyper competitive, but I have won a few matches online and now I have the bug.

Apollo for Reddit is shutting down in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

This is really sad. I rarely posted on Reddit, and I mostly use it as an information source, but Apollo is how I mostly interacted with the platform, and when I did post, it was always through Apollo.

One silver lining is I found Beehaw as a result, and I like interacting and posting here, so I guess... thanks for being shit Reddit!

Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will have to check this on out too! Thank you.

Calckey.social down? in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah 100% no shade on what they are doing. I think it's great. But I do want to be able to access my accounts regularly without major problems. I'll stick it out a little longer, mainly because I already lost all my posts migrating from Masto, and I don't want to lose all my posts again migrating back haha.

I wrote a thing about Resident Evil 4 Remake, and why it proves that Capcom cares about legacy. in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I will make sure that I don't just share only my stuff, but occasionally I would like to try and get some eyes on the things I am working on haha! Thanks for the comment.

Suggestions for slightly older AAA games for Steam Deck? in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Not on my end, I just ran it the standard settings. I rarely mess with TDP as I am playing at home mostly and always have access to my charger.

Calckey.social down? in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hmmmm. Now I am definitely starting to think it might be better to move back to standard Mastodon. A whole day gone with no ETA feels kinda bad. I know this kind of stuff can happen, but Calckey was already having some weird issues for me anyway, so I am a little scared away by it.

Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, was aware of that. I have pretty much stopped playing Val, and if I ever needed to, I could boot back into Windows.

Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

undefined> https://lemmy.ml/post/1130762 Thanks! I used OpenSUSE yeeeeears ago. Totally forgot about it until just now. Will check it out.

Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I will check this out.

Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] hellerphant@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tips. I liked PopOS' vibe, but I might check out Mint seeing it is recommended a bit.

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Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? (beehaw.org)
 

Hey folks!

Thinking of switching back to Linux. I was running PopOS about 1.5 years ago and was pretty happy with the gaming aspect of things, but I was playing a lot of VALORANT back then, and I got sick of dual booting. That is less the case now, so I would like to try going back to Linux for the majority of my gaming / streaming setup, and just use Windows for the handful of games like Destiny 2 that won't run on Linux.

I am fairly new to Linux. Don't mind learning some terminal stuff, but I am basically a noob so it does need to be pretty easy to start with. Got a NVIDIA 3080 and AMD CPU if that matters at all.

Recommend me a distro please fellow penguin gamers.

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Calckey.social down? (beehaw.org)
 

I have been trying to get access to my feed for most of the day, and I am just getting timed out messages and no feeds. Anyone else part of this instance? Can you confirm if it is alive.

I really like calckey but the stability has me thinking about switching back to vanilla Mastodon.

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ELI5 How to link Pixelfed and Calckey (beehaw.org)
 

Hi there! I am pretty new to the Fediverse, spinning up an account on Mastodon in November of last year, moving to Calckey about 1.5 months ago.

I do photography, which I share on Calckey, but I thought I would also go into Pixelfed. I believe you can follow accounts / link them somehow from both services. However whenever I search for my Pixelfed account on Calckey, it cannot find the user.

Or am I just completely misunderstanding how it works. I created my pixelfed account on Pixelfed.social, and I actually follow a few people from that instance on my Calckey account, which is when I got very confused.

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Considering changing to PopOS as a content creator (beehaw.org)
 

Hi folks!

I was using PopOS regularly a few years ago, and it was working great. Good performance, and I was actually noticing a lot of my gaming was running smoother too. I ended up going back to Windows because I could not play VALORANT, Destiny, or HUNT: Showdown on the platform. While I don't play VALORANT anymore, I don't think that the other games have support on Linux either.

The other reason was Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and DaVinci Resolve. I need to do some video editing, and general live streaming too, and I never really dabbled with that on Linux.

I guess my question is for those who game / content create - has Linux been viable for you? Or do you often find yourself dual booting anyway to get the latest updates, driver support, anti-cheat support, plugins etc.

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I wrote a thing about Resident Evil 4 Remake, and why it proves that Capcom cares about legacy. (pixelsforbreakfast.net)
 

Not sure if I am allowed to share my own gaming criticism here (I don't post that often, so don't worry about spam), but I recently put together some thoughts about RE4 Remake and I think it turned out pretty okay!

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