oaklandnative

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[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Lots of firmware and driver updater programs seem to require Windows or Mac and I can't get them to run with wine. For example, I need Win to update the firmware on my car stereo and my 8bitdo game controllers. I also need it to run the tax software my CPA uses.

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thanks for this! I'm so glad to see an audible alternative.

EDIT: I signed up for a free trial and will give it a go. Bummed to see they have a much smaller selection but I guess that's expected with Amazon's muscle.

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I know it got sold twice and I am worried about the future but I believe they still have the same purchase and download options for now.

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Mass Effect Legendary Edition (the full trilogy)

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Can you use an adblocking DNS provider to circumvent this?

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree that it's a bad recommendation. That was my first distro and the dated look was a huge turn off and a bad first impression for Linux. It just feels like a downgrade from Windows or MacOS, which makes for a terrible transition.

What Mint offers that many other distros don't is that it generally works well right out of the box, with just the initial install and no other tweaks, because it has proprietary drivers and other bells and whistles pre-installed. But so does Zorin and Pop_OS and both look much better. Those would probably be my top recommendations for a new user. All 3 of those distros have lots of online support (plus the general Ubuntu support that will usually be applicable as well).

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to run these tests and share your results!

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Me too. I love that in order to prove I have a claim for my deleted account, I can submit my email address. My account was deleted, Facebook. Why do you still have my email address? Why do you still have records tying it to my deleted account?

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the input. What makes it far better?

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there a benefit to doing this instead of just running it natively on SD? The store page says it's SD verified.

Guessing you get higher resolution? Does it matter if playing handheld only vs big screen?

[–] oaklandnative@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I didn't realize you can have an OS ISO and other programs on the same USB stick. I thought the live boot ISO had to be the only thing on the stick (or multiple ISOs using Ventoy).

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