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#11
Game Chat / Re: New dedicated server games...
Last post by Lazybones - January 14, 2026, 01:55:57 AM
A long time ago at this point the hype died and hadn't heard of it again till it recently resurfaced
#12
Game Chat / Re: New dedicated server games...
Last post by Mr. Analog - January 13, 2026, 08:14:36 PM
It's basically Minecraft 2 but have you guys heard about Hytale?

https://hytale.com/
#13
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Lazybones - January 11, 2026, 10:04:05 PM
Thought of the week cachyos (arch) style rolling release as they come out updates may be annoying and problematic.
#14
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Lazybones - January 07, 2026, 02:26:48 PM
At least for steam gaming has become much easier unless the game has aggressive DRM. Almost doesn't matter which distro as steam and proton work on most now.

More gaming focused distros have popped up.

#15
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Mr. Analog - January 07, 2026, 01:42:31 PM
I've really been considering making the change over since Microsoft seems hell bent on injecting AI slop into everything... I just want an OS that runs games and Clip Studio!!
#16
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Lazybones - January 07, 2026, 01:05:15 PM
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Graphics_tablet

Looks like drivers do exist, question is do they just work or require fiddling.

At any rate I if going down this path I would highly suggest a dual boot / separate drive like I have been doing..

For the most part I put in another drive, updated my bios and then changed my boot order to use the drive with linux installed.. I can role back to windows if needed but have been daily driving linux for home use as the default.

Some edge case stuff is still annoying that has little to do with support and more to do with tradition / standards.

IE you may be really used to Windows Fonts. The default ones are licensed fonts, and some websites set them as the preferred font to use. Thus when you load up linux some sites look "off" in the browser and it comes down to the fonts or even the font rendering (we have had MS font smoothing on LCD/LED monitors for a few decades and it impacts how you see the fonts.

You can however go grab all the .ttf font files off your windows partition and dump them into linux lol.
#17
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Mr. Analog - January 07, 2026, 12:11:50 PM
Quote from: Lazybones on January 07, 2026, 09:59:26 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 06, 2026, 08:53:15 AMMan, that's awesome! I have been considering making the switch but there's lack of support for my tablet and Clip Studio which I use almost daily

Just curious what is your specific tablet ?

It's really old
Wacom Intuos III
#18
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Lazybones - January 07, 2026, 09:59:26 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 06, 2026, 08:53:15 AMMan, that's awesome! I have been considering making the switch but there's lack of support for my tablet and Clip Studio which I use almost daily

Just curious what is your specific tablet ?
#19
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Lazybones - January 06, 2026, 10:03:06 AM
Will have to see if I run into any more obstacles CachyOS is strange, it is based on Arch which frankly is a HARD bleeding edge distro where the community doesn't seem to like hand holding or wizards much.

CachyOS is like lets use the bleeding edge distro but make it FASTER and easier for gaming and other things.

Did a quick google and found some tutorials for Clip Studio on linux but probably not going to "RECOMEND" anything..

Again before even going down this path it was more that 99% of what I use my home computer for is webbased now and everything I have been playing works on steam / proton at the moment.

Haven't gone through any time with this new setup yet to find issues.

I did install A LOT of distros just to pop in and see what everything looked like these days.. have to say linux mint is super polished, ubuntus current default desktop environment feels a little alien. Nobara also seems like a strong contender.

Of note I specifically wanted to run "Google" Chome not chromium or firefox and I wanted to be SURE it supported h.265 in the browser for plex and for my modern 4k security cameras.. Oddly enough that is NOT a commonly working thing in most distros. Some have the codec packs easily available however getting a browser to use them is more steps, installing the google version of chrome can even be more steps in some of them.

You do take some risk but the Arch User Repository (AUR) is available to you on CachyOS, you just have to know that it is a USER packaging system so you need to take a little care if you are outside the official / vetted patchages. However this means that chances are good someone else has already pachages "what ever" it is you want to run.
#20
Tech Chat / Re: Trying Linux Desktop Again
Last post by Mr. Analog - January 06, 2026, 08:53:15 AM
Man, that's awesome! I have been considering making the switch but there's lack of support for my tablet and Clip Studio which I use almost daily