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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I only use the computer for word processing, internet, and playing roguelikes.

Fine. I guess I'll learn Linux πŸ˜’

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

For those use cases, there's very little actual learning to be done.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As someone who understands windows fairly well, but until recently couldn't use the command line to save my life, I started dual booting Ubuntu and it's pretty easy to figure out once you understand what you're looking for. Only things I'm still trying to get running are alternatives for the stream deck software, iCUE, and voicemeeter, but I havem't really invested much time into them yet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes people get caught up trying to find exact matches for software, when instead it's a combination of tools that gets the job done on another OS. The annoying thing is learning new toolsets -- but it's only annoying until you know them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yeah I don't expect to get all the functionality in one piece of software, so I'll have to cobble it together. Of course, icue depends on the .net framework so it's not getting ported, and the other 2 just don't have an official native linux app. Jack mixer is my current target for voicemeeter, but I have to start researching the others at some point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pipewire has some mixing functionality through tools like pwvucontrol, and graph connections through Helvum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Weirdly enough, .Net works relatively well on Linux (at least the core components). Parts of the framework are even various degrees of open sourced.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I do a lot of .NET development at work (back end web APIs). It’s all done in Linux via WSL2. All my code runs in Linux containers on Azure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ICUE has a full replacement, I think it's called CKB next, I can double check that once I'm home if I remember

I use it to manage my Corsair 12-button mouse and it actually has MORE features and is MORE usable than ICUE ever was

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had heard of CKB next, but I thought it was a general purpose RGB software. Good to know!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is, I think?

It also does button mapping and supports Corsair shit out of the box, so it's what I use it for. I planned to use it for the RGB portion as well but it didn't support other devices and OPEN RGB is right there so I use that for lighting and CKB for mouse buttons and DPI config, smooth as butter experience compared to ICUE never fucking saving anything to memory no matter HOW HARD I TRY WHY ICUE WHY

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I feel that pain in my soul! Sometimes my settings get applied, sometimes not, sometimes integrations work, sometimes not, sometimes the app updates properly, sometimes it breaks itself so windows doesn't know it's installed and won't run it, but the installer thinks it's installed, so it won't repair it so I have to delete fucking anything I can find from icue, reinstall it, uninstall with revo, and then reinstall fresh and import all my saved profiles, which only sometimes work. Why the fuck is iCUE so goddamn shitty?!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

I don't like change! 😣