Hmm, from the average and some reviews here and there, it's sad the game is just mixed.
It's the first to get out with fsr 3 frame gen working mostly well. Fsr upscalling working mostly well, which is very unexpected due to a lot of foliage.
Tho the ui protection to frame gen was implemented in a very shitty way (just a box without frame gen arrount it...).
An adblock dns, something like nextdns, or others won't do anything to harm you Internet speed. They are just resolving a dns query, and saying nothing or no to a blocked query.
It can catch what cannot be blocked by an adblockers on the device, because outside of the website or something.
I don't know about pihole tho.
What this? The user to user or device encryption? From the article, it seems that they stand also against device scanning.
The mx5 only support sbc (minimum to support) aac and LDAC. They dropped aptx to only use their own high latency (and not that much better) codec. The headphone has BT 5.3, but does not support LC3 (an extremely good, low latency codec integrated in base bluetooth).
If you want to check what codec is used in windows, or change, there is a tool : https://www.bluetoothgoodies.com/a2dp/
Not sure if it's free or free trial. But they also have a software allowing to check what is currently in use which is a free trial.
Only posts originating from your instance.
So only posts made by people from lemmy.world.
When you post something, the post is on lemmy.world.
For example, this is your post https://lemmy.world/post/7469149 . If you would post to another community, it would still be lemmy.world/post/xxx even if the community isn't on lemmy.world. But the post is attached to that community.
All is all the post from all the communities the accounts in your instance are subscribed to.
For less work and nice interface on a laptop, I can suggest Pop OS. Tho you would still need to install software and tools.
It is using gnome, but you can install extensions to change how the desktop appears.
Gnome is pretty good for laptops and supports gestures pretty well.
Pop os has already installed extensions allowing switching for optimus and they have an ISO with nvidia drivers already installed.
How optimus switching works on Linux is : There are 3 modes :
In hybrid mode, When you want to use the nvidia gpu in games or something which cannot auto detect the gpus in it's configuration, you need to launch it with an argument to get it to run on the nvidia gpu.
For games, i suggest to use proton-ge on steam, by enabling the compatibility in the settings. Proton-ge has enhancements compared to default proton with automatic launch of gamemode (additional software to be installed), already integrated fsr 1... It is also available for other software (heroic launcher (gui for legendary)/legendary (epic games & gog) with Wine-GE, and specific versions for Lutris...
For garuda Linux, when i tried it, it was a trash experience. I wasn't even able to install wine because it wanted to remove the audio driver (pipewire if I remember), and obviously not tested by the devs. Wine was installing perfectly fine on other distros.
And as said in another comment, no idea for nobara, I couldn't boot into it.
As other comments suggested too, Linux mint is a good one too. The switch between gpu config isn't made through the power menu, but through the nvidia panel for that distro.
However I don't like it very much for dual booting, because even if I make another efi partition, it still writes to the windows partition. So when I delete the linux mint partitions, I still have a Linux mint entry lingering in the bios. I uses cinnamon as a desktop. It works great too. Tho not sure how well it got updated to gestures compared to gnome.
On Lemmy, the algorithm is also more prone to show newer with less votes comments, when sorting by hot. So it gives more value to those low votes comments.
Yes and no.
Fsr frame gen was just released. Dlss frame gen wasn't perfect either at release (even now it still has ui issues).
Fsr frame gen for me looks pretty impressive for a rushed release. I'll need to see how it evolves and if amd can solve the antilag+ latency with frame gen and enhance smoothness.
I also want to see how amd can enhance fsr upscaling image quality, as currently the worse image quality compared to dlss frame gen is because of fsr beeing less good than dlss upscaling.
Here is the hardware unboxed analysis of fsr 3 : https://youtu.be/jnUCYHvorrk?si=RXUZMBJXLelM-h2O
For consoles, well it's another reason for devs to create unoptimised games, while giving the 60 fps console players could "finally" experience, and want with the curent gen.
However on another side it's also a way to get better smoothness (well see), at at negligible (for console players) image quality loss. Most console players play on a TV, pretty far from it. So quality won't affect them much.
Most of the time, the cache is limited in space. Unless you need the 1-1.5gB of space, it won't affect much.
If you don't want to read through all of this, here is a shortened version by chatgpt :
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Moreover, the author argues that the Microsoft ecosystem discourages users from exploring alternatives and gaining a deeper understanding of computer systems. Vendor lock-in and a reluctance to delve into the underlying principles of software and technology are seen as barriers to users becoming more versatile and informed computer users.
In essence, the author contends that Microsoft's ecosystem fosters a perception of computer use as something magical and impenetrable, making it difficult to retrain users once they have adopted this mindset. They suggest that an alternative approach, emphasizing text-based communication with computers and exposing users to different options, could lead to a more informed and adaptable user base.
This viewpoint encourages us to consider the impact of user interfaces and software ecosystems on users' perceptions and abilities when it comes to technology. It underscores the importance of promoting digital literacy and encouraging users to explore and understand the technology they rely on.
I'm not that sure about 16gb for gaming nowadays. Games are starting to explode in ram and vram usage. With windows on the side and plenty of other apps in the background, I was pretty close to the limit while running a vm with 16gb of memory on a 32gb ram setup, while running warframe (The game was using 5-5.5gb of memory).
Tho running Linux, can reduce that memory usage.
Drms need to be installed and enabled on the browser. Drms like widevine and others.
If the drms aren't enabled and installed on the browser, and able to communicate to the service it's "safe", spoofing the user agent won't do anything.