overview for mactan

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 21 points 16 hours ago

sadly dwarfed by YouTube videos that are outdated as soon as they are produced, and web guides nobody maintains. worse, AI scrapers only know this outdated information and happily hallucinate based on it it is EXHAUSTING having users cheer and celebrate the placebo of all the made up bullshit that does nothing in their config or worse breaks everything in unpredictable ways

What's your favorite well-designed CLI and why? by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

man

Date bug affects Ubuntu 25.10 automatic updates by mactan in c/technology@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

not rust itself, could be written in C with the wrong license

Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

proton is based on the once a year "stable" releases and only brings in bits and pieces for specific games otherwise

It's sad that people completely misunderstand what Star Trek is about. by mactan in c/startrek@startrek.website

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

shat is part of the problem, outspoken anti-trans

ccc + a&a by mactan in c/slop@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

the only three Cs I want is a modern Civilian Conservation Corps Wowee

Terrifying by mactan in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 39 points 4 days ago

oh that's the car from Dropout isn't it

Iran war halts Qatar helium output, threatening global tech supply chains by mactan in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

the last Tom Scott video years ago on it said it was being handed over to private industry in short order

Laser warfare: "Israel" plans to mount beam weapons on aircraft to intercept missiles faster by mactan in c/technology@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 36 points 4 days ago

fun fact these lasers run an open cycle of noble gasses so they have limited ammo in that consumable too

The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago

it's the public info on the accounts GitHub page it's not like anybody really had to dig at all

hey c/dadposting, spring is upon all the dads so what should the dads pressure wash this spring? by mactan in c/badposting@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

slop is the tool of the enemy we don't need it

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Release lug-helper v4.9 · starcitizen-lug/lug-helper (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.world

5 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42359776

LUG Helper Highlights:

With Star Citizen 4.6, we say a fond farewell to smurf mode! New installs will default to Vulkan once again.
There's a new About and Support menu with some handy links.
QOL improvements to the Back/Quit menu navigation options for terminal-only menus!

LUG Wine Highlights:

LUG Wine 11.1 includes experimental support for CIG's Experimental VR
see LUG Wiki for more info https://wiki.starcitizen-lug.org/Head-Tracking#vr---virtual-reality

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Release lug-helper v4.9 · starcitizen-lug/lug-helper (github.com)

submitted 1 month ago by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.ml

2 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42359776

LUG Helper Highlights:

With Star Citizen 4.6, we say a fond farewell to smurf mode! New installs will default to Vulkan once again.

There's a new About and Support menu with some handy links.

QOL improvements to the Back/Quit menu navigation options for terminal-only menus!

LUG Wine Highlights:

LUG Wine 11.1 includes experimental support for CIG's Experimental VR

see LUG Wiki for more info https://wiki.starcitizen-lug.org/Head-Tracking#vr---virtual-reality

5

Release lug-helper v4.9 · starcitizen-lug/lug-helper (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/linux_users_group@lemmy.ml

1 comments fedilink

LUG Helper Highlights:

With Star Citizen 4.6, we say a fond farewell to smurf mode! New installs will default to Vulkan once again.
There's a new About and Support menu with some handy links.
QOL improvements to the Back/Quit menu navigation options for terminal-only menus!

LUG Wine Highlights:

LUG Wine 11.1 includes experimental support for CIG's Experimental VR
see LUG Wiki for more info https://wiki.starcitizen-lug.org/Head-Tracking#vr---virtual-reality

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Linux User Group Wiki Major Refresh (wiki.starcitizen-lug.org)

submitted 7 months ago by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.world

0 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34521262

🚀 The Linux User Group wiki has a brand new layout that should make it much easier to navigate.

🔍 It has an actual search bar! Try it!

📂 The troubleshooting section has been broken up into multiple subpages to make the whole thing easier to digest.

🐧 You automatically get 10,000 bonus geek points just for visiting it! 😎

🐛 Issue reports and pull requests can still be opened on the source repo just like always. It still mostly uses markdown syntax to make contributing easy.

https://github.com/starcitizen-lug/knowledge-base

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Linux User Group Wiki Major Refresh (wiki.starcitizen-lug.org)

submitted 7 months ago by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.ml

0 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34521262

🚀 The Linux User Group wiki has a brand new layout that should make it much easier to navigate.

🔍 It has an actual search bar! Try it!

📂 The troubleshooting section has been broken up into multiple subpages to make the whole thing easier to digest.

🐧 You automatically get 10,000 bonus geek points just for visiting it! 😎

🐛 Issue reports and pull requests can still be opened on the source repo just like always. It still mostly uses markdown syntax to make contributing easy.

https://github.com/starcitizen-lug/knowledge-base

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Linux User Group Wiki Major Refresh (wiki.starcitizen-lug.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/linux_users_group@lemmy.ml

0 comments fedilink

🚀 The Linux User Group wiki has a brand new layout that should make it much easier to navigate.

🔍 It has an actual search bar! Try it!

📂 The troubleshooting section has been broken up into multiple subpages to make the whole thing easier to digest.

🐧 You automatically get 10,000 bonus geek points just for visiting it! 😎

🐛 Issue reports and pull requests can still be opened on the source repo just like always. It still mostly uses markdown syntax to make contributing easy.

https://github.com/starcitizen-lug/knowledge-base

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Star Citizen Linux Users Group lug-helper v3.8 (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.world

6 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29113194

The LUG Helper is a tool that automatically installs Star Citizen on Linux, and helps players update and maintain their game experience.

Initially released in December 2020, the Helper has continued on to become a venerable tool to assist Space Penguins of all experience levels with updates and maintenance.

Improvements in the v3.8 release include:

Mactan's wine builds added as a new runner source

New Maintenance option to edit the game launch script

New Maintenance option to launch wine configuration tool

New Maintenance option to configure sticks and controllers

New option to update DXVK for native Wine installs

Fixed menu sizing for current Gnome/KDE versions

Improved install progress messages

Prevent re-using existing wine prefixes

Default wine updated to 10.5

Updated the RSI Installer to the latest version

More details can be found on the release notes

Refer to the LUG Wiki for the Quick Start Guide and more!

Thank you to all the contributors:

made with <3

Author: https://github.com/the-sane

Contributor: https://github.com/Termuellinator

Contributor: https://github.com/pstn

Contributor: https://github.com/gort818

Contributor: https://github.com/victort

Contributor: https://github.com/Wrzlprnft

Contributor: https://github.com/LovingMelody

Contributor: https://github.com/mactan-sc

Contributor: https://github.com/ProjectSynchro

Runner Downloader inspired by:

https://github.com/richardtatum/sc-runner-updater

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Release - Star Citizen Linux Users Group lug-helper v3.8 (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.ml

4 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29113194

The LUG Helper is a tool that automatically installs Star Citizen on Linux, and helps players update and maintain their game experience.

Initially released in December 2020, the Helper has continued on to become a venerable tool to assist Space Penguins of all experience levels with updates and maintenance.

Improvements in the v3.8 release include:

Mactan's wine builds added as a new runner source

New Maintenance option to edit the game launch script

New Maintenance option to launch wine configuration tool

New Maintenance option to configure sticks and controllers

New option to update DXVK for native Wine installs

Fixed menu sizing for current Gnome/KDE versions

Improved install progress messages

Prevent re-using existing wine prefixes

Default wine updated to 10.5

Updated the RSI Installer to the latest version

More details can be found on the release notes

Refer to the LUG Wiki for the Quick Start Guide and more!

Thank you to all the contributors:

made with <3

Author: https://github.com/the-sane

Contributor: https://github.com/Termuellinator

Contributor: https://github.com/pstn

Contributor: https://github.com/gort818

Contributor: https://github.com/victort

Contributor: https://github.com/Wrzlprnft

Contributor: https://github.com/LovingMelody

Contributor: https://github.com/mactan-sc

Contributor: https://github.com/ProjectSynchro

Runner Downloader inspired by:

https://github.com/richardtatum/sc-runner-updater

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Release - Star Citizen Linux Users Group lug-helper v3.8 (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/linux_users_group@lemmy.ml

1 comments fedilink

The LUG Helper is a tool that automatically installs Star Citizen on Linux, and helps players update and maintain their game experience.

Initially released in December 2020, the Helper has continued on to become a venerable tool to assist Space Penguins of all experience levels with updates and maintenance.

Improvements in the v3.8 release include:

Mactan's wine builds added as a new runner source
New Maintenance option to edit the game launch script
New Maintenance option to launch wine configuration tool
New Maintenance option to configure sticks and controllers
New option to update DXVK for native Wine installs
Fixed menu sizing for current Gnome/KDE versions
Improved install progress messages
Prevent re-using existing wine prefixes
Default wine updated to 10.5
Updated the RSI Installer to the latest version

More details can be found on the release notes

Refer to the LUG Wiki for the Quick Start Guide and more!

Thank you to all the contributors:

made with <3

Author: https://github.com/the-sane
Contributor: https://github.com/Termuellinator
Contributor: https://github.com/pstn
Contributor: https://github.com/gort818
Contributor: https://github.com/victort
Contributor: https://github.com/Wrzlprnft
Contributor: https://github.com/LovingMelody
Contributor: https://github.com/mactan-sc
Contributor: https://github.com/ProjectSynchro

Runner Downloader inspired by:

https://github.com/richardtatum/sc-runner-updater

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Star Citizen | Windows 10 vs 11 vs Linux! (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.ml

0 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25045208

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Star Citizen | Windows 10 vs 11 vs Linux! (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/linux_users_group@lemmy.ml

0 comments fedilink

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Release - Linux Users Group lug-helper v3.0.1 (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mactan@lemmy.ml to c/starcitizen@lemmy.world

0 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21293794

The much awaited LUG Helper 3 has arrived!

RSI Launcher 2.0 support

Non-Lutris Wine installs

Proton support for Lutris installs

Support for multiple game installs

Lots of other improvements

Lightburn laser cutting software is killing linux support. by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 84 points 2 years ago

same old excuse. all they need to do is shit out a deb and the distros can all figure out their garbage from there