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isnt proton making linux dependent on windows binaries? by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

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

I think the bigger issue is making sure everything that should gets back upstream into wine for everyone to benefit

Know the difference by mactan in c/anime@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

cells at work unironically S tier anime. osmosis jones could never

Which faction you expect to be antagonist in some next Star Trek story? by mactan in c/startrek@startrek.website

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

the borg, again

how good or bad is wine (or bottles) now for windows programs? by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

that case is the one time I reach for a VM now for configuring peripherals. luckily they don't need separate software to be running to work properly

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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

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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/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

US farmer says 'we're in a very dire situation' ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer by mactan in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 55 points 6 months ago

the unceasing crowing of "they voted for this" across media is insufferable

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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 10 months ago* (last edited 6 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 10 months ago* (last edited 6 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 10 months ago* (last edited 6 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

GIMP 3.0.0 tagged by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 year ago

gimp 3 and proper hdr in the same year. never would have guessed it would be so contemporaneous

Ubuntu Will Replace GNU Core Utilities With Rust by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 81 points 1 year ago

genuinely my only problem with it is the license. I really hate how much stuff is mit or apache now. I've seen some really nice projects get taken over and privatized in the last few years and nobody has learned

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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

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes by mactan in c/news@hexbear.net

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 49 points 1 year ago

Hague invasion act letsgooo

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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

“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years ago

windows update can and will always find your dual boot eventually and break it

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

How FOSS is your setup? by mactan in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 years ago

I have all the blobs, I like my hardware to work

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite by mactan in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

[-] mactan@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years ago

philanthropy is the industry of laundering money and reputations