It’s main benefit is compatibility. As you said fsync is a hack and can cause issues with some games and applications.
The other benefit is more about packaging and the like, in that you won’t have to deal with third party patches. Not an issue if you’re using Proton but can be if you’re using vanilla Wine.
Youtube varies from genuinely good content, to generic filler, to complete and utter trash, and there is much of the latter two because it’s not curated by anyone (other than by algorithms).
Try “We Own This City” from David Simon, if you want a documentary on the police that isn’t propaganda.
Your kernel must be patched with ntsync patches. If your system does not have /dev/ntsync then your kernel does not have the patches required to use ntsync.
It might also be compiled as a module, but not loaded by default.
sudo modprobe ntsync can be used to test this.
Intel provides solid Linux support, I’d say it’s probably on par with AMD.
I’d say in the long run yes, but they tend to be slower at adding features compared to AMD (which tends to be where all of the experimental stuff happens first). Or rather that AMD cards are often the first target for Mesa developers, which includes the likes of Valve.
I’m almost at the point where all of my connections are IPv6, but still hampered by my mobile provider (ironically, since IPv6 was generally adopted earlier on mobile in many countries).
This article on the repo is also an interesting read:
A bit of a downside is that the minimum driver requirements are pretty aggressive at the moment, so people could be stuck using WineD3D without realising it. But I suppose crashing isn’t really much better. And people who play games should use a distribution that moves pretty quickly in general.
I don’t have this controller but the Vader 4 pro was updated in the same update, and supports every single extra button + gyro at the same time, provided dinput mode is set.
Full compatibility means native steam input support, which means that gyro + back buttons work together. No need to emulate a specific console controller and lose out on either gyro or back button support.
It looks like mainly a Hyprland fix (and maybe some wlroots based compositors). The old method still works with sway for me, and there’s a another approach using a virtual edid that should work everywhere, but perhaps not with Nvidia cards (see here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-create-a-virtual-monitor-display/2725/5).
I’m not sure if Plasma or Gnome have any support for headless monitors outside of the EDID method.
Usually it’s fine. To be honest, most new release AAA games have problems on Windows too (and sometimes it’s worse, such as the first part of the FF7 remake).
Have a look at the Linux VR Adventures Wiki for possible VR solutions.
EDIT: And this compatibility site akin to ProtonDB I just found out about.
I thought it was clear from context I was talking about X.
Most of those are lesser evils compared to X, and that’s probably the best you can hope for. And Bluesky is the obvious alternative lesser evil choice if you want a like for like replacement and aren’t open to Mastodon.
If you’re technically inclined, self-host navidrome or jellyfin.
If you just want music and don’t care about the streaming part, bandcamp (although it does have some basic streaming I believe.
If you want streaming and aren’t technically inclined, Tidal.
I get where you’re coming from, but it’s not like there aren’t multiple obvious alternatives (and not just on the fediverse). And someone being clued in enough to boycott Spotify should have no trouble finding those alternatives. Additionally, the platform being owned by an outright Nazi should give even the most out of touch people pause.
But agreed that people could stand to be a bit more tactful about it and not immediately go on the attack.
Not to mention giving 100s of millions of dollars to fund Joe Rogan and his extreme right-wing propaganda.
Should be used by FSR4 in the future for RDNA4+ games too, which will be faster than using fp16 (which it currently uses).
mpv supports Dolby vision (along with the Jellyfin clients that depend on it), but if you mean with streaming services, that’s unlikely to happen due to DRM.