You again spreading bullshit so confidently incorrect.
The thing you praise about FPTP is called district, riding, etc... it is very common in many of the PR systems implemented around the world. Also, PR is not a single thing, it is just a catch-all term for systems that try to not silence voices.
What about all your fantasies crossing the floor? Do you think that do not happen everywhere? Lol.
Seriously, at this point you are just being intentionally malicious.
When I moved 100% to Linux, I could still use all my hardware. There are plenty of vendor-agnostic projects for major brands, like Logitech and Razer. But for me, it was all plug and use.
Most software are just gimmick for lights and equalizers. I have a DAC from soundblaster like that. You can get vendor-agnostic on Linux, like EasyEffects, that offers the same equalizing features, and I can get profiles from other people.
As others said, don't buy "gamming" branded garbage, you can often find the same product cheaper from an audio company, like those Razer microphones (they were good, I have 2 I got from goodwill and both are plug and play).
If you insist on getting gamming junk, some you just need to configure once with their app, and then you can plug it anywere. You might find vendor-agnostic for those.
Audio is very important for gaming, but not all game is made equal. While you can get low latency for visuals, a lot of games use codecs that adds a huge delay in audio. Bluetooth will just make it worse.
A bluetooth headphone, is just a headphone with some extra electronics jammed in there, adding weight and making it harder to fix, and usually more expensive than buying those components apart.
My checklist depends on the hardware and use (gaming, relaxing, production), I am more worried about internal components, how often they break and how easy to fix, but in general:
Headphones:
Some people decide on the sound signature based on the games they play most.
I like audio-technica and hifiman entry level headphones, I read some people complaining about recent hifiman. Also, notable IEM : Sennheiser IE 200 (maybe with tape mod).
Mic:
Really depends on what you are recording.
If it is just for gaming, while you are playing and talking with people, do not use a mic on top of your table.
You will just annoy people while typing.
Either use an arm, a headphone mod, or a lavelier.
DAC:
Most motherboards nowadays come with chipset better than entry level DACs. Just make sure they are not branded as "USB interface" as those have huge problems.
Issues like electronic interference are a thing from the past. If you find, avoid that motherboard brand.
If you really need a DAC, check their chipset.
For your case:
If after reading everyone's suggestion, you are still leaning on bluetooth.
Get a wireless DAC with mic, and plug the headphones/IEMs to it.
If the timing is important, do not use bluetooth. If you require bluetooth, do not use other bluetooth equipment nearby, the more devices you add the more latency and loss you have. Also, look into IEM bluetooth, they come with mic, are lighter. Or if you need a headphone, look into wireless DAC.
People, please open the article before spouting non-sense. There are some cool images and videos that would make your life a lot easier.
They did not ask chatgpt to convert files like the news a few scrolls up about converting pdf to slideshow.
They are using statistical models to figure out ink from fibre on ancient burned scrolls, from x-ray and CT scan data. Then other techniques to unroll them, so scientists can read and compare with other works.
Pretty much going from this
To this
This Steam Next Fest killed Unreal Engine for me.
Every single game with that splash screen ended up as a slide show, and not even prettier, I play 15 years old games that look better than most games I saw coming from UE5.
I used to recommend Unreal 4 for everyone, but they are already going for 6 without optimizing the 5.
No need to upgrade, just give a chance to other games, devs and engines that cares for their customers.
I got into Cassette Beasts a while ago and notice all Godot games run well on Steam Deck and my older hardware. Cry Engine looks beautiful and still run well on stuff.
Linux gave extra life to so many computers. I still have a core 2 duo running Void.
Sadly, I can only open two tabs on Firefox. But it is great. For some games thought, I can only run stuff on hardware that came after 2012.
Wow almost 20 years! Kudos.
future proofing
I understand the sentiment, but this wording was always a marketing ploy for people to spend more than they need and it was never useful.
When I was young, we were having so many innovations that there was no need to overpay, in two years you could get something twice as powerful for half the price. Even less if you could get used.
Then it took a halt, by the time I needed more memory. It was cheap to get a DDR3 + mobo + CPU than filling the empty slots on my DDR2 motherboard.
I failed for "future proofing" a few times. Extra memory slots, multicores and 64bits that windows and programs struggled to see, PSU with 4x that power I needed, when I needed it most of the plugs already changed.
I lived through a bunch of hardware shenanigans, some were shrugged, some were caught and received a slap on the wrist.
Now, more than ever, people should buy what they can afford and properly dimension their hardware for their current needs, not some future fantasy. There are communities over here that can help them with that.
There are no big innovations either, mostly exaggerated hardware usage for no apparent reason to force buy new hardware that does not do much either.
My rule of thumb for games early last year was if you cannot build something better than Steam Deck for cheaper, get the Deck, but now it is all crazy.
Every year there is a jam on Itch to make a first person grid based dungeon crawler. Sadly, this year is already done, but there are some fun stuff to play.
My favourite this year is Y2K Crawler, made in Godot and playable in the browser. https://wookbee.itch.io/y2k-crawler
Check this cute firewall
Awesome, I love it, Lucy. Thank you for creating it.
I would just disagree with the little to no story. I feel like dungeon crawlers have the most compelling stories because they are deeply attached to gameplay rather than exposition.
That is why Deloitte, PwC, Tata, ... and the list goes on, exists. They were the gig economy before the likes of uber, door dash...
I worked for a multinational a long time ago and learned 2 important things:
Wow, thanks for the link, I bookmarked it. When it mentioned it was a satirical article, I was not expecting a masterclass. 😅
Michael O'Donoghue was a writer and editor -- as well as an author, playwright, radio writer, filmmaker, satirist, scribe, essayist and commentator. He was an editor and writer at the original National Lampoon, and a writer on Saturday Night Live in its early years.
Not sure if you mean the crossover between Jojo and Cromartie, but I could only think of that conversation in the train, going like the root comment said.
Sorry, I am still bad (and lazy) at Krita.
I imagine you haven't dabbled in Korean web novels, or some humour/parody comics.
Your Zbijgl and cat food lines are better than a lot of stuff I read before. Honestly, in the right context, they could work on something from Hitchhiker's Guide to The Shining.
I can almost hear them in an episode of JoJo or Cromartie High School
my favmamort
😅 Sounds cute.
Edit: today I will call someone my favmarmot to see their reaction.
I noticed that the community care a bunch about licensing, and since I moved to Linux I have been paying attention to that a lot, for both games I play and software I use.
So I am making a list of tools I use for my campaigns, in person or online, that still work on Linux, or that I found as an alternative to what I used before.
If you are a forever GM you probably have a licence for FoundryVTT, or are used to other online alternatives, or use those editable PDFs. There are plenty of tools out there for more permissive systems. Like my favourite https://compcon.app/#/ for Lancer.
But I think, on the top of my list, for playing and GMming D&D / Pathfinder PCGen is still king. It might also be a sign that I am old as the tool has been around for a long while.
It works the same on Linux as it works on MacOS or WindowsOS. As long as you have java, you just need to extract the release from github (https://github.com/PCGen/pcgen) and run the '.sh' (or .exe). (make sure you got a file like this pcgen-6.08.00RC10.zip that it comes ready to use, as there is a file called Source Code.tar.gz and you will need to take more steps for it to be usable.
I like that it is straightforward to create a char, PCGen helps you at every step. From this screenshot from the website, you can see there is a checklist "Things to be Done", that reminds you of the things you need to do to a given character.
You can use to manage every aspect of your player, and it gives you options to export if you would rather not use it for playing.
More screenshots here (http://pcgen.org/benefits/screenshots/). The website is old, so it does not have https.
There are also some features for GMing, but I never used, I usually print or use a digital file like PDF or HTML.
http://pcgen.org/benefits/gmgen/
Now, the negatives.
Licensing is a problem, it does not ship with less permissive systems. So you will have to add them yourself.
It comes with a bunch of stuff for Pathfinder, but for D&D you will need to fend for yourself on how to find/install PCGen D&D Data Set
Last, the Data Set file format, and the data format. It is daunting to look at, and a bit tricky to work it. It is just some sort of text file, but it depends on a lot of proper data format and indentation. And as the file grows, it becomes hard to manage. It takes some time to get used to it, if you want to create homebrew classes, items, etc...
Here is the wiki - http://159.203.101.162/w/index.php/Data_LST_Standards
It is nice that someone compiled a bunch of videos helping people do that http://pcgen.org/get-help/videos/
I have nothing to do with the development of the tool, I just use it and wanted to share and read about other people experience, suggestions, workflow, etc...
