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What software setup do you use for playing music?
  • I'm running Mopidy with web interface to stream to multiple audio output devices (like my receiver in the living room) using Snapcast on Pi's (some with HiFiBerry module) over the network. Mopidy also integrates nicely into my workstation with KDE using MPDRIS and a local Snapcast server.

    This works for both my music collection and some webstreams. I'm quite happry with this setup.

  • WSL vs. Dual Booting vs. virtualbox
  • This is the best answer. I've been doing it for years at work. Dual-booting is just very inconvenient and WSL(2) is the worst of both worlds.

    Install Linux on the machine and keep windows in a nice secure kvm-based cage where it can do less damage.

  • Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10
  • I'm sorry, you're arguing in bad faith or have a huge case of Stockholm Syndrome.

    But, just look at their Troubleshooting documentation where they tell you to drop to the terminal.

    My point is that Microsoft has stopped making new buttons and dropdowns and refer you to new Powershell incantations for most new settings. Just look at how many options the new "Settings" app offers compared to the deprecated Control Panel.

  • Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10
  • I have heard this argument for over 20 years.. "You have to use the terminal in Linux, so user hostile".

    Well, try to do ANY windows sysadmin tasks without Powershell.. See how far that gets you. Need to manage Exchange? Powershell. Need to change some network settings? Powershell.. It is even getting more and more unavoidable. Now Powershell doesn't even have a good terminal environment, sane parameters or good usability. And a general lack of documentation for all the obscure incantations.

    In the meantime KDE on Linux is wonderful, fully integrated with the system, easy software maintenance (on Kubuntu for example) and with a sane settings menu... You hardly need a terminal at all. Try to find that in Windows.

    So sorry, this argument is either invalid, out of date or Microsoft is even worse.

  • Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam
  • I got this game finally last year, after waiting for the bugfixes, and have been playing since then. I've got over 170 hours now, did all the sidemissions and now finishing Phantom Liberty, and loved every minute of it. This was my first dive into the cyberpunk-genre and it is impressive, especially the dystopian future that also seeps through in modern times.

    The way Cyberpunk 2077 tells its story and does world building is beautiful. The immense city with twirling roads, mountains of trash and dysfunctional society is really immersive. I understand that it is not possible to give every citizen a full back story with limited resources but the amount of detail and love that they were still able to put in is commendable. Even after all this time spent in the gameworld it still manages to surprise me with random encounters while exploring.

    I'm glad I waited for the bugfixes and had only a few crashes and minor glitchy physics. I hope they learn that delivering a good product is more important then deadlines, since players like me will wait anyway.

    Fun fact: in no other open-world-game I got run-over by cars as much as in this game. Hmm I wonder, maybe all cars evolved from Tesla's in this universe? (j/k)

  • Keynote: Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux & Git, in Conversation with Dirk Hohndel

    This is the keynote reported on a while ago in a ZDNet article and discussed here on Lemmy.

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