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jrepinc

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About jrepinc

Hacking for freedom and fun. Working on space/astronomy projects for ESA (European Space Agency) and ESO (European Southern Observatory).

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48772715

    Just nine. I can find so much more quickly. And they don't even mention the most creepy malware ones like all the sypware that is integrated into Windows and all the "AI" slop junk…

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    Comment #48656582

    An insightful video by Gamers Nexus: Excellent Repairability: Steam Machine Tear-Down and Accessing RAM and SSD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXA3ObwSwQ

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    Comment #48639644

    Yeah hat would be awesome. Some RISC-V processor or something like that. A man can dream :)

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    Comment #48638459

    Or already is in form of many freely available gaming Linux distributiuons like CacjyOS, Nobara, Bazzite... not 100% exactly the same but still 99% there already so no need to wait…

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    Comment #48638418

    Same. Gaming exclusively on Linux (openSUSE Tumbleweed) for the last 2 years or so and also loving the Steam Controller.

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    Comment #48638385

    Yeah I can feel you. I built mine just a few months before that terrible "AI" slop bubble scam hypte started. The only mistake I regret now is that I only went with 32 GiB of memor…

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    Comment #48638361

    No need to wait and buy anything. Try any gaming focused Linux distributions and you can already have this. Check out CachyOS, Nobara, Bazzite ...

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    Comment #48638209

    And since for AMD it is an open source driver Valve can also hack on it and squeze more performance out of it for their own specific hardware configuration.

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    Comment #48637947

    Yup it is Arch Linux, that basically boots into Steam client with Big Picture mode. And if you switch to desktop mode you get a standard Linux with KDE Plasma desktop environment.

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    Comment #48637898

    AKA kernel-level rootkit spyware, a big security malware that should never exist anywhere.

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    Comment #48637851

    Similar here. I have the PS4 here and rarely even use PlayStation these days. Mostly it is just PC (now runing Linux even for gaming) and Steam Deck. I was thinking about upgrading…

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    Comment #48636196

    I would love to see Valve release a cheaper bare-bones edition without RAM and SSD.

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    Comment #48636017

    More accurately the terrible "AI" slop scam bubble. Damn I hate it so much.

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    Comment #48478708

    How to move from Youtube to free, open and decentralised PeerTube

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    Comment #48021478

    No wonder the "AI" criticism is so heavily censored here :(

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