On 2025-04-04 8:50 p.m., rbowman wrote:
On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 15:37:45 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
Scott's problem above is another reminder of why people who made the
mistake of buying NVIDIA hardware should continue to stay away from
Linux. I think we're all looking forward to the inevitable open driver,
but anyone looking to run Linux should be extra careful to choose one
with an AMD GPU.
The Fedora box is Intel with a Xeon GPU. I agree Nvidia is problematic on Linux but if you want to play games maybe a Switch 2 would be a good
choice.
Note: I don't know anything about the Switch 2 other than people bitching that Mario Kart, whatever that is, will be $80 for it.
Those prices are part of why I was ready to move on to PC gaming in 2012 anyway. It's always been a possibility to do so, but gaming on a
computer was not always fun. Installing the game, then making sure that
the CD was in the drive was a nuisance. Similarly, having to grab the
manual and provide a word from page 56 to enter the game as a privacy
measure just sucked. Once Valve created Steam and made everything so
damned convenient, gaming on a console seemed needlessly cumbersome.
That's why I sold my PS3 a year before the PS4 came out and decided that
I would be better off just using a computer from that point on. The fact
that you can get good games for $2 to $20 simply added to the fun.
The Switch 2, with its $80 prices for games, is going to have a tough
time selling to people who can get a capable PC-based portable instead
for a lower price. Whether the customer buys it from MSI, ASUS, Lenovo
or a Steam Deck, they'll not only have access to a larger library of
games at a lower price, but better battery life and graphics too. Of
course, there aren't any Nintendo games, and we know all too well what
the appeal of Mario, Link, Donkey Kong and Shigeru Miyamoto's general
genius is.
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God be with you,
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
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