Re: For The Gamers

On 2024-12-28, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On 2024-12-28 02:14, RonB wrote:
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That's probably true. I never got too far into using it because the
"legal" license I bought on eBay turned out not to be legal. One update
later and poof, no more functionality.

 
Sorry to hear that. I, personally, never was a big WordPerfect fan. My
"favorite" Windows word processor was WordPro, but usually used WordStar 7
for DOS. (Still do in DOBox-X.)

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In the short time I used it, I thought it had the most outdated
interface. However, its dictionary features were superior to Microsoft's
and this is very important if you're writing.
>

I swore not to use Firefox but it looks like it's the best browser on
Linux if you don't want your dGPU to be used needlessly, and if you want
gestures to work as they should. Using Firefox, I can flick two fingers
back and forth to go to the previous web page or the next one, but it
doesn't work anywhere else. If I use Brave, it ignores the fact that I
don't want hardware acceleration too whereas Firefox respects my wishes.

 
My brother is the same way about firefox. I've tried Brave and several
others, but I guess I'm a creature of habit. I don't do any of the fancy
gestures, however. And uBlock Origin (the full version) works well in
Firefox.

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And it will continue to work in Firefox because it won't be affected by
Google's decisions to stop supporting Manifest v2. People often forget
that the base for most browsers out there is developed by Google and
that they don't benefit in any way from people using an ad-blocker.
>

You have the same kind of choice in Fedora as it relates to Flatpaks and
the rest. It's actually kind of annoying when you're looking for
applications because you're never sure which version will integrate best
with the rest of your system.

 
I'm figuring out FlatPaks. Basically all the configuration files are in
/.var (in your home directory) and /var in the root directory. I still try
to find the application in the repository first.

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The repository version is always going to be the fastest, but it is
likely to be outdated in some cases. That's part of why people prefer a
Flatpak which doesn't depend on the distribution developers to update
their package. It also has some additional security though I don't
believe that it is really all that effective.

I understand. I use some FlatPaks specifically because they are newer.
Usually, though, I'll only use a FlatPak when the application is not
available in the repository.

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