Prompt: >!Pikachu sleeping on a bed next to the window, in a cozy room, with early morning sunlight streaming thru the window. [Copilot]!<
Because:
The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more.
So people see it on the list and click on it wondering "what the heck is this MX Linux thing". And that boosts the ranking. And now that it's at the top, it attracts more curious clicks, thus it continues to remain on top.
Yes, it's been long abandoned - no updates in over 3 years. Anyways, this is why alternatives like hyfetch, fastfetch (and others) exist.
Kvaesitso. Opensource, minimal, search-based launcher. My only complaint is that it's not optimised for foldables, otherwise it's a great launcher.
Thanks! I did that, but it doesn't get seem to get rid of them from "trending".
Anyone here know how to disable shorts? I could've sworn there was an option to disable it previously, but I can't find it any more.
Nice! Any chance you could try the FEX emulator as well? Apparently the 2404 release has some massive performance improvements, so I'm curious how it fares compared to Box86.
They are actually pretty decent though? At least all the ones since Zen 3+ (Radeon 680M, 780M etc)
I have the previous model, the UM780 XTX (same iGPU - Radeon 780M) and it's been very decent for 1080p gaming (medium-high, depending on the game). Even 1440p is playable depending on your game/settings. Cyberpunk 2077 for instance runs perfectly at 70FPS on 1440p low, which is incredible if you think about how this game caused so much trouble when it first came out.
I also have a ThinkPad with a Zen3+ APU (Radeon 680M), and it can run Forza Horizon 4 at Ultra settings and 60FPS locked.
On both these machines, I game on Linux (Bazzite and Arch), so it's pretty awesome that I can run Windows games and get so much performance with cheap hardware, and using open-source drivers.
So yeah, these are some really great times for APU / mini PC / AMD / Linux fans.
if any one of my Windows or Android units got stolen and somehow cracked into or something.
This shouldn't be a concern if you're using disk encryption and secure passwords, which is generally the default behaviour on most systems these days.
On Android, you don't need to worry about anything as long as you've got a pin/password configured, as disk encryption has been enabled by default for like a decade now.
On Windows, if you're on the Pro/Enterprise edition, you can use Bitlocker, but if you're on Home, you can use "device encryption" (which is like a lightweight Bitlocker) - but that requires a TPM chip and your Windows user account linked to a Microsoft account. If that is not an option, you could use VeraCrypt instead, which is an opensource disk encryption tool. Another option, if you're on a laptop, could be Opal encryption (aka TCG Opal SED), assuming your drive/BIOS supports it.
TL;DR: Encrypt yo' shit, and you don't need to worry about your data if your device gets stolen.
Actually this is probably a good time for you to get into Rust, since everyone is still at the starting point (ish), and you, unlike others, don't have decades of C/C++ habits ingrained in you. So if you're starting off fresh, Rust is not a bad language to dip your toes into. :)
Yes, I mostly agree with your conclusions. MMOs do generally employ anti-cheat, so I wouldn't attempt running them in a VM unless you want to take a risk. So dual-booting is an acceptable compromise.
The good news is though that gaming on Wine keeps improving every day. From the games you've mentioned, only Rust isn't compatible with Linux (due to EasyAntiCheat), but the others are gold rated - and GW2 is even platinum rated!
You can use ProtonDB to check the game compatibility, and the user reports are usually helpful to see if they've encountered any issues or had to employ any tweaks to get it going. But do keep an eye out on this space, as Wine/Proton keeps improving constantly, so you never know, maybe some day even Rust might work!
Edit: Actually, reading the reviews for Rust, looks like you can actually get it to work if you connect to a server that doesn't use anti-cheat!
Probably the Minisforum V3 I reckon. From what I hear, everything works out-of-the-box, plus it's a Zen 4 Ryzen, so you get excellent graphics performance and overall compatibility with Linux.
I'm a Zen 4 user myself (Minisforum UM780 XTX with a Ryzen 7840HS - pretty much the same APU as the V3, minus the AI stuff) and I'm really happy with my Linux experience on it so far.
Also, AMD have just submitted some new Core Performance Boost (CBP) patches, so you can expect even better performance/battery with the upcoming kernel releases. This is a very exciting space to be in!