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anime·AnimebyGunpachi

What do you people recommend for a good grown up romance anime that doesn't make you feel like crap?

Most of the romance anime I've seen are based on a high school setting or something similar.

They were good and all but all have this typical format with the usual shenanigans like Love triangle, beach and fireworks festival episodes, useless love interests that have a shelf life of a hamburger... Etc.

And the memorable ones have me feeling nostalgia for memories I've never even had. And in some cases its almost like waking up after a fever dream but with chest pain.

P.S - From the top of my head- the only grown up romance setting I can think of is Wotakoi. Maybe it's time I venture more into K-dramas for the romance, I remember seeing one named "Twentyfive twentyone" which was absolutely amazing.

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linux·LinuxbyGunpachi

Fixes for some issues I faced while I switched to Bazzite / Aurora-dx

So a week ago I wiped my SSD and tried Kinoite and Bazzite. I switched mostly for a fresh Wayland experience with Plasma and also so that I don't spend too much time tinkering to solve some minor issues ( well it didn't go as expected).

I ended up settling with Aurora-dx because it's a good balance between Kinoite and Bazzite while still offering all the Ublue goodies.

Here are some things that I couldn't find fixes for even after I tried Reddit and the Ublue forums ->


1. Opening any Flatpak app or moving the cursor makes the display black out

I actually started experiencing this issue in other distros way before I switched to Kinoite / Ublue. After I've switched to AMD this was happening almost every time I turned on the computer.

(This is AMD specific) The issue can be fixed by setting a udev rule, like this :

sudo vim /etc/udev/rules.d/30-amdgpu-pm.rules

Then enter the following in the file :

KERNEL=="card0", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", DRIVERS=="amdgpu", ATTR{device/power_dpm_force_performance_level}="high"

Keep in mind that you may have "card1" instead of "card0" you can check it by doing an ls within

/sys/class/drm/

Alternatively if you just want your display to stop blacking out in your current session only then :

cat sys/class/drm/card1/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level >> high


2. Display turns off entirely in Fullscreen applications.

this is probably KDE specific, I do not know about Gnome

Display Configuration > Adaptive Sync > Never

This should fix it.

But when the computer wakes up after a sleep session, the issue could appear again. I don't think they have a fix for this yet.


3. Steam not able to add directories from any other location (including any folders in the same drive)

This is not a proper solution, It just happened to work for me so I thought I'd share.

Just symlink the Game directories you want to

.steam/steam/steamapps/common

like :

ln -s PATH_To_Game_Folder ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Game_Folder 

For the folks using flatpak steam the steam directory will be under .var/apps/

I personally use Bazzite-arch container for gaming and it has been working really well, although the game shortcuts don't work unless you start the container.


4. KDE plasma desktop and task manager panel frozen and crashes randomly.

This issue is likely related to any applets you have added to the panel or the desktop. For me this happened when I added the 'Network speed Indicator' and tried to resize the panel (strangely this never occurred to me in the past, but hey it's been a solid 5 years since I tried KDE or any DE for that matter)

The solution is to either delete or rename the following file to something else

~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc

Then restart the system. Plasma should create a new file which will essentially reset the panel and desktop settings to stock.


I hope that someone will find use in the contents of this post.

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linux·LinuxbyGunpachi

Fixes for some issues I faced while I switched to Bazzite / Aurora-dx

So a week ago I wiped my SSD and tried Kinoite and Bazzite. I switched mostly for a fresh Wayland experience with Plasma and also so that I don't spend too much time tinkering to solve some minor issues ( well it didn't go as expected).

I ended up settling with Aurora-dx because it's a good balance between Kinoite and Bazzite while still offering all the Ublue goodies.

Here are some things that I couldn't find fixes for even after I tried Reddit and the Ublue forums ->


1. Opening any Flatpak app or moving the cursor makes the display black out

I actually started experiencing this issue in other distros way before I switched to Kinoite / Ublue. After I've switched to AMD this was happening almost every time I turned on the computer.

(This is AMD specific) The issue can be fixed by setting a udev rule, like this :

sudo vim /etc/udev/rules.d/30-amdgpu-pm.rules

Then enter the following in the file :

KERNEL=="card0", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", DRIVERS=="amdgpu", ATTR{device/power_dpm_force_performance_level}="high"

Keep in mind that you may have "card1" instead of "card0" you can check it by doing an ls within

/sys/class/drm/

Alternatively if you just want your display to stop blacking out in your current session only then :

cat sys/class/drm/card1/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level >> high


2. Display turns off entirely in Fullscreen applications.

this is probably KDE specific, I do not know about Gnome

Display Configuration > Adaptive Sync > Never

This should fix it.

But when the computer wakes up after a sleep session, the issue could appear again. I don't think they have a fix for this yet.


3. Steam not able to add directories from any other location (including any folders in the same drive)

This is not a proper solution, It just happened to work for me so I thought I'd share.

Just symlink the Game directories you want to

.steam/steam/steamapps/common

like :

ln -s PATH_To_Game_Folder ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Game_Folder 

For the folks using flatpak steam the steam directory will be under .var/apps/

I personally use Bazzite-arch container for gaming and it has been working really well, although the game shortcuts don't work unless you start the container.

I hope this post helps someone out.

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linux_gaming·Linux GamingbyGunpachi

Steam in-game overlay is not working in Bazzite

So today I installed Bazzite for the first time on my computer. I continued with the pre-installed steam package (which was surprisingly not flatpak).

I'm using an Intel cpu and an AMD RX6600. Games are working fine but I'm not able to use the in-game steam overlay. Some games like Apex legends rely on it to complete a sign in process. Apex is saying that I don't have in-game overlays enabled, when I clearly have it enabled (for the game and within the gernal steam settings) . I tried changing the keys from the default 'Shift+Tab' but still no luck.

Does anyone have a solution for this ? Or should I install flatpak steam on Bazzite ?

Edit : It seems that I'm also not able to add steam libraries from other drives, not working with ntfs partitions and btrfs partitions.

Edit 2: I haven't had the issue after I switched over to Bazzite-arch distrobox container for gaming.

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linux·LinuxbyGunpachi

I'm going to reinstall linux on my computer. What is it like to run something Silverblue based these days ?

I have been using CachyOS for more than 6 months at this point and I'm pretty happy with it. Among the many distros I tried, this is probably my favourite arch based distro. I initially installed it because it offered Hyprland desktop, and I didn't want to bring over my messy config nor did I want to start from scratch. But sometimes when I want to game or when I wake up my computer from sleep the display would just keep blacking out and won't let me use it until I restart the computer (I am using an AMD GPU btw). This issue has been happening on Plamsa 6, and Gnome as well. I have tried various fixes from the ArchWiki but it's still there. Other than that I really liked the Distro.

It's not like changing distros can solve my moitor blacking out problem, but I'm going to try something based on Silverblue for a change. Yes, I have tried the Ublue project in the past, it was good but I couldn't get into the whole immutable thing back then, so I hopped back to my staple Arch/Tumbleweed and carried on. Fast forward to today.. I'm thinking about trying Bazzite or Aurora as the idea of having a low maintenance system is now very appealing to me.

I'm not necessarily a hardcore gamer but I do play games every other day and also run some LLMs locally every now and then. I'm not sure which one I should go for between Bazzite and Aurora. Maybe someone who has run both can give their opinion.

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askandroid·Ask AndroidbyGunpachi

Is there any solution available for controlling the volume without pressing the physical volume buttons ?

So I just bought a OnePlus 12 recently, I was used to controlling volume using the onehand operations goodlock module in my Samsung galaxy S23. I basically never had to press the volume buttons to control the volume unless absolutely necessary.

Possible ways I've thought of (it would be really great if at all possible) -

  1. Using the curved edges in phone screen for volume control.

  2. Using the gestures to control volume when the screen is off.

  3. Setting Diagonal swiping gestures to do different functions, controlling volume in this case.

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nostupidquestions·No Stupid QuestionsbyGunpachi

How can a person be very sad, irritated or angry and still not show it on their face ?

I'm not good with masking my emotions sometimes, although I do try to process the things before I take any action.

My face and body language on the other hand can reflect what I'm going through at the moment.

Are you aware of any ways to control yourself under difficult situations (apart from things like meditation) ?

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linux_gaming·Linux GamingbyGunpachi

[SOLVED] Steam on hyprland is not launching most of my games

I'm using CachyOS (arch based), the steam package being used is from CachyOS's repositories. I'm using an AMD RX6600. Monitor is using 144hz refresh rate (set using hyprland config file)

All my Games are in an NTFS partition.

So far CS2 is the only game that opens up when I click on 'Play' and it is playable with some occasional frame drops.

I had the same issue with flatpak steam when I tried earlier.

I have tried setting the my monitor as primary by using xrandr but that didn't help at all.

Has this happened to anyone ? What can I do to fix this ? I can attach any logs if required.

Edit: thanks to @[email protected] my issue has been solved.

(Mentioning the solution here in case the reddit post gets deleted)

  • Look for a directory called "compatdata" under ~/.steam.
  • It'll probably take some digging, as it's often buried in something like ~/.steam/steam/steamapps . . .
  • The "find" command would be useful in this situation!
  • Make a symbolic link from that folder to the identical location on the NTFS Steam Library.
  • ln -s ~/.steam/foo/bar/compatdata /path/to/ntfs/SteamLibrary/compatdata
  • That's it.
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Need advice on buying an IEM (under $50)

I have been considering buying an IEM that would be a step up from my older BLON BL03 and QKZ x HBB.

So far I have narrowed down to these 3 -

  1. Truthear x Crinacle Zero (red)
  2. Simgot EW200
  3. 7hz Sonus

I found one more IEM - KZ PR-2 or PR-3

I mostly listen to Rock, metal, jazz, blues and some occasional cinematic soundtracks (like Hans Zimmer). I also want to use the IEM to play games like Apex Legends.

I want it to last for sometime (if possible) unlike my blon - the shells come off every now and then and its annoying.

If there are any other IEMs I should consider please let me know. I just want the best value for money IEM that sounds good

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budgetaudiophile·BudgetAudiophilebyGunpachi

Need advice on buying an IEM (under $50)

I have been considering buying an IEM that would be a step up from my older BLON BL03 and QKZ x HBB.

So far I have narrowed down to these 3 -

  1. Truthear x Crinacle Zero (red)
  2. Simgot EW200
  3. 7hz Sonus

I found one more IEM - KZ PR-2 or PR-3

I mostly listen to Rock, metal, jazz, blues and some occasional cinematic soundtracks (like Hans Zimmer). I also want to use the IEM to play games like Apex Legends.

I want it to last for sometime (if possible) unlike my blon - the shells come off every now and then and its annoying.

If there are any other IEMs I should consider please let me know. I just want the best value for money IEM that sounds good

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animepiracy·Anime PiracybyGunpachi

What's the best Anime watching app available for android currently ?

The app needs to be open source. Being able to watch Kdrama and things like that will be nice to have but not really a big deal for me.

So far I have tried Saikou, Dantotsu and Mangayomi. Recently been having issues loading anime episodes in Dantotsu and Mangayomi. Saikou seems to be no longer maintained If i'm not wrong.

Please mention your recommendations in the comments. (Also if these apps use any extensions like Aniyomi/Tachiyomi does, please also mention your prefered one)

Edit : Latest version of Dantotsu and Mangayomi seems to be working fine.

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