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patientgamers·Patient GamersbyIgilq

steam vs gog, which game store to buy from?

Hey, so for some time now i had this problem... I have been buying games from both gog and steam... No drm option is good on gog but there are some festures missing from what steam has, for example being able to buy games from trading cards... What should i do? Focuse on buying games from gog and if there isnt a game then buy it on steam? Or maybe just buy games on steam?

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steamdeck·Steam HardwarebyIgilq

is it fine to leave steam deck in sleep mode instead of turning it off?

So for some time now i have been taking steam deck with me for my travels but i have always turned it off instead of putting it to sleep so battery wouldnt drop too quickly but i never checked if it would actually drop too quickly when i put it to sleep... Soo what now? Should i still power it down or would it be fine if i put it to sleep? Also forgot to add, battery precentage matters to me since i dont have always access to charger

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buyeuropean·Buy EuropeanbyIgilq

GrapheneOS vs stock pixel android. Pros and cons

Hey, I’ve had GrapheneOS installed for some time, but after a while, issues started popping up. com.android.systemui kept crashing, and I’d get a message saying it had stopped working. The only option was to force close com.android.systemui. I could also dismiss the notification, but that didn’t help because the message would just come back after a while. After closing it, the problem would return. So, I asked for help on the official GrapheneOS general chat... and got nothing. That’s why I decided to install stock Android (the factory version that comes with the device). It’s nice because it has a lot of cool features, like automatic Wi-Fi hotspot. But there’s also a lot of bloatware, and it drains the battery quickly.

So, I decided to make a pros and cons table for both stock Android and GrapheneOS, and I thought I’d share it here in case someone needs help deciding.

GrapheneOSStock Android
Pros:Pros:
No bloatware (due to minimal installation)Automatic Wi-Fi hotspot
Longer battery lifeGoogle Wallet works
Can charge the phone from any charging port (even in public places)Technical support available
Sandboxing all appsAutomatic app installation from Play Store
Better backup options (can save to network drive or USB)Easy remote lock and wipe
Native file explorer is visible (unlike stock Android, where the icon is hidden)Adaptive vibrations and sound
Faster updates than stock AndroidAll apps work
No need for antivirus (patches are general, not for specific viruses)
Easier backup process (just select location and data, the rest is automatic)
No VPN leaks
Random PIN digits (harder to guess or see)
Can add an extra PIN with fingerprint (additional security)
Google services are optional
Default GrapheneOS apps respect privacy (e.g., camera removes metadata, PDF viewer runs in a sandbox)
Still Android-based
Google won’t block APK installations (GrapheneOS is based on AOSP)
Cons:Cons:
Cannot automatically install apps from Play StoreShorter battery life
No Google Wallet contactless paymentsLots of spyware from Google
No automatic Wi-Fi hotspot (unless there’s a way I haven’t discovered yet)Lots of bloatware
Rare technical support on official GrapheneOS chatsHard to access native file explorer (icon is hidden)
At some airports, devices with GrapheneOS may be automatically flagged for inspection if someone notices a Google Pixel with GrapheneOSAutomatic backup only covers photos and some data, and only to Google Cloud
Not all apps are supportedVPN leaks
Phone is more vulnerable to attacks (due to bloatware)

Orginal one is in polish and on Buy European matrix chat i was asked to post it here

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3dprinting·3DPrintingbyIgilq

Need help with 3d printer

I own Avtek CreoCube 3D but producer decided to delete all files and programs for it. This currently makes printer unusable since I can't connect it to any outside program. I tries octoslicer but it didn't detect printer. Does anyone know what to do? Maybe I should tear down printer and mod it so it would be using my own microcontroller instead?

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macgaming·Macintosh Gamers 🖥️🍎 | Gaming on macOS and Mac hardwarebyIgilq

My thoughts about CrossOver made by CodeWeavers

Hey, recently I bought myself license for CrossOver since trial version satisfied me and here are my thoughts about it. Software itself is really easy to use and install programs from CrossOver. Staff is really helpful, when I wanted to use logo of CrossOver for article, they gave me permission to use it without any problem, even on discord they help a lot. Community is also great, I really felt warm when joining their discord. And the best part of buying license? It supports directly developers of wine (it translated calls to windows api so they could work on Mac api and Linux api). I also haven’t run into any issues yet when playing games through CrossOver.

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macos·macOSbyIgilq

Moving soon to macOS as long time Linux user

Hey, I will move soon to macOS as my main os. I am currently using Linux as my main os and from what I know, macOS is similar to Linux. I also wanted to ask some questions beforehand: There are few cli package managers for macOS but which one is the best? Will it be hard for me to use macOS if I am using currently Linux? Which keys on mac keyboard work same as keys on windows keyboard?

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linux·LinuxbyIgilq

I want to turn my into sort of gaming server

Hey, I have a pc that I would like to install light Linux distribution on but I don’t want to do it because my computer has weak parts but because I want to save up on space and make pc focus so it could stream games that would be installed on it and then I could simply stream games from it instead of downloading them on different devices. Would anyone have any recommendations for said distro?

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