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XFCE + Chicago95 theme + some theme tweaks here and there

First, enable the multilib repo as per the other comment.

Then, to get Vulkan working properly on Optimus, install the following packages:

primus_vk vulkan-tools vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils

After that, run vulkaninfo - if you see info about your graphics card, you will know that Vulkan is working correctly. vkcube is another app you can run to test Vulkan.

Also, according to ProtonDB, you'll need to set the following launch options in Steam for DotA 2:

gamemoderun %command% -novid -high -vconsole

Not quite 2025, but: https://lemmy.nz/post/7859245

Nothing beats Linux if you're want control over your system. As for gaming though, you can check this website to see whether your games are compatible or not: https://www.protondb.com/

And if your games are compatible, then look no further than Bazzite - it's a gaming-optimised distro that just works out-of-the-box, no need to manually install any drivers and stuff (you can of course use it for non-gaming tasks too).

AFAIK, there won't ever be a Tiny11

https://archive.org/details/tiny11-2311

A Galaxy Fold 4. I used this script which made it pretty easy to install the whole thing, but you can also install it reasonably easily using proot-distro, if you want a choice of distro/more customisation options.

It's a foldable, unfolded. And that's XFCE with a Windows 95 theme - there's plenty of fans of the classic 90's look, in fact, people have made an entire operating system around that aesthetic.

This is my my phone running Debian with XFCE:

This looks nice, good job!

On a related note, does anyone have any good reasons as to why I should be using Restic instead of Borg? (my Borg backups are all local btw - generally they're snapshots of various projects I'm working on, so I don't need any cloud features).

Unfortunately Group Policy isn't bullet proof, Microsoft has a history of sneaking in "features" like this as part of an update, but without any corresponding policy to disable it.

Syncthing, it was made exactly for situations like this. And unlike DropBox etc your data stays local.

Nice, good to hear!

The only real downside with GE is that you're basically reliant on one guy (GE == GloriousEggroll), but it's all opensource, and more projects are collaborating with him now (like the guys behind Lutris and Heroic), so hopefully if the project stops for whatever reason, someone else can pick it up and continue.

And you can still have use regular Wine in case there's any compatibility issues (eg using the version in Flatpak, or Bottles, or the extracted .tar.gz).