PancakeBrock

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Advice for a Linux Laptop in 2025 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I bought the Asus Tuf A16 AMD Advantage laptop. I installed Arch on it and it's been great. Got it for $600 on eBay. Put 32gb of RAM in it and a 2tb nvme drive into the second slot. Left the 512gb drive it came with.

The shed update in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

2022 moto g power. Nice cheap phone with a shit camera that's still working haha.

Edit: also I do construction so the glass in front of the lens is definitely scratched. Makes for extra bad pictures.

The shed update in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

https://lemmy.zip/post/31376363 first post. But yeah it was a mess. Could barely walk through it haha.

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The shed update (lemmy.zip)
 

Ended up getting sick with the flu on my week off but I got mostly everything done. We also had 3 new baby goats last Sunday.

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also have 7 acres, 1 donkey, and too many goats.

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've been doing allot of blue grass/new grass recently. Even bought a mandolin a few months back. Sea shanties aren't too far off haha. Been learning allot of fiddle tunes and Irish stuff on the mandolin.

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Took the week off just because I have a ton of PTO saved up because I never miss work haha. Decided I just didn't feel like going this week. Then decided might as well work around the house since I'm not working.

I don't think I know how to relax.

Arch Linux – Best Tips for Beginners? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The past 2 years I've only been using Arch with KDE plasma. It was the one that clicked with me and got me to stay using Linux. Before I ran pop! Os for a little while and didn't really like it or gnome then I went back to windows.

Arch Linux – Best Tips for Beginners? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You boot into your installation media and type archinstall then pick the options you want. You can do it the manual way but Arch install works great.

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

🫡 thank you!

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Luckily previous owner left a cheap DVD/surround system hooked up in here with an aux cord haha.

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Haven't found any but we definitely have some mice.

Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

If your talking about the diatomaceous earth I use that in the goat barn to help with any bugs in the winter time. Since they all spend more time inside in the winter.

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Took the week off. Cleaning and organizing my shed. Wish me luck. (lemmy.zip)
 
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Microphone with steam remote play/steam link app (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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So I've been messing around with steam remote play. I've got 2 older laptops that I've got running with steam that streams to both of my kids tvs. Everything works great except today I decided to see if a Bluetooth headset would work for steam/in game voice chat.

When I tried it the laptops are using their built in microphones and unlike on Windows I don't see an option for the steam streaming microphone. I'm not sure if there is a way to get it to work but if anyone has an idea I would appreciate it.

I'm on Arch btw.

Edit: I didn't explain myself very well. Trying to have the device running the steam link app have a Bluetooth headset/earbuds connected to it then pass the microphone input to the laptop running steam.

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Can't install any of the KDE software from discover (lemmy.zip)
 

I can't search in discover for any of the KDE software like kmail or KDE partition manager. On the apps.kde.org website when I click the install on Linux button it pulls up discover. But it says "Could not open app stream://org.kde.whatever because it was not found in any available software repositories.".

I have been googling for awhile and can't figure out what repository I need or how to add it. If any one could help I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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Cleared a clogged kitchen sink today (lemmy.zip)
 

Planned on also changing my daughter's brake pads but ended up having to run the snake down 80 times before it actually cleared.

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Setup Arch on New Laptop (lemmy.zip)
 

I've been running Arch for about a year on my pretty old Acer laptop with an I7 8750h and a GTX 1060. Got a pretty good deal on a used Asus Tuf A16 with a Ryzen 7 7735hs and an RX 7700s.

Getting Arch going with my Nvidia card was a bit of a pain. Still have the random game that thinks it needs to use the Intel GPU (which I eventually solved).

So is there anything I need to do for this new laptop or since it's all AMD should everything just work?

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Install updates for Repacks on Linux (lemmy.zip)
 

Decided to try a few Repacks on Arch Linux. I used heroic launcher to install the games but now have no clue how to install the updates. Any one have any ideas how to get it to work?

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Needing some help to get started running. (lemmy.zip)
 

Trying to see if anyone has a routine for someone totally new to running. I'm a big fan of "this week do this, build up to do this, etc..." I'm in my thirties and from a young age until I was about 20 I had severe asthma. I've never been good at running. Asthma doesn't bother me anymore but I'm needing something to do while traveling for work. I work construction all across the state and come home on the weekends.

If anyone has some ideas that would be great. When I do stuff I tend to over do it then it then it's hard to make myself go out again.

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