didn’t realize it was under video call. we tried it, and it works perfectly! now I won’t have to go back to asscord 👍 thanks!

only one idiot to blame in that case

I’m not seeing an option for element call, there’s just p2p for 1:1 calls option which I have enabled. easyeffects mutes my audio completely and I have to timeshift to get it back 😅

the problem they will eventually solve is how to spy you better and feed you more AI crap

having a hard time finding a good alternative for screen sharing in a voice call. recently deleted discord and me and my buddy moved to matrix (element) but the screen sharing is very laggy and it needs a more aggressive mic noise removal. we speedrun a singleplayer game together and use screen sharing for that. steam can do all this but the delay is unacceptable.

honestly I’m this close to going back to discord 🤏

damn that florida man!

I don’t have time for that. and someone else gets paid to do it!

/s

you using a laptop? maybe it used the iGPU, I’ve heard of that being a problem. on my rig, mint actually has a few fps more than on nobara for example. and some old games won’t launch in kubuntu. the distro definitely does matter, one just has to find the right one.

once an update took away all of my sound devices in mint. had to roll back a few times and update a few packages at a time to find which freedesktop update broke it, then blacklisted it. that was the only time mint broke anything by itself.

if i use my bt headphones on winfows, it works only as hands-free, which has lower quality. even then it will fall behind, after 10 mins of listening there will be like a 10 sec delay. until it soon fails completely. will not connect at all on android. works without issues on all my linux machines.

if you want to scan the the qr code from your phone screen, this app can scan from an image: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.example.barcodescanner/

I believe you will get a code that you can paste as virtual barcode to your bank app?

I admit I also avoid the terminal as much as I can, but it is convenient when installing multiple programs for example. when something requires anything else than just adding the repo and then sudo apt install program, usually I run into some errors too and I can’t figure it out. the only thing I use it for in a new install is installing all the apps I need, and setting up smb share.

the updating thing then, in linux your programs are updated with the system update manager. you can automate it too.

one annoying thing I have to deal with is that mullvad vpn app needs a repository but it’s not supported by mint, so to update it, I have to manually download it from their website… other than mullvad, I just avoid programs that make it too difficult to install.

you literally just need to copy and paste the commands 🤣

I always get pooped on when I say this, but I didn’t like 7. it brought the confusing libraries, ugly glass theme, and all computers I used it on, explorer (file manager, taskbar) crashed a lot and had to do win+r -> explorer.exe to get it going again.

I liked vista, but I only used it on my very first pc and for not much else but web browsing. I also liked 8.1, just needed to tweak it a bit, like replace that horrible start menu. I had instructions for myself for all kinds of registry stuff that needed to be done to a fresh install.

hated 10 from the beginning because it immediately seemed like it fights back too much, forcing microshit down your throat, and all that spying crap.

and finally when I saw 11…well, I’ve used mint for about two years now.

I can’t write in cursive, but even I can write better cursive than that, with my foot.

to make the transition smoother, first find out what programs you will be needing and if they are natively supported on linux. and if not, what are the alternatives.

try mint in the live usb thing first and you have some free space on your disk, install mint alongside windows for dual booting…or use virtualbox. this way you can take a peek and realize you don’t need no microshiets

I have actually been itching to do that, but I read that it messes up cinnamon so there’s no going back and I don’t have the time to do a full reinstall now. btw what happens to all the software you have installed? do they stay and still work properly?

I have tried both kde and gnome many times and i can’t stand either one. I’m forever stuck in cinnamon.

somehow every distro that ships with kde has tons of big bugs that I can’t figure out (probably related to my setup), and gnome feels like a tablet UI. cinnamon won’t autosuspend but it’s the smallest headache of these…

nah, bluetooth and wifi both use electromagnetic radiation. I didn’t read the article and I understand nothing about quantum mechanics, but I don’t think they use photons in this. someone correct me if I’m wrong.

some vitamin d supplements and we’re good