Jeff Messer

Computer geek, video game addict, VR/XR, sci-fi, fantasy, and SF Giants fan.

“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jefmes

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2026-03-12 16:38:31 GMT

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I struggle with this, because as much as I despise the entire ad-driven economy, I don't know what else Mozilla does to survive. They already seem dependent on Google hand-outs. Donations don't ever seem to cover the costs of development and infrastructure support. If ads do that, and they actually stuck to keyword-only ads and not "personalized user tracking"...is it the least of the shitifications? 🤔

2024-11-10 04:53:22 GMT

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RTX 4080 actually, and it's running well in Mint now...but...lol I'm realizing half the fun for me is trying out the new stuff and Mint might be a little too behind the curve for me. So, I have Endeavor on a spare drive and am seeing how that plays out since it may be the crossroads I'm looking for on this little adventure. 🙂 Better Nvidia drivers support right off the bat, new KDE Plasma, Arch-Valve on-going improvements, lots to like. Learning a lot today so that's been great.

2024-11-10 00:26:53 GMT

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Well...that was cool while it lasted LOL. I believe I ran into this problem with Fedora 41
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-41-beta-unusable-after-installing-nvidia-drivers/131551
I ended up doing 3 more installs and tried various methods from around the web, all with the same results. Fall back to rescue mode w/ Nouveau, all is well (but slow in GPU workloads.)
'Twas not all in vain though, because now I'm on Mint 22, using the Nvidia driver, and installed KDE Plasma on top. Feeling like the best of all worlds for me so far!

2024-11-09 06:10:01 GMT

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Ok I am genuinely impressed! I think running Fedora with KDE was the missing piece for me. It feels much more like home and yet it's giving me all the flexibility I was wanting. Thanks for the recommendation, this will be even more interesting once I get the 9800X3D in this thing - it's already crazy responsive on this PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD and DDR5 7200 MT memory.

2024-11-09 04:59:01 GMT

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Interesting :) Thanks for all the input, much appreciated. I gave Fedora 41 another look, and Flatpak was support was something I was interested in too and I hadn't realized they were going more that direction, too. We're also a RHEL shop on the Linux side at work so...I think I'll give Fedora 41 w/ the KDE Plasma spin since I also prefer that.
My 9800X3D was delayed 2-3 weeks so I'm going to give it a shot on the new hardware but with a Ryzen 8600G in the meantime. 🍻

2024-11-07 14:21:23 GMT

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If Fedora and Manjaro were on the list which would you prefer? Or if you wanted Arch OS based specific...Manjaro vs Endeavour? :) Manjaro doesn't seem to have a wonderful rep these days from what I've seen of more recently posts/shares, so hadn't really thought of it being in the top 3.

2024-11-07 07:21:32 GMT

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Fedora is also on the waffling list of "Other?" options. I'm somewhat leery of IBM and Red Hat quite frankly, but I do appreciate the...cleanliness of Fedora? Although in previous attempts of living with it, I felt like I was fighting it more than it working with me. But I am most definitely open to convincing comments and discussion.

2024-11-07 06:59:51 GMT

In less heavy news, I'm building myself a Ryzen 9800X3D system! The parts are all here, minus the processor to be released in about...7 hours? :) Who knows if I'll be able to get one. But I'm planning to take the full Linux plunge and am still undecided on which distro to give a real, day-to-day shot. I'm probably a 70% gaming, 30% productivity/IT/content home user. I'm using Linux Mint happily on my Framework laptop, but considered Arch-based OSes too due to Steam Deck use. Thoughts?