I’m neutral with it.

A meta-search engine is a search tool that sends user queries to selected search engines and returns the result

I don’t know the cost of Waterfox to send the queries to the search engine providers. I’m afraid that the ad income can’t cover the cost

LibreOffice is the top open source choice, and it has been the default choice for Linux users for more than a decade. I’d recommend everyone to have a try

Thank you so much for your explanation. I think I found the reason.

Lemmy is using the URL as the unique key to determine cross-post or not. When clicking the cross-post button, the shared URL is

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d4dbfc4f-d927-4879-9eed-0c8be63f0fc9.webp

However, when I created this post manually, I used the link to the discussion

https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

Now I edited my post with the webp link, and lemmy.ca is considering my post to be crossposted from the feddit.uk post, and also crossposted of !test@lemmy.ca

As the readers of this post can access the original post now, I think there is no need to create a new post.

Thanks again!

If you’re using the website (lemmy.ca), there should be a crosspost icon (two squares)

I see why I was stuck here. I was using https://lemmy.world/post/26364778 and I can’t see the two squares button.

If I go to the cached version, https://lemmy.ca/post/40107104 I can see the crosspost button and it seems to work.

I copied the source code to my post, but it didn’t show the count of comments in feddit.uk

I’d plan to repost it with crosspost, and then delete this post. Is this a good idea?

Thank you

Thank you! I found a 3yr old review for no name chip, I think I should grab one in my next grocery trip

https://www.reddit.com/r/askTO/s/xKI5nqkVRE

I’ll also consider to try Stax.

Thanks again

I love this video too! I was in favour of the all-in-one pods (fooled by the ads), but after watching this video, I switched to powder, and I gladly saved a few more loonies.

Sadly, both manufactures and retailers are both pushing us to purchase dishwasher pods for more profit. I had found Canadian Tire discontinued a Cascade 1kg powder package (warn: US brand). I’m looking for a Canadian brand providing powder options now.

Thanks! Modified my text

I apology for my words causing confusion. I’m not arguing “even worse” vs “much worse”. I just want to emphasize Chrome is terrible at privacy.

They have a lemmy community /c/PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world

But yes, they should promote lemmy more

Chrome based browsers are even worse

IMHO “even worse” it not accurate here. Chrome based browsers are much worse, and they are always developing new technologies to exploit users’ privacy for profit.

I think the only viable option is to leave Chrome ASAP (for everyone). If one is unsatisfied with Firefox’s policy (we should!), then to choose a non-Chromium browser carefully

I’d suggest to have several tags, like [PR] = Product Recommendation [HS] = Help Needed, [Travel] [Food] etc.

Like https://lemmy.ca/c/bapcsalescanada they have [CPU] [GPU] [Monitor]

But I’m not sure how should we organize these tags

Thank you bearish!

I’d fly to Calgary, rent a car, and drive to Glacier National Park. If time permits, I’d also visit Banff National Park

My first thought was framework, they’re a transparent and small business and super linux-friendly. However, I just found that

Headquarters Address: 447 Sutter St, PMB 135, San Francisco, CA, 94108-4618, United States Trademark: Framework®, Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

https://frame.work/ca/en/contact-us

Edit: I found a wiki page listing laptop brands, and there are several non-US brands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laptop_brands_and_manufacturers

I like Pop!OS, but fine to migrate

I think you don’t need to migrate if you find a laptop that works great in Ubuntu/Fedora/etc. IHMO most linux-related issues are caused by drivers, especially NVIDIA and WiFi. If the kernel is updated, then different distros should behave similarly.

I had a quick view at this post : https://www.reddit.com/r/radeon/comments/157qa6c/rx_6600_or_rx_6700_xt_for_1080p/

It seems to me that 6700xt is much stronger than 6600. More expensive, too. Personally, I would pay some extra money 6700xt, but it depends on OP’s budget and game preference.

I’d suggest OP to consider several factors:

1. Is the game you’re playing CPU-intensive? aka Will your 3600X be the bottleneck if you have a powerful GPU?
2. Do you have a 4K/1440p monitor?

Some performance-extensive games may also work better on PS5. As OP doesn’t plan to build a gaming PC, I think a PS5 could improve the experience of lots of new games.

Valve has been using MoltenVK to run Dota2 on Mac1. I’m a bit worried that if Valve would cut the funding on MoltenVK2. Furthermore, CS:GO had been an example of a cross-platform example for multiple-player game. Valve’s games may still support Linux/SteamOS, but what if other developers only release their games as win-only in future?

I wonder why DOTA2 was not mentioned… It has a really decent Linux support for more than a decade

I think the biggest challenge is anti-cheat. I don’t know if there is any solution instead of waiting for native release (like Dota2 and CSGO). Also, although I don’t like Microsoft GamePass, lacking the support of it means we may need to pay extra to try various games.

I think Wine/Proton works really great nowadays (well I’ve repeated it at different places). As 2023-07-28, ProtonDB shows that in the top 1000 games, 75% are rated gold or better.

When it comes to distro, I think most popular ones are good enough if they meet to conditions (1) packages are not too out-dated (2) Not difficult to install some non-free dependencies (like rpmfusion)

It’s sad that these games are not covered by PS+ deluxe. $120 sounds a bit expensive to me, but it depends on eager you want to play these old games.

Quick calculation: Assuming you have 5 games to play on PS3, you spend $120 for the console and $200 for the pre-owned discs, you’re spending $62 on average, which is almost the full price of a new release game. If you think these games are interesting enough, then this is a to-go decision.

As many people has pointed out, it’s always worth to try the simulator on PC first

As you stated, there are countless of great games you haven’t played. I think it is worth $100 unless you plan to buy a PS5/Xbox very soon.

You can try to find cheap pre-owned PS4 discs. Besides, you’d better have a look at PS Plus Extra Game list. Spending the price of 1.5 games, and you can enjoy 15+ games within one year.

For me I would not upgrade the monitor now. Only PS4 Pro support 4K gaming (for some games), I’d save the bucks for monitor upgrade in future.