I tried Endeavour on i3 exclusively earlier and I was able to set up the monitor correctly by editing the config with vim. I think the problem was when I reinstalled it using xfce, the drivers I automatically got from
nvidia-inst
Didn't work right so I had to find an alternative source. Now everything functions perfectly.
I fixed it, somehow the drivers I got from running
nvidia-inst
Showed some incompatibility, I restored the OS and installed the drivers from a difference source
What's strange was the fact that many other users reported the same problems but they weren't able to find a fix, even when using alternative drivers.
I'm glad everything works now
Did you check if you have any conflicting libraries?
You can also try replacing the steam folder with the one on your laptop. If that doesn't work it's a problem with the OS on your PC. If you can't trace it back you might want to reinstall the distro. Just back up your files
Try running these commands
mv ~/.local/share/Steam ~/SteamBackup
mv ~/.steam ~/SteamBackup steam
Then launch steam by disabling direct write
steam -no-dwrite
How exactly did you install steam? Maybe delete the files and try installing it from a difference source.
What app so you recommend?
Why would it seem like the 90s lingered more?
Perhaps I might be wrong or this is just how I'm interpreting it through my own experience but I noticed almost a "struggle" for some people to let go of what they were so used to back then as the 2000s made their way in. Almost finding it difficult to adapt to the inevitable changes to come.
Economically, many countries in the Eurosphere faced the challenge of having to adapt to a new currency which took a few years to fully settle in. Not only that but the difference in the entire economy due to this change have forced people to adapt faster than they could mentally and financially keep up, that alongside everything else that was going on at the time.
Naturally, people would tend to hold on to whatever was left to keep from the times prior, as a safety blanket. The ones that didn't fully embrace the changes held on dearly to whatever was left from the 90s. The things they could actually manage to retain despite the rest of the other inevitable changes which no one had any control over.
Within time, eventually people did manage to embrace most, if not all the changes made in the early and mid 2000s and fully let go of all the 90s left overs.
Because they realized people are willing to pay for extra subscriptions. Production studios created their own services while keeping their IPs exclusive rather than licensing it to third parties. They make more money this way until people stop subscribing to every new service that comes out each month.
Music has the potential of undergoing the same path. I wouldn't be surprised if major labels like UMG, Warner and Sony pulled content from Spotify and other services and creating their own. Let's just hope people smarten up so this doesn't happen anytime soon.
I'm liking Jerboa more than I initially did. It need improvements of course but things will eventually come along. What all third party apps desperately need is adding functions for moderators. Everytime I have to log in to the browser version of my instance just to pin or delete spam comments. Not very convenient.
I did the math, subscribing to every major streaming service is about $100. I got an offer to subscribe to Cable with my ISP for $29 a month. Obviously years ago Cable was more expensive but it doesn't feel like we necessarily improved on convenience which streaming services are supposed to provide.
Content gets pulled constantly from these services and they often require dedicated hardware to stream HD content, Prime and Apple TV being an example. By the time I switch between 4 apps to find what I want to watch I've already fallen asleep.
In 2023 it's just stupid having to rely on so many different subscription services to only have access to a portion of the available content (which gets constantly removed). All considering how anti-consumer these big corporations are I wouldn't say things are WAY better. A few years ago Netflix alone had much more diverse content, was generally enough for most people and was cheaper overall.
Music services offer 99% of the available content in one app, if you switch to a different service you don't miss out on content availability. If we had that for videos it would be perfect.
I installed Endeavour OS today and I'm liking it a lot.