Solus 4.8 / Linux setup, Nvidia drivers and Elgato Wave 3

I decided to switch back to Linux as my main/daily OS on my desktop system.
Since I had been using Solus a few years ago on my desktop system and have been using it on a spare laptop for many years, I went with that (Solus Budgie, to be precise).

Things that didn't work right away:

The Solus 4.8 installation/boot procedure

Nvidia graphics drivers

Elgato Wave 3 microphone

ESP Ra.De. Psi (PS4, Switch) Menu Translations

I checked out some Shmups on Steam and the Switch recently and came across ESP Ra.De. Psi. The game is Japanese only, here's a useful translation.

ETF and investment reading-material

I wanted to learn about ETFs and long-term investing, here are resources I found useful:

Explain It To A Golden Retriever – A Review Of Global ETFs

Mustachianpost - My investment portfolio
The whole Mustachianpost blog is full of good information.

Finanzbär Videos:

Steigen Aktien (ETFs) wirklich unendlich?

ETF Sparplan (Anleitung): ALLES was du wissen musst

Der meistunterschätzte Hebel, um Millionär zu werden


Bonus-read: Defence-focused ETFs

Extra-Bonus-reads:

Aktionärsgeschenk Swatch Uhr

Aktionärsgeschenk: Calida 100 CHF Gutschein

Human Prompt Engineering

Human Prompt Engineering: How to talk to people like ChatGPT

Steam Game Ratings

Just putting these here for future reference:

https://tornware.net/best-of-steam/

https://steamdb.info/stats/gameratings/

https://steam250.com/

Double-click checker

Had some issues with my Logitech G305 mouse recently: Every now and then, a click would register as a double-click. Seems to be a common issue with this mouse. Found this neat tool to test clicks.

Some useful Linux commands

How to switch to a remote branch on git:

git branch -a # to list all branches
git fetch
git checkout -t remote/branch
git branch -a # to list all branches

source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47630950/how-can-i-switch-to-another-branch-in-git Useful rsync options: https://www.tecmint.com/rsync-local-remote-file-synchronization-commands/ Find large directories: https://www.tecmint.com/find-top-large-directories-and-files-sizes-in-linux/

How to set up a Deluge Server

Notes for myself, in case I need it again:

https://sbcguides.com/install-deluge-on-raspberry-pi/

https://www.howtogeek.com/142044/how-to-turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-an-always-on-bittorrent-box/

https://forum.deluge-torrent.org/viewtopic.php?t=55339

https://forum.deluge-torrent.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=42887

https://github.com/ratanakvlun/deluge-ltconfig/releases

How to make Amazon Luna work on Linux (Chrome)

I got an invite for Amazon's new "Luna" cloud-gaming-service a few days ago. To accept the invite, I had to use a VPN-node in the US, otherwise it would tell me that Luna is not supported in my region (Europe).

It seems like the region-check only occurs when signing up, not when starting  game-session. So no VPN needed after signing up.

When I tried to start a game in Chrome on Linux, Luna would refuse to start, saying my OS is not supported. I tried different user-agent-switchers to make Luna believe I was using Chrome on Windows, but strangely not all of them worked. Only the third one I tried lead to success.

So here are the steps:

 - Install this Chrome extension

 -Set your user-agent in the extension to Chrome/Windows

- Profit

 

Comparison/Review of PC cloud gaming services

Over the last few weeks, I've tried some of the different "cloud gaming" services that are available now.
There are many different hosting/service models on the market today. Personally, I'm not interested in a service where I have to buy games specifically for THAT service. I am interested in a platform where I can bring the games I already own (on Steam, mostly, but possibly also Epic, GOG, Uplay, etc.) and play them, using the (hopefully powerful) hardware the provider makes available to me. In case a provider goes out of business, I can simply take my games elsewhere or go back to my own PC, but I won't be dependent on any given provider.
This rules out Stadia right out of the gate, since games have to be purchased on Stadia and can only be played on Stadia.

The candidates that are available to me right now and that I'll be testing are:
- Shadow
- Maximum Settings
- GeForce Now