I have not started using the launch flags yet, I'll have to give those a try. Wonder if it's possible to set those nits values globally per display in a config file somewhere?
LACT is, unfortunately, built on the GTK framework instead of Qt or similar, so its a no go for me (too many input issues with modern GNOME apps on non-GNOME DEs and the general issues most people have with the GNOME team as a whole).
It happens on several monitors and my TV, and it happens with both my desktop and my steam deck, even with rhe HDR saturation set to "SDR." It's like the red channel gets crushed upwards.
Maybe its a configuration issue on my part? Or maybe its the panel brand? I do have a lot of LG screens, but then you'd think it wouldn't be an issue elsewhere either...
Any ideas are welcome though, hoping to fix it so the family and I can start enjoying HDR more.
When you count up the 1's place, you go 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and then it rolls over into the 10s place.
But in "base 4", it goes: 0,1,2,3,10,11,12,13,20. 3 is the highest value possible in any of the digits place.
Therefore "10" in base 4 = 4 in base 10, but saying it in base 4 is written as 10.
You can change your base to any base and whatever base it is would have to be written as base 10 because the number above the highest one in that base doesnt exist, it's 10.
I have been using Arch for a half a decade at this point and its worked out well for me. I like how its very stable despite being bleeding edge (relatively speaking). It's made gaming a lot easier, and I was pleasantly surprised when Valve announced SteamOS was switching to it as a base.
A lot of people have varying levels of purism when it comes to linux, and it sounds like your friend dipped his toes in with Arch and realized "not pure enough" and then jumped in on the deep end with Gentoo. At the end of the day, Linux is Linux no matter which distro you pick, but each distro highlights different strengths and weaknesses of it. Its all about the package managers, the repository contents, and the maintainers. Occasionally, technical support might matter.
So, pick whichever distro you like, move around a bit to see what has the least papercuts for you, and then stick with that until you can't anymore.
Agreed. Until we get full, 100% complete UIs like in Pantheon, this is just Photoshop and a voice synthesizer on crack (not literally, this is an analogy).
Been slowly chipping away at those for the last decade (could have gone way faster but I'm lazy), and I'm almost completely google-free. I dont use any microsoft products at home (work forces me to), and Apple can eat my ass. My phone is a completely de-googled GrapheneOS device (I don't have an issue relying on companies for hardware, just software), and hopefully in the future a Liberux or Pinephone linux phone.
I self-host my own movies, music, and cloud storage. I also host my own chat service for friends and family, built on top of XMPP. The services i do use are generally very privacy respecting like Signal for people outside of my social sphere, or freedom respecting like Lemmy (mostly weaned off of reddit).
Man Im glad i got my real N64 working again with wireless controllers and everything.