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Get a Steam Deck, build your own console running SteamOS or ChimeraOS or just game on a PC like any normal person. (Preferably on Linux, it gives you endless freedom and nowadays supports most games. You can also emulate any game on any console you like and use whatever controller or other input devices you want.)

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Hey just a question, Iā€™ve been dabbling in Linux for a bit now, but honestly a huge deal breaker for me is not having applications with at least near feature parity with ShareX and Everything. There seems to be plenty of screen shot apps but they seem to be clunky in comparison, while I have yet to see a reliable gif capturing tool. Meanwhile, Everything can search my computer in a few milliseconds without issue but I havenā€™t gotten close to that on Linux.

Was wondering if you might know of similar programs on Linux since you seem more familiar with it than me

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Hey, Iā€™m a former Windows user myself. I also used and enjoyed ShareX on Windows, I havenā€™t found a perfect replacement but KDE Spectacle and Flameshot are pretty good. Flameshot is my personal favourite. Have you tried Peek for capturing GIFs? Thereā€™s also Kooha.

Everything can search my computer in a few milliseconds without issue but I havenā€™t gotten close to that on Linux

I almost never need to search my entire computer, but when I do, I use the command-line tool fd. Itā€™s very fast and pretty easy to use. You just type fd followed by the expression you want to look for. ANGRYsearch seems to be a GUI replacement for Everything, havenā€™t tried that one out though.

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Youā€™re right, playing on Xbox is just reprehensible and should be punished by 20 years in the electric chair.

What youā€™re telling me is that you play proprietary games on proprietary hardware. You should be ashamed. Normal people play Battle of Wesnoth and Neverball and do so on RISC-V and GPUs with open source firmware.

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You claim satire but it reads like disproportionately pedantic rage. Even if you disagree, at least the person youā€™re replying made a good faith attempt to add something helpful to the post. Could you try explaining your point unsarcastically? It would probably generate much better discussion around the issue you care about. All this does is turn the comment thread into a flame war for no reason.

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Original comment is such an off topic, disconnected and edgy tirade that I donā€™t really think I should be doing any more explaining given extremely heavy handed delivery in my response.

You seem to understand subOP better though. What was his point? He recommended Linux handheld running proprietary storefront and proprietary games, with 3 hour battery life, in place of a high end TV console. Also said normal people play on PC which means what for console gamers? Maybe Iā€™m missing something.

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Iā€™m pretty sure buying a Steam Deck is probably easier than buying an Xbox, while they did ignore the point of your post your comment just comes off as incomprehensible and strange.

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I thought there wouldnā€™t be any doubt it was satire.

Arguing virtues of open source as a better way of running proprietary software is weird. Calling people playing on consoles not normal is really deranged and is likely a product of a 13 year old or someone with 13 year old mentality.

Itā€™s rather debatable if buying Steam Deck is easier than going to a regular store and buying Xbox either outright or in installments with Game Pass too.

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