I just play Steam Deck and write about gaming + Linux a lot
Typical ‘Americans’ who are very gung-ho for their gov’t and the nonsense it spouts get angry that Russia gave him a safe space to live. They love to bring up that he lives in Russia now, so I’m going to assume this is what they’re (very ineffectively) trying to say
Absolutely, feel free to send me a direct message here!
In a fashion! Here you go:
https://github.com/RJNY/Obtainium-Emulation-Pack
You don’t need the full lot of apps, just pick and choose what you want and need! When there is an update to it, Obtainium will fetch and install it for you!
You know what, I think I shall!
I appreciate it :)
OH that’s really nice to hear!
Are you loving it? I still have mine on my shelf each and every day. Right now it is playing Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album. But I mean…also for games. So happy to hear it helped you!
If you’re open to it, there are seas to sail where you can download said APK and run it without issue. Not a 100% fix since some don’t, but I have others which did and do!
As Axolotl said below, make sure you use F-droid to search for Droidify. It looks and behaves far nicer than plain old F-droid and gives you many more options!
And enjoy, I’m so glad my article helped at least one person find new things out there :) :) :)
I avoid it like the plague.
My main personal phone is on GrapheneOS, and my work phones are as basic as possible with what they run. The only time I really ever spend on Play Store (and even then I tend to use Obtainium instead) is for when I review retro handhelds which emulate.
F-droid/Izzy and so on have everything we need!
I just realized -__-
Worst reflection of my lack of research there. I did just add a callout in the intro reflecting my own idiocy on that front (there’s no excuses)
You’re right!
Thank you very much!
Yes!!!
The OSTENT 1400 mAh battery is perfect. They’re the one dependable battery brand these days for the PSPs, and this one has a higher capacity over the stock battery and fits without any issues
This battery is what you need, I use them in my 2000s
LG G6 with Quad-DAC!
Excellent article, very interesting fix!
Thank you! I think the ‘writing style’ on my behalf was pure laziness this time, it was just a ‘hey here’s what happens when you buy a broken one!’ kinda tale. But thank you for saying so :)
I LOVE stories like yours, when someone’s hope is lost but then they take the dive and go forward with a repair. I’m so glad you not only got yours back in action, but that it was objectively better than before! I suppose I have to go and check out DJMP now?! :)
There’s something so satisfying about bringing something back to life too!
They were the only cheap and quite accurate way to play your original carts. Since they’ve stopped production the only alternative now is Analogue Pocket I think, and that cost is sky-high
Back in those times, when the screen mods were just biverts, you’d either do that for a modern lit screen, or pick up a GB Boy. Funny name, but they were actually very clever and the only real (almost) 1-1 copy of Nintendo’s own systems
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These were fairly universally mocked when they were sold, just because of the name, but now they’re gone everyone is sad they didn’t pick one up!
You might laugh, but these were highly coveted from Aliexpress back when they were being sold! Finding one now is extremely hard, since they ceased production, so in handheld circles these still have big fans!
For anyone who still wants to access Reddit just to browse favorite (niche) subs which won’t ever get traction here, some third-party apps still work.
My favorite is cygnusx’s Slide for Reddit fork (they picked it up after it was abandoned). You can use it logger in or anonymously - without an account logged in:
https://github.com/cygnusx-1-org/Slide
^ you can see my Slide app with the frontpage showing regular subs, and it doesn’t use the dumb new reddit algorithm which shows you posts from like a week ago.
The other option is Morphe who patch the official Reddit app. It will require an account but you can change a heap of things, block everything you dislike too. The patching app does YouTube and YouTube Music or whatever they call it, but it also patches Reddit:
^ here’s an example of some of the things you can change in a Morphe patched Reddit’s settings
Also sorry for the pictures, I wrote and uploaded this while steaming milk for my coffee!
We do our best in the /c/games community! It isn’t niche by any means, but we have regular posters (including myself) and we have fair engagement on new posts and members also.
Unfortunately as is the nature of most social media, it can only be as active as the users. So for very niche subjects I can’t see Lemmy ever being super viable (sadly)
I’m more than happy to ask e1K what he recommends you look at to get started, if you’d like?!
The U.S. took his passport away as he was in transit, right when that happened (literally blame your own gov’t for this, it wasn’t his decision) he was getting a connecting flight in Russia. He’s since stayed there.
Crazy that you…think that Russia, what, had control of the American gov’t and got them to revoke his passport mid-flight? Is that what you’re getting at?