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Edited the post with how I got it working by noting differences between Arch Linux and Debian / Ubuntu distros and added means to prevent Picom starting when logging into Wayland session.

Doesn't sound like you had major problems fixing issues on your side. Is Windows 98 added to the list of bootable operating systems by simply running sudo update-grub? I've yet to try custom resolutions on Xorg. Should look into fixing monitor layout on login screen first, might be an easier problem to solve that it seems. Maybe just writing current settings to default config file Xorg.conf does it. It's a small thing since very little time is spent on login screen and you get to input login data on one screen anyway. These days you can mostly rely on things being setup automagically as they should be, I've read Xorg was PITA to configure many years ago before you even got graphical environment running, forget multi-monitor and such. I've had a bit of fun with Wayland, still glitchy with proprietary NVIDIA drivers (both visual and performance/stability kind of glitches), at least up to driver version 495.44. There was one thing that worked better, no tremendous lag in OpenGL rendering in one graphical application while opening another. Generally, OpenGL seems to work as well as on Windows with these drivers. I have a feeling my GPU won't be supported anymore by the time it could be used with Wayland properly. Nouveau isn't looking too good after 7 years since the GPU was released, kinda OKish for simple 2D usage, though I also got some glitches with text in Konsole. Might try it on my a bit more open-source friendly laptop these holidays. Hopefully, they usually fly by way too fast. Should turn the laptop on every once in a while anyway before battery dies from not being used. Yeah, most of the population have moved on. Seems most well known distros aren't compiled for 32-bit anymore. Regarding archiving older software versions, compiling for multiple architectures really adds to used storage. I'm a bit divided regarding 32-bit vs 64-bit thing on Windows with my 4 GB of RAM, which is just on the edge (64-bit Win with mix of 32-bit and 64-bit stuff). Then some code sequences might go through faster in one mode than another.

I messed up my Manjaro install. You really can't do partial upgrades without corrupting everything. Went KUbuntu 21.10 since I'm a bit more at home with apt package manager and the ecosystem, ran sudo apt dist-upgrade to update everything, installed NVIDIA 495 series drivers. Seems the current version of KWIN performs better than the one I had, or might have to do with other pre-release component and picked the bad moment to have the then current versions of everything. What seems to help further here in desktop smoothness is switching over to Wayland instead of using the rusty old X11 (wrote too fast, actually slower overall, might test again in the future with newer driver, only version 495.44 in the repo ATM, but not 495.46), though it seems rough around the edges. Changing desktop background is really laggy at times (back on X11, using picom improved that), VLC crashes after finishing playback with presumably default OpenGL->GLX backend. Picking EGL instead of GLX fixes stability, but it results in bad performance for some reason, though EGL works fine under X11. The compromise would be X11 XCB backend (I'd have to check the exact English name), but I can't help but notice some frame drops with it. Seems VLC doesn't support Wayland yet, so has to run through XWayland. No luck with 4.x experimental version installed using Snap, doesn't launch, complains about being unable to lock media library. Seems with Wayland there is no concept of primary screen anymore, judging by settings. KDE's night color doesn't work neither, can't find solution on the internet, probably the driver issue... Firefox still doesn't seem to run WebGL as well as it should, a bit disappointing after seeing them close long opened ticket regarding the problem since it's supposedly fixed. Chromium's WebGL seems to be as fast as on Windows when running through OpenGL, though it appears translating to D3D11 is more helpful than it used to be (can speed up rendering). The text in chrome://flags still suggests native OpenGL should be more performant on NVIDIA, though that was written years ago.

Looks like that one is from 2015. I meant to refer to games in XP's heyday. Do you use pre-SP2 Windows XP? SP2 comes with DX 9.0c. Sounds like your PC is really coming apart. Assuming motherboard is still OK, it might still last for a while with replacement RAM/HDD. To tell you the truth, I'm not too keen on looking for old compatible RAM for my PC, though a 4 GB -> 8 GB upgrade would be nice. GMA was the first series that came to my mind. I once tried gaming with Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 integrated on ASRock P4i65G, mission impossible. You imagine "they"'ll bother?

Wow, and I thought I was crazy when I re-installed XP maybe a bit over 5 times (going from fading memories here) in one of those years. It was me messing around with things I shouldn't, plus the old SP1 era language pack + updates didn't play well all the time and I remember the obscure glitch at some point when clicking Effects... button in Display Properties on Appearance tab just didn't do anything. Possibly flaky hardware as well. Does 10 activate legitimately in such case? XP was really anal about it (probably should say activation server, but the point remains) and refused it due to it being done too many times, had to look for a bypass to be able to use it. There are countless games from the era that work with DX9. Of course, you need something better than Intel GMA!

I'm not much of a talker. Am I reading this right? This is basically another thing against those that don't trust vaccines against this virus. Here they're supposedly already talking about what they'll do with us. We're probably more careful than those got a shot and think they're immune and non-contagious. THIS! I try to distract myself from reality, but escapism doesn't physically get you to a better place.

For the most part, it's more suitable for those that use extensions that play better with Australis interface.

Car analogies might seem silly in context computer stuff, though sometimes humorous. Anyone came across old jokes what cars would be like if Microsoft made them? Admittedly, looking at dark statistics when it comes to car accidents isn't pretty. It was merely few weeks ago that I avoided being involved in the one due to some as***** driving right in front of me in the intersection while I was on priority road. Managed to steer away in time - phew! And just yesterday, had to take a detour while on the way to work because someone crashed nearby another intersection. The main road goes nicely straight, great visibility. Makes me wonder if the driver was on the phone or woke up with his left foot. On topic, do you guys allow scripts from xsinator.xyz on XSinator? I don't get consistent results on it with Pale Moon, 4 - 5 reds with xsinator.xyz blocked, 6 reds otherwise.

@DanR20 Admittedly, I've never touched CTR's CSS stuff, but I know for certain Stylem can be used to write CSS styles for browser interface, not just websites. They're applied when you either save it or use button for live preview.

Yeah, I used to be more adventurous in that regard. These days I mostly stick to a small handful of them. NoScript is still used to give me a second to think if I want to proceed in case I encounter the site that doesn't display anything. That said, I'd still be sitting here typing this even if my car didn't have seat belts and airbags. YMMV. What about the pay the postman delivering the package method?

Accidental double post...

AFAIK, this explicitly targets Australis interface. The whole dual GUID extension target thingy never seemed much of an (dis)advantage to me, some extensions simply need some work put into them if they are to work properly with these browsers. Apparently my usage of the browser never made me encounter any serious FUEL extension, except one fun one (Destroy The Web), which used it merely to manage its preferences, that logic was easy to rewrite to drop dependency on FUEL.

They compute differently. Software I use by itself sets the bar to Win7 at bare minimum. I've spent enough time with each OS to know for a fact what works for me and what doesn't. What others use is of no significance to me.

There goes https://www.reddit.com/ - invalid regexp group on opening someone's post. At least there's still https://old.reddit.com/.

Yeah, I know how that sounds... But realistically, many things in our lives are outside of our control and one has to keep own sanity somehow.

I did some of these things in the previous decade, including split-screen coop/multiplayer and 8-ball (the latter in physical world, not miniclip.com). Relatable.

What I do is not let things I don't have direct control over consume my thoughts.

Happened to me once that payment transaction didn't go through due to some domain of transaction processing system not being whitelisted yet. I have doubts this whole block JS by default thingy actually saved me from anything. It sure got annoying many times.

Yup, about everything. Most curious how our timelines would go, what'd be different in our personal lives etc. And the internet, wow, out of the blue as history goes you get exposure to foreign culture, art, news, places to talk about things you can't talk about in real life etc. Speaking of Amish, Amish Paradise by "Weird Al" Yankovic: Lot of toxic places on the internet. Anonymity brings out the worst in some individuals. Human nature is an ugly thing.

Don't get me started on the program I deal with for the living. On topic, these bugs with newer hardware are intriguing. You'd think we're long past hardware specific quirks in 2021. Understandable. It'd be a whole lot better deal if they weren't dead set on ruining the shell (and other questionable things, but I think enough was already said on these forum). BTW, there's a hack to get legitimate licenses for some of their software for free...being an IT student.

Guess it depends on how your biology takes it. At least with the current situation, depending on the circumstances, you could die from either. The whole thing put a lot of pressure on hospital workers. I haven't checked the stats recently, but some time ago, our country was the top in death rate per certain amount of population due to virus. Feels surreal, why us in particular? Over a month ago, a young 20-year-old woman died due to Janssen vaccine, which they've stopped using since. She merely wanted peace due to pressure of requiring RVT condition everywhere and constant testing gets tiring. Statistical anomaly perhaps, but it doesn't do you any good if you end up being the one and you don't exactly have a death wish. They don't have anything in place to verify it'll work on you as intended. Ever wonder how things would look like without computers?

I'm on a highway with 1.0 engine daily. What am I missing?

https://www.betabreakers.com/the-myth-of-bug-free-software/ For me, the most important change with Win10 kernel was paging algorithm. Vista - 8.1 are just way too aggressive when it comes to swapping junk to disk. I've noticed it in smaller degree on XP, but I haven't really abused XP and predecessors as much. Nothing's more infuriating than having free RAM and OS insisting on using disk.