Start VPN, then launch game. I have no idea how this is complicated at all…

Well…yeah. That’s their bread and butter.

Didn’t that as a requirement, but sure you can. They have profiles for each location you want to use, so import the ones you want, set the client all as a non-Steam game, then just connect whatever locale you want. Works fine.

Literally nothing. It has nothing to do with Linux.

They won’t make their CAC© checks be always online because they know they’ll lose sales. The reality is that more people will not buy always online games than have the will and know-how to find cracked versions. The segmentation of the general market is just much smaller.

So I don’t think anything will happen here.

Platform doesn’t matter. It’s a simple OpenVPN profile. There’s nothing about Deck that makes this unusable.

If you’re not sure how to use this: https://gist.github.com/linuxkathirvel/dd5a28f48442466aa1d6ff305fba4782

https://nordvpn.com/blog/nordvpn-config-files/

Worst mobile app on the planet with SO many bugs, but dammit if they aren’t a clean platform otherwise.

You’re shooting down good suggestions here, so I’m not sure if you don’t fully understand the problem, or are asking for the moon.

Are you wanting to send SMS from a specific device and SIM, or just ANY kind of SMS?

SMS is controlled from your provider. If you want to send from said provider, you need a device or app that can access their network. T-Mobile has a browser-based interface for this, and I think Mint does as well. Otherwise you need to get an SMS provider with an API to interact with, like Twilio, VoIP.ms, or similar.

Minisforum makes good stuff, but only buy their Refurbished items if you don’t need something specific.

Lots of people buy Beelink minipcs for n100 boxes, but looks like the prices are all jacked right now. [This should only be about $150 maybe.](https://www.newegg.com/beelink-barebone-systems-mini-pc-intel-n95/p/2SW-0012-001Z2?Source=socialshare

I wouldn’t use an old MacMini for much because they aren’t actually power efficient, but any n100 for Ryzen5 minipic with Kodi on it would work just fine for you want. There are plenty of altern6to Kodi, but it’s so simple, it’s hard to pass up.

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Can you run nvidia-smi and see what the output is?

The only reference people have for these kind of judgements is polling by browser.

You’re talking about users of a specific OS who would spend time to not make that known. They would also opt-out if any reporting about there machine specifics for polls, should they be asked.

I can guarantee real world usage is always higher than these polls suggest. I don’t know about 10%, but they are higher in actuality.

Post dmesg output again

sudo apt install --reinstall nvidia-driver

Look up the model of the laptop, and try to find a “display voltage regulator”. Sometimes they sell them a setnfor cheap.

This isn’t a software or OS issue though.

Disable Secure Boot in your BIOS. It should load after that, but if not, just reinstall the driver package.

The issue is in the lines with the keyword “taint” because the driver isn’t signed and cooperating with your Secure Boot setup.

I see no output pasted, but you probably need to run something like sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia to find the issue.

My guess is that the kernel modules build failed, and the Nouveau driver can’t load.

Boo hoo