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Comment on What is your favorite TV show that you rewatch often? in ~tv
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
petejones (edited )LinkLots of people are saying Mint, Ubuntu, or Elementary, but I’ll be a slight contrarian here and say either Fedora, Nobara (which is an extremely popular flavor of Fedora made for gaming), or...Lots of people are saying Mint, Ubuntu, or Elementary, but I’ll be a slight contrarian here and say either Fedora, Nobara (which is an extremely popular flavor of Fedora made for gaming), or Endeavor (Arch based). The main benefit these provide are newer software and better support for newer hardware.
Many say that you should stick to something “stable”. But at the end of the day, most popular distros are pretty damn stable already and they’ll do what you need them to do. More importantly, when there’s some little bug or a feature missing that you’re waiting for, you’ll get it soon after it hits. You get to actually watch your Linux desktop improve month to month rather than once or twice a year.
For the other questions:
It’s way slower to run off a a USB stick, don’t unless you need to.The screenshots you saw were probably of tiling window managers that are controlled mostly with the keyboard alone. I don’t use one. They’re sick looking but with a bit of a learning curve.
I recommend KDE for a desktop environment.
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Comment on Let's add (and rearrange?) some groups + a few notes about other short-term plans in ~tildes.official
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Comment on What have your experiences been with losing interest in video games as you get older? in ~games
petejones Link ParentNo doubt about it lol. I definitely have friends who are the type to just 100% every game and they absolutely love it and that's cool. Even at the time it felt like I was being kind of ridiculous,...No doubt about it lol. I definitely have friends who are the type to just 100% every game and they absolutely love it and that's cool. Even at the time it felt like I was being kind of ridiculous, but it immediately reminded me of Blitzball from FFX and it just felt like "nah, I'm good right now". The game is extremely impressive and the gameplay itself was fun, but of the first couple hours it felt like about half was cut scenes. At that point - for a single-player game - I'd rather just watch a show or listen to the book while surfing in CSGO or playing some little rogue-lite I don't have to actively think about. But that's just me, and that's just one game that I gave up on early. I concede that I've barely tried any AAA single-player games in years so any judgments I make about a genre would probably be dumb.
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Comment on What have your experiences been with losing interest in video games as you get older? in ~games
petejones Link ParentIt's funny you say that. Portal 2 is one of my favorite games of all time and one of the few single-player games I really got into in the last 15 years. Shadow of the Colossus was another and that...It's funny you say that. Portal 2 is one of my favorite games of all time and one of the few single-player games I really got into in the last 15 years. Shadow of the Colossus was another and that was probably the best game I've ever played. But I never played Portal 1 until after I finished all of Half-life and I loved the absolute shit out of it.
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Comment on What have your experiences been with losing interest in video games as you get older? in ~games
petejones (edited )Link ParentI hadn't played a single-player game in years, but my friends tried really hard to get me to play The Witcher 3. For months. I told them I would probably get bored, but they insisted that of all...I hadn't played a single-player game in years, but my friends tried really hard to get me to play The Witcher 3. For months. I told them I would probably get bored, but they insisted that of all single-player games, this was the one I had to try. So finally a couple months ago, I gave it a try. And I was extremely impressed. The graphics are amazing. I've read all the books, and they really did bring them to life. The characters look awesome, great voice acting, etc. The only complaint was that the combat was kind of uncomfortable and kind of forced me to roll around a lot (since you can't turn quickly), but that was OK.
Then I go into some bar, talk to an NPC and suddenly I'm being taught a card game that's already deeper than a game I want to play at all. And that was it. That's when I realized I just can't get into these long ass deep single-player games anymore. Sure the games awesome, and yes I'm sure the card game is entirely avoidable and that's an absurd reason to quit. But then there's the crafting, and the picking my spec, and the side quests and the exploration and... Maybe it's just my mindset at the moment, but I just never seem to find a time where I want to commit to that. I will probably will try it again some time though.
Then the CS2 announcement happened, and for some random reason I suddenly remembered that I'd never beaten Half-life. I've always wanted to beat it just for posterity's sake, but It was one of those games I just never had the patience for as a kid when I tried it. I always got stuck then gave up. But I was bored. I wasn't really playing anything else at the time. So I figured ey, I've always wanted to conquer it. Sure I'll probably marvel at the old design and then get bored, but why not check it out?
I figured I'd give the old game its best shot, so I downloaded Black Mesa and loaded it up. And I was sucked in almost immediately. I didn't understand what it really was until I played it the first time as an adult. There's no special items that have their own menu, no crafting, no cut scenes, no explanations, no quests to read through, no ability points, no mini-games. And its not just a DOOM style shoot-em up either. It's got complex puzzles that you don't even realize are puzzles at first. It has environments that just have to sit and stare at sometimes before you can figure out what to do. It's just you and the game environment. You find characters, and they talk to you IN-GAME. The story progresses LIVE as you play. There's no giant open world. It's a linear story, and you're fully immersed in it.
I don't know if that's the only reason, but there was just something about it. I could just play and I never got that daunting feeling like its gonna take forever to get to the good stuff. The whole thing was good stuff! I ended beating Black Mesa and the rest of the Half-life series for the first time and it was so much better than I ever imagined. So at least for me, it might just be that I don't enjoy current game trends. Or more likely, I just haven't tried one I'd enjoy. But there's definitely something to say for a game that doesn't have to be a massive universe that you're partaking in.
Surprised you’re the only other person I’m seeing say Deadwood. I know of no other show with writing that good while being that entertaining. It’s hilarious, sad, disturbing and uplifting all in equal measure. I’ve watched it a good five times and I know there’s still more to see. Just the best.