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None of that applies here, FC6 is just going into maintenance mode. Online services remain up, no degradation of service, the game is available and playable.

They own Cinemax. It's a subsidiary, not a competitor.

I only have one machine that's still running Windows. This would convince me to finally make that zero.

Yup. For the server admin, maybe 10 minutes of reading and another 10-20 for setup. For the users (if any), they just need to input an IP or URL along with logging in.

And it doesn't rely on external servers to connect like Plex does, which is always a bonus.

You can be both, and a lot of us are. A Luddite wouldn't be opposed to the automation of jobs in a socialist society, nobody is being exploited in that case.

We question and oppose the tech right now because that isn't the society we live in. It isn't really about the tech at all, it's about who controls it and how they're using it.

That works to get it going, but it's flaky. The older Broadcom chips need either the old reverse-engineered driver, or the old closed source driver Broadcom released.

Basically anything should work, I had one for a while running Arch + KDE. Wifi doesn't work out of the box (thanks Broadcom), but once you install the right driver it's perfectly fine.

They're also adding an API version check on devices, which will affect old apps that have gotten around the store checks. Only affects devices that can upgrade to 14, but it's a solid step.

I can only speak for myself, but I started buying blu-rays a lot more once I dropped streaming services in favor of piracy. I'll happily throw some cash toward the creators of things I like, and that's a more direct way to do so.

I don't use it myself, but it's been my main recommendation for newbies for years for that reason. No complaints yet, even from the less tech-literate.

True, but you're still agreeing to the ToS that waives your right to sue the company. Can't turn that off.

If the computer is modern enough that you'd consider buying it to use, I can almost guarantee that you'll be fine to run the latest distros. I just threw Arch + KDE on a 14ish year old laptop I found, and it runs so well that I may daily drive it for a while just for the hell of it.

At worst, you may need a lighter-weight desktop environment (DE) than some of the pretty ones you see in screenshots. And those are simple to install and try out.

They sell $700 wheels, $1000 for an accelerometer isn't really a surprise.

They look fine to me. It might be something in your firmware, laptops can be a little fiddly. I'd try the steps here for an alternate boot path first, and if that fails check here for other methods that may apply.

Another great resource is the Arch Wiki category for laptops. If your model has a page, it should help with any weird configuration issues.

My first guess would be either messing up the paths for grub-install and/or grub-mkconfig, or just forgetting grub-mkconfig altogether. Grub should "just work" as long as those commands were run properly and you aren't using Secure Boot.

DDNS takes about the same amount of time to get running these days, something like Caddy + DuckDNS goes together pretty easy. Even for purely personal use, I use DDNS for media access and save the VPN for share access and admin work.

Either way works though.

When I used to play CoD, I did something very similar to this. I'd spawn with a knife (and maybe a pistol), and had to "earn" better guns by grabbing them from kills. Like Gun Game, but more fun since everybody else was properly equipped.

It sounds simple and silly, but it kept me playing those games for 2ish years longer than I would have otherwise.

I've used both and much prefer Proton for sailing the seas. Connecting through France (highest speed + p2p) with port forwarding is the best torrent speed I've had on a VPN. The only slight annoyance is it switching the forwarded port every time it reconnects, but I run it 24/7 anyway.

Just skip the "official" client and run it through gluetun. It's a much better experience.

That was my main complaint with the game. I didn't mind starting limited and building up to full control, but it should have taken half of the time. And some of the early pairings were pretty rough to use without their full kit.

We just need the rest of the Linux gang to experience the glory of pacman+AUR, it's not our fault they don't listen.