TheAgeOfSuperboredom @ TheAgeOfSuperboredom @lemmy.ca

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Feel free to not live in this shithole 😁

I use EndeavourOS with KDE and it's wonderful!

Does anyone know offhand the issues Calamares has with Xfce?

Was that the episode where he seduces the village elder's daughter after winning 10 arm wrestling matches in a row at the tavern?

I feel like that in most games but not in BG3. I do still reload sometimes if I fail a check, but BG3 makes failures fun! It's rather rare that you're actually locked out of something, and often times a failure leads to interesting outcomes.

I'm sure there is also a lot that I'm missing and don't know about, so there's no sense of FOMO. I really do appreciate that the game doesn't many things. There's no tracking that you're attained 45 of 53 powers, or 237 of 245 hidden biscuits, or that you're missing that last upgrade point to unlock something cool. I also haven't come across any annoying skill quests where you have to take down 14 enemies in 12 seconds while hopping on one leg.

Larian has done a great job of writing interesting content for pretty much every outcome, and it's one of the few games that I feel I will want to replay to see a different side of things. There's a whole quest line in act 1 that you can only get if you fail a random check. I found that pretty novel.

I misinterpreted the headline and expected a joke article about Epic charging developers who don't use Unreal.

This is the story of a little ship that took a little trip

Came here to say exactly this.

I'd trust the piracy sites more actually. We don't voluntarily give them our credit card and address.

He likes their opera?

You beat me to it! I also use Arch BTW.

If you haven't played it, try Mooncrash too! It's a great side story to Prey.

I have to use Windows at work, and I've found that just about everything I use on Windows has an equal or better equivalent on Linux. I find most of the time on my work computer I miss having Linux.

Except for music management... MusicBee is really great and apparently it doesn't work too well with wine. There are a few applications that do manage a library but I've found they all fall a bit short when compared to MusicBee. I've taken to just and old time approach of managing music with the filesystem. I also use Audacious for a touch of nostalgia since it works with Winamp 2.x skins :)

I disagree with the minimal install, especially for new users. It's probably easier to get going when everything you need is installed and configured. Once you know the tools and what you want, then go for the customization.

I've been using Linux for over 20 years and I still prefer a full install (EndeavourOS is my choice). I'd just rather spend my time doing anything else than manually installing every package.

Welcome! I think a big thing is to realize it is a bit different and try to stick with it a while you get comfortable.

I usually keep a copy if the original system file when I edit something. Basically things in /etc.

The Arch wiki is a great resource even if you're not using Arch.

For gaming and the occasional Windows app, if I'm not using Proton through Steam I like Lutris. Over the last several years I've found Windows to be far less necessary though.

Also don't be afraid to mix things installed from your distro's repository with Flatpaks or AppImages. I use all three types of apps with no issues. I would avoid snaps if possible though. The last few times I tried them things just didn't work well.

The dangerous part is that it sounds like the ad is generated by Spotify.

In the "tech already exists" scenario, an advertising firm will have to guess at the voice people want to hear and submit their own audio files to advertise.

If this works the way it sounds, the ad firm sends in some text and Spotify generates a voice ad based on who you listen to. Less effort on the advertising firm and far more targeted.

Both are bad. The second is worse!

And frankly, it's another reason not to support Spotify. You are supposed to be paying to listen to music, not support research into this bullshit advertising.

He must be using i3

At least a bunch of investors made some money!

Will someone answer that damn ringing!?

The article doesn't even mention Daikatana 😥

I'm fine with it too!

Nexus Mods has had some controversy in the past but they seem generally solid.