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I feel you. Warmux was really neat. Sadly, it never got as much development as Hedgewars, even though the mascot theme was really cool. AFAIK, Warmux has been inactive (or at least extremely slow) for years, while Hedgewars has been thriving.

Battle for Wesnoth

This one never gets the love it deserves. It's a fantastic turn based strategy game with multiple campaigns and storylines, multiplayer, and campaign design tools. It's an old project (started in 2003, IIRC), but it's still fantastic

• http://www.wesnoth.org/
• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/599390/Battle_for_Wesnoth/

Hedgewars

Basically, this is Worms but with adorable little hedgehogs instead of, well, worms. Single player is okay, and it has online multiplayer I guess, but the real fun (just like in Worms) is local multiplayer. Also, it has Portal Guns. There's really no downside to this one.

• https://www.hedgewars.org/
• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2223810/Hedgewars/
• Itch: https://hedgewars.itch.io/hedgewars

Re-volt io and RVGL

This one's a little iffy. Re-volt was a fantastic R / C racing game with bright graphics, fun tracks, excellent controls, and a killer soundtrack. For good or ill, it was put out by Acclaim, which self destructed in 2004. The Re-volt fan community, however, doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit."

Nowadays, you can join a lively community with regular online tournaments of the game. There's a new cross platform engine called RVGL (that's Re Volt Game Launcher), and metric tonnes of mods and fan content. You still need the original game's assets, though, which is where it's dicey; they're technically abandonware not open source, unless I'm mistaken.

Anyway, links!

• https://re-volt.io/
• https://rvgl.org/

Unciv

This project's aim is to be Civilization V, but with more abstract visuals, and, or course, free. In short, it's FreeCiv, but Civ V instead of II and a UI from the 2020s rather than the 80s. (Not throwing shade here; FreeCiv is an amazing project that is exactly what it wants to be!)

• Github: https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
• Itch: https://yairm210.itch.io/unciv

If that's not enough to keep ya' happy, I know a few more, but they've mostly been covered by other folks here.

Edit: formatting

I don't think anyone was suggesting NixOS, just the Nix package manager and repository, which will work on any distro. There's still a bit of a learning curve, but it's not as steep.

I try to avoid any kind of "ThiNG BAd" statements. They're just not helpful, and they tend to piss off anyone who likes the thing.

Thanks for not jumping on me, though. I really don't mean any offense, just trying to be helpful.

The AUR isn't a package manager. It's a package repository that you can use a package manager (on Manjaro it's probably pamac) to install from.

There really isn't a more extensive package repository than the AUR, and there's definitely not one for any Arch based distro. If the package hasn't been updated in a while, you might have to go to the project website and check for an alternative install method, like Flatpak, AppImage, or a precompiled binary.

ETA - someone pointed out Nix, which I had totally forgotten about. I feel like everything else I say here stands though.

As a side note, and I'm likely to get jumped on by Manjaro fans for this, but on Manjaro extensive use of the AUR can lead to system instability. This is because the official repos for Manjaro are out of sync with the Arch repos, and you can run into dependency problems.

Kinda also an indictment of how much we pay teachers and firefighters.

Just sayin'.

There are none, I'm afraid.

I did. It's basically my first move after installing anything with a Gnome desktop; consistent theme is important to me and the GTK3 Adwaita-dark theme is a big part of that, otherwise gtk3 apps just look kinda... off.

Could that have messed up the Gnome default style switcher?

Good. Put him away for assault. Sentence him on live TV. Throw a fucking party as you throw the book at him.

Make. An. Example. Out. Of. This. Douchenozzle.

Gah! Yes, the vinegar is for the softener cycle! I fixed it in my post. Thank you, kind internet stranger!

Seems like if they wanted to avoid this sort of suspicion, they'd time the announcement for either right before or nowhere near when the scheduled sale would take place.

But then they wouldn't get to feel like a Bond villain, so…

• Use like half the recommend amount of laundry detergent. Unless your clothes are filthy, it's plenty, it'll save you money, and it's better for the environment.
• Add 1/4 cup white vinegar as if it were liquid fabric softener (the food grade stuff, not the house cleaning stuff). This aids the detergent and acts as a mild fabric softener. It rinces completely in the wash and doesn't leave an odor.
• Use dryer balls - 2 ot 3 balls of felted wool about the size of a tennis ball - in place of dryer sheets. They do almost as well at killing static and softening clothes without the chemical residue.

And, finally...

• Wash your clothes less often. Generally speaking, unless they're visibly dirty or smell, they don't need to be washed. This doesn't apply to socks or undergarments - those should typically be washed, or at least rinced out, with every wear.

Edit: clarification, with thanks to antimidas who pointed it out!

It isn't, though. Made that way, I mean. I update maybe weekly and restart my system when I do. That's it. I seldom get notification that I need to update unless I open the Gnome Software app, and unless it's a security update, it's not imperative to do it just because it's there. And even then, it doesn't always require a restart.

I've been using Fedora off and on (mostly on) for the better part of a decade, and I've never run into what you're describing. So no. It isn't "made that way." I imagine if it were, it would be a hell of a lot less popular.

Battle for Wesnoth really needs more love. I know it's popular in the open source gaming community, but seriously, it's sooooo good. Mainstream gamers really ought to jump on board.

I don't know if you've heard of Unciv, but it's another really well done open source game that needs more love:

https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv

Did it? That's not how I remember book reports.

And this does have useful information.

No shit? Really? Wow, thanks guys! I never would have guessed that were it not for the hard working folks at the Pentagon!

😐

Based just on this, I'd suggest looking into OpenSuse Tumbleweed. It's got the reliability you need for your university work, all the software you need, and is about as close to bleeding edge as you can get without cutting yourself.

If, however, you're also looking to gain a deeper understanding of how your system works, and don't mind (or enjoy) troubleshooting problems yourself when they crop up, Arch is excellent.

It's like 700 words, dude. It's shorter than a 6th grade book report.

Oh the explanation is… complex. There are a long list of factors involved. I'm going to give you one, as I see it.

Through charisma, lies, corruption, and misdirection, our education system has been destroyed. Anything resembling logic or even basic rational thought is something you have to teach yourself in America. So, we have a massive population of ignorant folks vulnerable to nonsense, including evangelical Christianity.

Evangelical Christianity isn't actually about saving souls or whatever. It's about keeping the populace ignorant and looking at bullshit so the "conservative" leadership can rob everyone, lining their pockets and stoking as much fear and division as they can.

That's one part of why people aren't in the streets. There are many, many moving parts to what's fucked in modern America. And personally, I'd rather just say fuck it and leave at this point.

Signed, a U.S. Army combat veteran.

I haven't really looked back after I left Reddit. I have stopped on a Reddit page because of a search result, that's about it.