Linux is Linux. The differences largely come down to packaging and release cadence. You never really have upgrade difficulties with Arch due to the rolling release model as long as you are updating pretty regularly. On other distros, it’s not uncommon to deal with release upgrades that can be a little more involved. The other advantage to Arch is the repository and AUR. You can install just about anything with one command/click.

Personally, I think Arch is the easiest distro to use once it’s installed. I was a Debian user before Arch for mostly the same reason - it’s so easy to install software because the repository is huge. Being on Mint, you have access to a lot. Just imagine having access to even more but needing a little more knowledge to get started and that’s Arch.

Any decent military is going have crash retrieval teams. It’s called CSAR - combat search and rescue. If a Russian or Chinese jet crashes somewhere neutral, we are going to race to get there. If it’s our own F-35, we will get there even faster and probably fight anyone who tries to get there first. I imagine you would do this for any interesting craft that crashes.

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I was in the same boat before Framework launched and ended up with a ThinkPad X1 Extreme.

It’s a solid machine - easy to upgrade the SSD and RAM, easy to repair, very good premium support available for an additional fee. I paid for the support and had to replace a touchpad that started acting weird. They were at my house within 24 hours and made the repair at my dining table. So much better than AppleCare.

The Linux support is great. Everything works. The build quality is good as far as pc laptops are concerned. Lots of USB ports, HDMI out, and an SD slot. That’s the next best thing to the customizable ports on the Framework. The battery is a little better than the Framework. Really can’t go wrong with either one.

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Which packages do you add to extraLibraries? How do you find the dependencies? I’m struggling with this at the moment.

Oh man. Me too. The player market and pvp were the best. I loved how there were battles to actually control territory. There were places you just couldn’t go unless you were covert. That game should have gotten so much more love back then.

Spam and bots like other people have said. Then there are the instances that get blocked because of the content and people there. Nazis, racists, trolls, etc. They were coming in from all over during the twitter migration. There was a blocklist on GitHub that was being updated pretty frequently.

Nice. I have that one on my wishlist. I’m not ready to start a new game so it’s on the back burner until the Steam sale.

Eh… To each their own. Reddit isn’t going away. Many of us may not go back, but there are people who will stay. As long as there’s a thriving community over here it’s all good.

I loved it. I didn’t follow it much prior to release and wrote it off after the launch fiasco. I gave it a try maybe a year later after a big patch. I didn’t really have any expectations going in.

It’s one of my favorite games ever. The gameplay is good, I enjoyed the story, and I loved the characters. There are a few you get close to and I actually cared about them. That part reminded me a little bit of Mass Effect. I was genuinely disappointed when it was over and it was time to say goodbye.

It’s not a technical masterpiece, but there’s something special there. Again, I’ll make a comparison to Mass Effect. The first game had some warts and parts of the world felt empty, but it was also such an interesting place with memorable characters. That series didn’t really come into its own until the second one.

I’m thrilled that we are getting more Cyberpunk. I expect it will just keep getting better the way the Witcher series did.

I played long after release after a big patch. I knew the launch was a disaster but I hadn’t followed the game closely so I didn’t have huge expectations. I absolutely loved that game when I finally played.

I’m one of those game tourists who hardly ever finishes anything. I don’t have enough time to game so I’ll just drop a game if I’m not really into. Cyberpunk was one of the few games I’ve finished in recent years.

The gameplay was really satisfying, I enjoyed the story, and I loved the characters. There are a few you get to spend a lot of time with and I found myself actually caring about them. For me, it was reminiscent of how I felt playing Mass Effect. It’s one of my all time favorites for sure.

It’s definitely worth a play if it sounds like something you’d be interested in.

I would second this. I’ve used Endeavour and it’s nice, but it doesn’t have much of a purpose. It’s an easy installer with some default packages. Once it’s installed, it’s 100% Arch but with a different name and you don’t know how some things work because they were automatically configured for you. Might as well use the real thing. The archinstall script is easy and you only have to do it once.

Does it work well with the controller or do you have to use the trackpads?

Love the Steam Deck. I’m able to play so much more than I did before. Currently playing Persona 5 Royal and I’m really enjoying it. I’ll be at it for a while so I don’t know what’s next. Maybe Octopath Traveler 2 or Persona 4 Golden.

I do too. Mastodon is great software, but I’ve never been much of a user of the micro blogging format. The Reddit/hacker news format has been my preference for many years.

No. Sites and communities come and go. Before Reddit, I was on slashdot and would occasionally use others like kuro5hin, fark, etc. Reddit had a lot more going on and was much better for comments when it came along. Then it got huge and only the small subs were any good for a sense of community or discussion. For a long time, it’s mostly been good for doom scrolling outside of some niche hobby subs. If anything, it’s kinda nice that some people are motivated to try other things like lemmy and kbin.

Same here. I bought a Tesla in 2019 and was foolish enough to pay for FSD. At the time, they were saying it would be available by the end of the year. They finally rolled out a “beta” a few months ago and it’s terrible. That’s after they had me on this bullshit robo-nanny software monitoring my driving.

The motors, battery, and charging infrastructure are great, but I would never buy another thing from Tesla as long as Elon Musk is involved with the company. He is a reprehensible troll and a dishonest businessman.

I tried it once a while back and the tutorial seemed pretty good. I was able to grasp things easier than some other paradox games. My biggest worry is I don’t have time to play consistently and I will forget too much between sessions. I never picked it up again because of that, but I keep looking at it and want to try again.

Started playing Persona 5 Royal a few days ago. Such a cool game. I played the original Persona as a kid on PlayStation and thought it was cool, although I never finished it because I couldn’t get past a part where my disc was scratched.