Quoting: Hohlraumhttps://netboot.xyz/ wants you to hold it's beer :)

I was about to say that Ventoy sounds like an offline PXE boot server.

I see now that netboot.xyz has a self-hosting option which is very interesting -- because manually setting up PXE or iPXE, a TFTP server, etc. can be a pain in the butt; and some distros don't play nice with it at all (e.g. I've yet to figure out how to make an entry for Debian *alongside* other distros; while Debian does provide a ready made setup, it demands to work alone). If this makes that procedure easy, with the added peace of mind of local hosting, then it could be really useful. Having a couple of live cds that live inside your router is quite useful in case of emergencies.

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This looks like a great game.

-- by the way, are there other interesting minesweeper clones/variations like this? I've played the HexCells games (highly recommended, btw.); but that's all I know.

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Looks great. I wish something similar existed for the C64 SID.

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Quoting: scaineI paste this into /etc/sudoers on every single install I do.

# Allows certain command to run without a password
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt update
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt dist-upgrade
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt auto-remove
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/purge-old-kernels

Although since I've moved to Mint, I find the GUI for updates is pretty good, so I don't do my command-line maintenance anywhere near as much.

I do the same. It's also possible to group the listed binaries under command aliases, which — IMHO — makes the sudoers file a little tidier; e.g.

Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE = /usr/bin/dnf upgrade, /usr/bin/rpm
Cmnd_Alias SOMETHINGELSE = /usr/bin/somethingelse

& then, for the actual permissions:

%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SOFTWARE, SOMETHINGELSE

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Quoting: ArehandoroI wish they look into including some m.2 SSD out of the box and deprecate the sd card.

He's not ruling it out for the future, though.

I think they clearly want a place in the burgeoning all-purpose (incl. desktop use) SBC market; perhaps they'll have to introduce a 'pro' line or something, to compete among the ~$100 boards that are gaining traction (& some of them are x86 based, which has its attractions). The 4GB & 8GB models no longer fit the original 'mission statement' (so to speak) of the RPi foundation.

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Happy to see Prey on GOG as well; it's a great game -- and reportedly it works well under wine.

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Don't miss Dustforce! It's such a great game. This guy does a great job explaining why. [External Link]

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: tuubiSimple merging and page shuffling you can achieve easily with pdfshuffler. It has no editing features, but it does what it says on the tin and it does it intuitively. Just drag and drop files and pages, then save the result.

Thank you so much! That's going to be very handy. I just went to install it, turns out my distro has it already installed and I never noticed the thing.

For those who wonder: At least Debian has replaced it by the fork "pdfarranger" (but has a compatibility package with the old name).

Debian also has pdftk, which used to be the go-to tool on the CLI for pdf shuffling needs (it's in java, so I *guess* it would be a bit faster than pdfarranger, which seems to be in python?). Fedora has 'pdf-stapler', which is also in python, which got introduced because pdftk stopped building on Fedora for some reason. That's what I've been using for merging/shuffling.

There's another java program with a nice GUI: https://pdfsam.org/ [External Link]
another one (free as in beer) that comes with a GUI: https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/ [External Link]

-- what I'd *love to* know, though, is whether there exists a program that can edit logical page numbers on pdfs. Adobe Acrobat seems to be the *only* one capable of doing this *without breaking the pdf*. I have the final pre-CC version in a windoze VM (which I have to confess I'm glad I bought, on a really good student discount back in the day), which I hate to have to launch every time I have to fix the pagination on a pdf.

I mean, you'd think that it would be an easy task; but given the horribly convoluted data structures inside a pdf, even *finding* where the pagination info is, & changing turns into some kind of precision surgery. I've used a python library that claims to be able to do this (pylabels); but it keeps breaking the files, to the point that they can't be opened.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80yet still not one single game set in warring states period in japan home of the Ninja.

That's been a fan request since time immemorial; hopefully the next one will be set in Japan & *they'll end the series*.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: Purple Library GuyIs it just me or is "Assassin's Creed" kind of an odd name for a game about Vikings?

It's the established brand name they slap on top of historical period dramas that probably would fare better without any of the convoluted & incoherent (beyond redemption) 'lore' and backstory that comes trailing behind that name.

I really can't fathom why they think the game wouldn't sell as well without the AC name attached to it; what a bizarre place to look for 'safety'.

It's not like there aren't tons of interesting historical settings where assassins would fit just fine and you could call it "Assassin's Creed" and more or less mean it. You got your original Middle East Hashishin. The glory that was Rome (or shadows behind same); the political mazes of Byzantium. Imperial China. Plausibly the ancient Persian empire. Anywhere urban and sophisticated. Plenty of places you could do franchise entries with actual assassins.
Viking England, not so much.

Since the start, though, their intention has been to make games about dicking around in the open world first, and infiltration/assassination second -- otherwise the stealth mechanics wouldn't have been left so clunky. So the choice of setting was never really determined by thematic & gameplay considerations (let alone concern with a coherent over-arching story).

-- and it doesn't seem like they have a real commitment to the lore/story either; so *that* can't be why they stick to the AC brand. Again, I think the only reason why they insist on it, is that they think franchise sequels are a safer bet, compared to one-off adventures.

... which is strange, again, because they have the Far Cry series (which I haven't played at all) which seems to be doing very well; and that's a brand name/franchise with no forced continuity between the games. The 'historical' action/adventure titles could have followed that model as well.

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