Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: Purple Library GuyIt's nice that they're putting out powerful Linux laptops.
But, could somebody maybe do a wimpy Linux laptop? That's more what I'm in the market for.

RIP netbooks. :sad: Something along those lines would make a great (and, for my purposes, much more useful) alternative to Chromebooks in this day and age!

My wife manages OK with a Chromebook most of the time because her computing needs are very modest. But when she wants to do something it doesn't want to do, she's basically hooped. If MacOS is a "walled garden", ChromeOS is a "walled planter"!

I would avoid ARM for your use-case for the time being. Maybe the story will change in another 7-10 years.

So that leaves us with what everyone has been doing a long time now: buy an old but gold laptop off eBay and put a new battery in it. When the thin Thinkpads (X Elite?) were new many years ago, they were the envy of many co-workers. The screen was touch capable and you could fold it in the open position.

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I had succumbed to the idea that I don't spend enough time in Dota 2 to get good enough to enjoy it anymore, so I've had updates on pause in Steam and only update it before big tournaments so I can watch them within the game client. I've turned spectator only. However, I will have to try these new changes!

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What timing! I only just got my feet wet in deck builders over the past two weeks. I don't think I've found a favorite yet. If progression feels awful each time you have to reset, it's a huge turn-off for me... coming from someone who enjoys a good campaign and story with a beginning, middle, and end (the final objective). When I don't reach the end, it feels like I'm writing a script, banging my head against the keyboard, and never have a breakthrough. What suckiness! In real life, you eventually have a breakthrough or come up with an alternative way to achieve your objectives... or you settle on a 2nd choice.

It helps if I put myself in a mindset of a physical card game -- something you play repeatedly and are never really done forever. It's not like you "beat the game" and move. But in a physical card game, you can lose or you can win. It's different than losing over and over and over.

I don't know. I'm still trying it out and a little wishy-washy as you can tell.

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I still have my same old opinion that I'm glad Ubuntu exists for other people.

I don't even download Ubuntu ISO's to play with in a VM anymore. Other distributions are much more interesting. What I play with lately:

Fedora Kinoite
KaOS
Pop!
Mint
ElementaryOS
RebornOS

(Yeah, Manjaro is not on my short list anymore either.)

What my real systems use:
Arch
EndeavourOS

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Looks pretty slick. Interesting competition.

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It looks cute. If I had a Deck, I'd be tempted.

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Couch MP only, hmm... well, I'll try the demo. Looks somewhat interesting. I never was into Pokemon style games tbh.

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I would enjoy playing through another Left 4 Dead. These days, it would be with a different group of friends than the older games.

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Quoting: Avehicle7887Proudly brought to you by the same people who abandoned the Linux version of their previous title - World to the West on GOG.

Mm, this is of note. Linux support on GOG would be ideal. I would consider getting it on Steam for Linux for the kids, but I don't like adding troubleshooting steps to their computers, so relying on Proton makes me hesitate.

I'll watch and see. The trailer looks delightful.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: 14I'll give it a shot in the Summer since it's free, but I haven't been up to par in twitch style, competitive shooters for years.

What are "Twitch style shooters"?
Something people would want to watch?

Nothing to do with the website. Think about the original word, which is why I didn't capitalize to make it a proper noun. :)

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