Thanks for the rec! I also love that you presume that there will be a next time, cuz, uh, that’s accurate. These little boxes are powerhouses, I probably want one for a TV set-top box now that all the TV boxes (Roku, Amazon Fire, even Android TV and soon Apple TV) are riddled with ads.
Beelink and Minisforum are legit
I wish I knew a lot of this when I first started shopping for a mini PC. I ended up with a Beelink model that I’m quite happy with, but it seems almost luck that I didn’t pick another one, and I would have liked a “reputable brand” search function.
That’s basically the wave in the water planet scene from Interstellar. That’s terrifying.
Is this why China is a regular powerhouse in badminton? So much temptation!
Torchlight 2 and 3 are fun looting co-op experiences.
Anti-Cheat is a bitch
Seriously, I don’t know how this one is solvable, to be honest, without major investment and support from the game companies themselves.
performance issues are definitely not universal
Agreed!
Yup, I picked it up for $7 to play with friends last year. It’s worth double that, but not $45. I still play with them sometimes but it isn’t my favorite.
Somewhat unrelated, this game has one of the worst menu systems I have ever seen. It’s astounding how unintuitive it is.
Don’t @ me too hard, but I think @luciferofastora has some good points on sound and anti-cheat. They don’t affect me, mostly because I don’t like PVP games that need anti-cheat, but they represent a huge chunk of the market and I do wish they worked better on Linux. I’m fully on Linux for my daily driver and generally have good experiences, I’m not even considering going back to Windows, I just wish things worked better for everyone.
It looks quite usable, to be honest. I would have loved to use it back then.
the original match 3
Shariki and Bejeweled would like a word.
I really liked Lara Croft GO. It’s better than Hitman GO or other GO games.
With a 2025 release, is may not even come out for Switch, it may release on Switch 2/successor.
Puppy was going to me my suggestion too, before I read that you’d already used it. Maybe try some of the other versions? If you used a Debian- or Ubuntu-based Puppy, you could try a Slack-based one, or vice-versa. Puppy’s organization is a little confusing, in my opinion, but it does give a user some options. You also might try some of the “puplets” that aren’t official Puppy distros but are part of the Puppy family.
Native support. 👍 I haven’t played it yet, but at this price I’ll give it a try.
I guess it’s your business, if you want your bar to lose money, that’s your choice.
I’m fine with this, particularly since you can just tick the box and still access them. Linux Mint is such a good gateway for new Linux users, it makes sense to hide unverified flatpaks until they understand the risks. Plenty of people (perhaps myself included) won’t ever need to worry about unverified flatpacks if their needs are simple and they don’t add much beyond the standard software.
In a similar vein, Joe Biden, who signed the TikTok ban into law, had already joined TikTok.
Let’s face it, the U.S. has not been consistent with respect to foreign-owned social media companies, and what it really needs to do is pass meaningful privacy protections. Instead, you get this nonsense.
I appreciate when ads say “Free to Play” up front so I know not to play it. (There may be a few exceptions here and there, but as a general rule, that has served me pretty well.)
Wait, do I actually agree with Aaron Rogers on something?
(Reads AngryCommieKender’s clarification.)
Nope, false alarm!
I see Mint as the more reasonable option that keeps 98% of the advantages of Ubuntu, with less of the crazy. I was a xubuntu user a decade ago, but have been very happy with Mint xfce since I switched.