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Cake day: May 18th, 2024

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  • Here I come, rougher than the rest of them
    The best of them, tougher than leather
    You can call me Knuckles, unlike Sonic I don’t chuckle
    I’d rather flex my muscles
    My heart is nails, it ain’t hard to tell
    I break 'em down whether they’re solid or frail
    Unlike the rest I’m independent since my first breath
    First test, feel the right, than the worst’s left







  • I think it’s just a really good Windows-like. It uses a modified GNOME that looks pretty good. Though as a KDE fangirl, I probably wouldn’t be able to see it as anything other than GNOME. (◕દ◕)

    It’s based on Ubuntu, so I’m sure support is good and breakage is infrequent.

    It also looks like you can pay $50 and get access to the pro version, which can mimic any of the major desktops and also lets you use their exclusive creative suite. If that’s any good, it’s no wonder people are flocking to it. Linux is still kinda mid for creatives.

    Kinda seems like the new Mint, not that Mint is going anywhere.



  • I would tackle some of the sloppiness of Fallout’s lore in relation to the Bethesda games.

    Primarily, I’d set Fallout 3 like 25 years after the bombs instead of 200. It never made sense to me that creatures or people can survive 200 years in a location with poison water. I’d have to take out the Ghouls or alter the lore there a bit, though.

    I’d revamp the plot of Fallout 4, either making it totally about the synths or removing them entirely, and also set it shortly(ish) after the bombs fell. Bethesda doesn’t necessarily make bad games, they just don’t fully consider established canon before making creative decisions. Which irks me tremendously, because really all you have to do is hire one obsessed nerd and run decisions by him.



  • Some people are enthusiasts that want to take the training wheels off and challenge themselves. I use CachyOS, which is Arch-based, because it thrashes everything else almost every time in speed tests. Thus far, it hasn’t proven to be more complicated than the Debian-based distros I’ve used. I also wasn’t expecting better features in Arch with certain programs. Being able to get the absolute newest version of a package at all times has proven to be much more useful to me than detrimental.



  • I really love CachyOS. It’s so fast. I’ve been seeing lots of reports of performance issues in The Outer Worlds 2, and I’ve gotta say I’m not experiencing any of that.

    Just make sure you familiarize yourself with some of the quirks of Arch, such as why you might want to use a program like Timeshift for backups, or the risks of the AUR.

    Also, get a flash drive and back up your important files, just in case. I have done full system upgrades every time I upgrade, and I haven’t had issues with my system yet. But with Arch, you gotta be careful.






  • Not technically. I got the edition with the prerelease.

    This is the only game I’ve been excited about all year, but with Avowed’s mixed reception I was waiting for the prerelease reviews to roll in, and they were pretty glowing a few days ago. Even some of the ones calling it “woke” still recommended it, which I think speaks a lot to the quality of the game. So, I bought it.

    Yeah, I love it so far. Super skill-heavy. Most conversations I’ve had have had some kind of option for a skill check. Plus some exploration has been gated behind a trait or skill as well. If you liked the first one, it fixed all those problems.



  • Outer Worlds 2, baby! It takes itself more seriously than the first one, which I think adds to the comedy.

    What got a chuckle out of me was this statue in the first town you visit. It’s a beautifully-designed, marble statue of some hero. The Auntie’s Choice corporation that’s colonized the area used an advertisement drone to project an image of the CEO’s face over the statue’s head.

    There’s also the Protectorate members that have tried to integrate into corporate society saying things like, “I only recently learned that artificial means good!”

    I love dry humor, and this game is much more dry than the first.