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  • Honestly the modern Linux experience is largely easy to start these days, but there are pitfalls and traps.

    A little more than a year ago I was a complete Linux nooby, but I researched and asked questions before jumping in. Then I jumped in (my first distro was endeavour). I asked questions, read forums, tinkered, then broke my shit.

    Then I distro hopped between the popular ones (mint, buntu, etc.) before finally settling on Cachy. There were pains along the way but for my use cases the main learning hurdles were learning the compatibility layers and FOSS software alternatives.

    I implore you to tread the beaten path, on a tried and tested distro with an active community. Think about your use case, and which flavor of Linux distro better supports your intentions.






  • I’ve swapped to linux mostly due to aging hardware and low disposable income. I’m still running A PC that was lower MID a decade ago.

    So far its a blast, nothing short of shotty anticheat gets in my way. ProtonDB is a great resource. Wine and the proton layers basically give you parity (and in some cases better performance than windows).



  • I second Rimworld. The DLCs literally only add content, and are completely optional even if you own them. In fact, let me shill Rimworld for a second…

    Never have I felt every emotion possible from playing a game. From sorrow about one of my child colonists getting gunned down trying to move a rock, to triumph watching a lone colonist single-handedly repelling a mech threat with a bolt action and a sandbag. Rage, watching one of those bastards breakdown from having to sit in a shitty chair and murdering the only doctor in the colony, then dying to the wounds sustained from said doctor shortly after.

    Ate without table / 10






  • I’ve journaled before, but more of a snapshot fashion (once a month or so). Doing this made me realize that I’m never in a good headspace when I feel like journaling, and now I use the urge to journal as a canary to get help.

    Point is, journaling might help beyond just getting your feelings out. Twas the case for me.