Because in my experience Linux hasn’t been consistently reliable in the long term.
My computer is a tool. I need it to just work, not cause me work. I’ve tried many distros and sooner or later something random stopped working, causing me to stop what I was doing and troubleshoot the problem.
Like the time I installed Mint on my desktop and my GPU fan ran full throttle all the time. Or that time when OpenVPN stopped working from one boot up to the next. Or those times when a fresh install hung up and failed fully boot.
Contrast that with the thousands? tens of thousands? of days when Windows just started without incident, got out of my way and let me work or game or whatever.
Is Windows bloated and slow? Yes. Is it constantly spying on me? Yes. Is it annoying in dozens of little ways that Linux isn’t? Yes. But it is consistently reliable and Linux isn’t.
I’m not a Windows fan boy, and I’d love to be able to use a linux desktop on the reg but every time I forget my previous disappointment long enough to try again, I am once again disappointed.
One thing has been working well for me. I have a Raspberry Pi with Raspian running Pi Hole, MiniDLNA and a couple of other things. It’s been as solid and reliable as I could ask.
Seinfeld got me into LEGO again. The Seinfeld set is awesome, but now I’m onto the flower stuff, and some cars/movies/adult stuff. There’s some neat Jurassic Park stuff on my Wish List. Even has Newman in it!
Yeah. A lot of the UI seems to be intentionally bad. It’s actually a pretty hard game. A good example is reloading. You do this by holding right click, moving the mouse down then up and letting go of right click. I think the visual parts of the experience speak for themselves from the screenshots but my point is that even a lot of other stuff in the game is just wack.
There’s another one with a similar kinda vibe (the vibe being “shitpost but it’s a video game”) called Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengence of the Slayer. I haven’t played it but it looks great. Er… Gameplay wise anyway lol.
Who knows what’s going to happen to it in 20-50 years, people never seem to consider those timescales when handing over their data to companies.
This is what gets me too. We live in a culture where hostile takeovers are a thing.
In my country we have universal healthcare but I wouldn't bet my genetic data on that still being around in 50 years' time either. I don't want to end up "uninsurable" in a Gattaca kind of way.
Path of Exile. It literally captures you once you take a grasp on game mechanics and find an interesting character build.
Oh boy, theres a lot to talk about chatacter building.
Theres no ARPG game in the market with such complexity in planning your character. Dopamine hits when you reach your build’s peak and while you chase for milestones, like upgrading gear, leveling, bossing, etc. Leagues are breath of fresh air, introducing expansions + new content, also possibility to start a fresh character in fresh ladder & economy.
Playing PoE with pals in a guild and sharing milestones, moments, items & currency, helping each other with progression sucks you even further in.
Its so addictive that I’ve had to stop playing it, because it takes so much of your time. But I don’t regret playing it. Good times.
Dead By Daylight has consumed more of my life than any other game at 1600 hours (since 2018), and that’s still rookie territory. I’ve never been able to commit to a game for very long, maybe 40-80 hours max and that was only two or three games in my life. DBD just has a hold on me.
Same. I play until I rage-quit sometimes. But most times it’s hitting my dopamine receptors juuust right. Those perfect, risky escapes are so satisfying.
Once I’ve seen a series, I don’t tend to watch it again unless it’s an old episode on TV, there’s nothing else on, and I really want to watch something. And even then, it’ll just be that episode - I won’t go and rewatch the series.
It baffles me how many people bang on about rewatching series.
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