I get that lotsa ppl love it and have nostalgia… But it was Waaaaaaaaaaay too weeby for me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m just as happy starting at @ 2b’s booty as the next hetero cis gamer male… But the plot twists, ultra gravitas dialogue, teen robot angst paired w a post Apocalypse world that’s still all about hyper sexualized girlbots was all just… Too much for me to take seriously. The combat, while interesting, also became a very tedious exercise in juggling while holding down buttons and switching perspectives. It felt like old armored core… In the bad way.

I mean, those are nice addons, but the people that ive handed vanilla gnome to whove never used linux before didn’t come screaming to me “how fo i dash to dock?!?!”

Like if thats the workflow you want, you just search extensions and customize… but none of these are required to just like sit down and do basic stuff.

Now KDE on the other hand… Just trying to find out why bluetooth or clock or volume or whatever quick access isnt where i expect on the kde toolbar. or figure out that i right click the correct “separator” to go into a separate like “widget” menu THAT IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE BASIC SETTINGS APP, or whatever to set those up is just… bizzare.

Glad it works for ya. I know that some bugs seem to be distro-dependent, so i recognize its more stable on some… for me? Nightmare.

“Autohide” n dodge window feature of taskbar broken for several different apps, but not all. Sometimes displaces the border of the windows offscreen trying to hide

Start menu freezes regularly

Dolphin freezes n hangs a lot in general. God it took me all of 3 secs to say " I NEEd to disable that stupid bouncing “LOADING” animation ASAFP"

Sections of taskbar dead/unclickable suddenly… aka bluetooth quick acess or volume controll

Worst is a giant mesh of graphical glitching and artifacts upon waking from sleep, have to close windows, sometimes restart. Seems its a known issue w video caching for nvidia gpus (fucking nvidia, of course)

… Not a complete list. Anyway, I have GNOME installed on exactly the same pc, same distro, none of this bug shit happens.

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Kde is so ugly and buggy, requiring tons of setup n knowhow to fix. GNOME feels limiting and oversimplified, but honestly 9 out of 10 times its fine… even if its setting menu infuriates on the regular.

Im old and i dont having 100 hrs to rice shit anymore

Good plan. Hard to say where my immense nostalgia ends and quakes “greatness” begins, but the og campaign is still one of my happy places after decades… and the folks at id n nightdive etc have done a great job adding to it and updating it for modern times. Dimension of the Machine is fantastic!!

If possible, transport yourself back to 1997 and get some friends to do a local multiplayer threewave or deathmatch… god, my brothers and i had so much fun.

Wow! Havent heard of this one… looks great.

I love q1 mods… if you want one thats much more aesthetically quake, try arcane dimensions

Wish i could find where i read that google was planning to eliminate bootloader access… they walked it back in the end after expected uproar. Ultimately, the pressure from ‘verified by google’ and the changes to AOSP are enough pressure to push out ROMS as it is…

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-rom-calyxos-support-freeze-google-blame-3590268/

Anyway, listen. I LOVE graphene. Everyone should use it, BECAUSE google is demonstrably a band of fuckwits. Im not trying to dissuade but inform. I am excited for an announcement about who theyre working with when they say their future is a phone made in connjunction with a “major OEM” maker. https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/10/grapheneos-may-break-pixel-exclusivity-with-a-new-phone-in-2026.html

Im not trying to “spread fud.” The state of 3rd party software on android is where it is. Google is introducing a high friction system for unverified apps that includes fees paid directly to google, and is not releasing to aosp in advance at all… this potentially means things like f droid and aurora cant operate. It doesnt mean that gos wont “allow” sideloading, but that you wont have alternatives to load. It also means you will have to increasingly be limited to sandboxed google play, with more barriers to overcome to make those apps work on non-android. https://www.androidauthority.com/android-changes-third-party-app-stores-3613409/

Unfortunately though they certainly do not all work, and some work only partially. Depends on the bank, the app and the feature. Wallet services are completely unavailable.

Have never looked back since i switched to gos… just buy a refurbed pixel to avoid giving big G ya monry.

Remember, though, in less than 200 days google kills all “sideloading.” It seriously fucks with gos, and they have hinted they will eventually disable flashing custom roms

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If you can get a copy:

Rythm heaven gold (ds)

Mega Man Zero (gba)

Any nds castlevania

Yes. Cast iron is best. It and high carbon steel are the only real “non stick” because thyre the only ones you can season. Dont use “nonstick” pans they are just pollutants and give you cancer. Seasoning cast iron is easy (really… Do less! Stop reaming it and scrubbing it to death… just get it really hot and wipe it). Cast iron last forever… these other things become garbage in 1-5 yrs

Irreversible! Like my raincoat!

Its true… i think the fundamental formula is that it makes you an explorer first- turns you loose with a very vague objective and lets you discover… map, traversal, sequence skips, w/e and gives you “clues” while letting you feel empowered to do things in your own order/way/time… thus making you feel clever.

Zeldas, you could say, are more linear, more “adventure” in progression than exploration… but its not black n white and each title has varying degrees of freedom

Sorry late reply… yeah i realized a lot of my frustration was trying to play spoiler free… but this game seems to beg for guides/walkthroughs, and i agree w you i really dont like games that feel super dependent on constantly checking a guide not to mention just breaking your immersion n taking you out of the gameplay… but some of the stuff is like “no way im just figuring that out!” Like egregious level of “hidden area behind a hidden area to fight a hidden boss that unlocks a hidden upgrade” level shit. Its one more in a long list of really bummer decisions from this team.

Its my no.1 genre… i have played A LOT of them. People have already hit on the “big three” - hollow knight, super metroid and castlevania SOTN… heres lesser mentioned gems… sure, they’re not as incredible as those 3 genre topping master pieces, but theyre super super good and worth a play.

• alwas awakening
• tunic*
• hyper light drifter*
• hob*
• Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R)
• Metroid Dread
• castlevania dawn of sorrows/aria of sorrow
• axiom verge
• metroid prime
• castlevania 3
• metroid zero mission
• SM: ancient chozo**
• SM: Ascent**
• 9 Sols

*yes, there could be called “zelda-likes” instead of metroid vanias, but i always felt those two game designs were kissing cousins… if you like one you might like the other.

** these are romhacks…,very very good ones. You need a rom of super metroid and emulator to play em.

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Hollow knight silksong.

Its such a huge letdown for me as a massive fan of Hk… but they did so many things that are just… mean. They disrespect the player constantly… tc actually TROLLS YOU with trick benches n shit. But mainly waste so much of your time with shitty padded content. Fucking fetch quests, timed ‘flower’ quests by the dozen. Most of the primary content ends up being “just like hollow knight, but worse, and now do 10x more of the worse version.” So its unoriginal AND inferior to the source.

I tried so hard to love it and its nothing but frustration in the end.

Glad you got it working. Like i said, i have gotten it working as well, but never ‘for good’ My hunch is that its also related to distro… as they work fine on my fedora-based laptop, but this issue always pops up on debian based ones. Anyway, since they have become sort of dedicated desk phones, i will just leave em plugged in. Some things just arent worth the effort