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Open Threads0

Friday Night Open Thread

Ah, another Friday morning where I had to pilot my ass around the entire day on one hour of sleep and any caffeine I could absorb with no nap whatsoever in my future. This seems to happen at least once a week for one reason or another, and by the time my actual Friday rolls around I spend a good chunk of it absorbing all the sleep imaginable.

Until then, Open Thread.

Gaming0

Is SteamOS Better Than Windows On Handhelds?

Back in May I read an article about Windows vs Linux on gaming handhelds, and how Linux runs circles around Windows in terms of battery life and performance. Proving once again that Windows is and will probably always will be an overly bloated mess compared to Linux. Something I never get tired of seeing!

Proton has been a game changer in the Linux gaming space. When I originally started experimenting with gaming under Linux during the early days it was hard to compare natively made Linux games to the enormous catalog that Windows offers. Even some of the Linux ports that I’ve played had minor issues or bugs that would make the Windows versions seem less irritating by comparison. But with Valve backing their own version of Proton, it completely changed the Linux gaming landscape!

Now if more dedicated sound cards could get proper support under Linux it would truly be the year of Linux! 😛

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This Post Is For Nerds

I made the mistake of running updates on my Linux-Surface Pro over the weekend. When I wake it from suspend under KDE Wayland it wakes erratically. It will wake and instantly go back to sleep, it will hang when trying to bring up the password prompt, or it might not even bring it up at all and just instantly freeze upon waking. Fortunately the Xorg version of Plasma doesn’t have this problem, but now I can’t rotate the screen (first world problems, I know…). At least I can use the Xorg version for now while I casually research the problem, and balance the hundreds of other things on my to-do list that feel like multiple swords of Damocles.

Meanwhile: I started watching the Preserving Privacy lecture in Harvard’s CS50 Cybersecurity class. I’ll probably finish the assignment tomorrow night after I get off of work. So far I’ve really enjoyed the flexibility in these courses. Though I’m pretty sure the paid ones would be more time consuming, and have shorter deadlines.

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Monday Evening Open Thread

Another Weekend of self care comes and goes. I started it by having a digital movie night with a friend, played a small assortment of games, and did some video editing/uploading and accidental shopping. My work clothes are in place, and now I have a little bit left of the evening to enjoy some tea, a bit of reading, and maybe a game.

Open Thread!

Food/Drink0

Breakfast Shroom

Every weekend I always make something nice for breakfast, or brunch if I sleep in. This weekend I did something completely different and did egg bakes inside of portabello mushrooms, and I really liked it.

Not really a fan of the lighting in the pic, it was cloudy when I took the photo… but the taste was great! I took this recipe and made a couple of my own changes for my own liking, like wilting and seasoning my own spinach and using a different cheese. It was the most vegetarian eggs and steak dish I ever made. One was enough to tie me over until dinner, which means breakfast is going to be real easy for the next couple of days.

Gaming0

An Hour a Night Keeps Boredom Out of Sight

I’ve been spending the final hour of my evening in the Forbidden West these last couple of nights. So far I’ve cleared a couple of sunken caverns, the re-breather is definitely a lot of fun! It is making me think that I should pick up Shadow of the Tomb Raider again. That had some fun underwater exploration.

Something tells me that I’ll probably be playing more of this tomorrow. 😀