Really wish we didn’t need to wait for politicians to die of old age before we could replace them…
Really wish we didn’t need to wait for politicians to die of old age before we could replace them…
Honestly, if a fairphone had competitive hardware specs I’d get one as my next phone. I just can’t go back to a 60hz screen and mediocre cameras.
Use the best tool for the job. I LOVE Linux, but as of right now it still has too many deal breakers to be my ONLY OS. I have to run it with Windows 11. That aside, my preferred distro is endeavourOS.
Main deal breakers right now include:
Fact of the matter is, Windows has none of these issues, and the problems windows does have for me (customization, spying, etc) are a lot less major and easier to deal with then the issues I have on Linux.
I think if you disagree with all of those points so surely, then you need to play more non-nintendo games.
Obviously you can still love these games even if you’ve played a bunch of other stuff, but a lot of the specific points I’ve made are pretty dang objective in the context of the wider gaming space, not subjective. The world is objectively very empty compared to other open world titles (especially new ones but even some that were out in 2017), the combat system is objectively very simplistic, the side quest rewards are objectively not that useful in the context of the game, the progression is objectively very lackluster after the tutorial areas, etc.
You can have a difference in opinion that’s totally chill, and you can prefer Nintendo games that’s also totally chill. It’s just whenever I speak to people about these games such as yourself, and I hear them say things like what you’re saying, it’s almost always been an indicator that this person is either a huge Nintendo fan or just hasn’t played many other titles that would be in this same genre. BOTW and TOTK are good games but they have clear flaws.
If by conservative you mean “you and your friends don’t deserve human rights because I don’t like you” then hopefully you’re not welcome.
TOTK doesn’t really address any of these problems from BOTW. It does address things like enemy variety, and dungeons/bosses (barely), but both games share so many of the same issues I struggled to get through TOTK.
I guess all these free services had to implode one day, I just didn’t think they’d all choose the same day…
Maybe a weird take, but I think life is strange.
It pretty much nailed everything it was trying to do and there’s really nothing I would change about it if I’m being honest. I’m always super interested to see where the series goes.
The hardware on the ally is better but the software is weaker in some key areas (while being stronger in others!). Ally has a much more powerful chip (yes 10w exists, these devices all have 2 hour batter lives in games that need power anyways), it has quiter fans, a better screen, and is available potentially at your local best buy.
For software, anti cheat is still a massive hurdle for Linux so if you play any games that have issues on Linux, tough luck. General game compatibility can also still be a problem with Linux, coming from someone who’s been using Linux on their main system for 5 years now. Proton updates can break some games, some games work better with certain versions, need extra fixes, or some won’t work at all. New games will also tend to have extra issues, as can game launchers other then steam.
The deck makes up for that by being streamlined in plenty of other ways, so if you want the most console like experience then the steam deck is your option. It has resume on wake, it has a very streamlined ui, gamescope and mangohud built in, etc. If you want the best hardware and want all your games to work even if the interface is worse, then just get an ally.
And yes you can install Linux on the ally or Windows on the deck, I wouldn’t bother with that though. Just get the device that best suites your needs.
As someone who thinks BOTW and TOTK have a TON of glaring flaws that modern game journalism refuses to critique, this is disapointing to hear. I fear they’re just gonna keep making BOTW clones with different powers and I’m never gonna get a traditional zelda game that isn’t a remake again.
I actually usually run linux on a USB SSD myself haha, but I am on a desktop so I can just leave it there. For you that’s definitely a hassle.
Life is Strange games! More story then anything, and the dialog is a bit cringy these days but there’s really no other games like it and I highly recommend them.
Save yourself a lot of trouble and get a secondary SSD to put Linux on instead of doing a traditional dual boot. Normal dual boots with windows suck ass and lead to problems.
As for a distro, I keep going back to endeavourOS. It’s just so minimal out of the box, and I still can’t find anything to match the convinience of the AUR + Pacman for package management.
The main problem you’re gonna have with this is explaining to them the difference between gender and sex, how gender is really just a social construct, that sort of thing. Get them on that first, then the suggetsions of some of the other commenters will probably go down a lot easier.