Content from Last 48hrs

I switched to Linux for about a month, then went back to Windows lol, started with Bazzite, which, to be fair worked pretty well from the start, installing and running games can be a bit of a pain depending on the game though, you have to check protondb and see what settings people use to run their games, assuming the game runs in the first place lol. Still, all the games I tried ran without issues once I found the right settings. Pretty surprising too, Bazzite has a bunch of emulators ready to go on its official store, if it wasn't for the issues I ran into (which might be pretty niche lol), I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a gaming PC without Windows. The problem I ran into though, was that my drawing tablet doesn't work, a Huion Kamvas Pro 13, Linux detects it, but it detects it as a generic screen with some touch capabilities, this means: Can't calibrate it Can't tell it to limit itself to the tablet screen, so the stylus movement is all weird, slide a tiny bit and congrats, now you're on a different monitor lol Can't use the tablet buttons Can't remap tablet or pen buttons Pressure sensitivity can't be adjusted The official Huion Linux drivers didn't work, neither did Open Tablet Driver, even tried different distros, Pop Os, Mint, nothing lol. Had the same issue with my amp, it was detected as a generic IO device lol. Then at some point one of my drives stopped working, disk manager said it was an empty partition lol, plugged it into another PC and all the data was still there, it's just Linux on my PC that refused to read it lol, it was even formatted to Ext4. So yeah, back to Windows it is. I have Pop Os on my old PC, which is a media PC now, and that one works fine, my dad has Mint on his system and it works well too, for basic use. The thing is, if you actually want to use your PC for other stuff, then Linux can be a pain, also, it's not really an OS to use, as much as it's a tech project where, depending on what you want to do, you might want to have a spare couple of hours/days just to try and get whatever you're trying to do running. Overall yeah, if I had the money to get a new gaming PC, I'd use Linux on it, keep Windows on this one for work and other stuff. Dual booting isn't an option either since apparently Windows updates can break it, meaning you'd have to install Linux again whenever an update breaks it lol.

Oh it's definitely not easier, but at least where steamOS is concerned I like how free of bloat it is. I'm kind of hoping valve puts out an official version for PCs down the line. The steam deck is already getting a big surge of popularity thanks to the price gouging Microsoft and Nintendo are up to lately so I feel like it isn't out of the realm of possibility valve would do something like that if Windows ever goes a bridge too far.

People have been saying Linux is as easy as Windows for decades at this point, it's never true. I don't love Windows, but it's a hell of a lot closer to the "it just works" ideal than Linux is.

I tried installing Linux recently now it is supposed to be fool-proof after not getting on with it many years ago. From not recognising my keyboard, not recognising my trackpad and borking my bootloader so I can't even boot from a live USB now - never mind install it I don't love windows, but I can't love Linux.

Ah, that sucks man. Hope you aren't wounded.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. The tactical RPG side doesn't feel tacked on either. It's unlike any other tactics game I've played. I'll post my full thoughts when I finish it.

Ooh, I've heard good things about that and would like to play it. I only haven't because I have too many other games.

The Suffering: Ties That Bind In a word: Downgrade. Yes there's a bigger arsenal, but now you can only carry two weapons at the same time. There's more enemies, but the addition of more human enemies just results in some really frustrating fights. The city environments and NPCs never match the feel and atmosphere of the first one, in fact, it feels more like an action game with monsters, rather than a horror game. The story is also a weak point, the first one is no masterpiece, but it works, this one, retcons a bunch of stuff and changes other in a rather lame way, one of the worst parts for me is when this character from the first game shows up, summarizes the events up to that point and goes "Seems like a pathetic retread of a recent favourite doesn't it?" The fact that they knowledge it in such a way was more annoying than funny IMO. The reveal of a certain character's identity was also pretty bad, getting the good ending on the first one, I was really interested in who the Colonel was and what beef he had with Torque, who the Colonel was and how he was connected to Torque was a disappointment. Also ran into a bunch of bugs, had to reload checkpoints several times after NPCs or events failed to trigger properly lol. Overall, I'd definitely recommend the first one, even though it shows its age at times, this one, skip it. Grade: D-