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Don’t worry! Most stuff can be handled by the GUI these days! There’s not much that requires manual editing on most distros now. If you do go with Linux, I’d recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed (it’s a stable rolling release with an amazing package manager) with KDE or even PopOS (I’m mostly too lazy to switch to openSUSE 😛 ). KDE is much better for beginners than GNOME or its derivatives (it also provides better configuration tools so there’s less messing around with text files and the terminal) but it is a bit slower due to having extra overhead. While a lot of folks are going the flatpack route for managing software, I still recommend doing things with the official package manager and repositories as it keeps everything neat and tidy and gives you more control over what’s going on (and extra transparency so you know what’s happening in the system). Linux also has amazing support for what Windows considers legacy hardware! 🙂
Yep!
Sadly, they didn’t give me that option when they kept blocking it from my system. They just simply purged it regardless. Needless to say, I got incredibly fed up with it 😛
Ugh. What a mess!
I generally eyeball the power requirements for the individual parts and then add a few hundred watts to provide extra headroom for future upgrades and power hungry tasks that I may perform. For instance, 750W was recommended by the linked tool in the Reddit post but I went with a 1000W power supply. Definitely overkill for most tasks but it’s generally better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it 🙂
It’s possible Linux would work better. Granted, based on your hardware, you should be running Windows without issue.
A few weeks later, Microsoft made a statement about it: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2912435/if-windows-defender-flags-winring0-on-your-gaming-pc-pay-attention.html
System76 would need to update how their driver works to remove the obsolete component but there hasn’t been any activity in the driver repository in a few years. As a result, I simply removed Windows. Games work great using the various compatibility layers (in fact, they actually run better) 🙂
I’d still like to get a sound card over here to make it easier to manage sound. The weird remapping the MB uses isn’t supported under Linux so I’m left with a sub-optimal speaker configuration. Just haven’t gotten around to seeing if I can even access a PCI slot on my own without pulling stuff apart 😛
Random remarks:
It may be possible to set up the multi-game support as external plugins so that the whole program doesn’t need an update when individual game components are updated by dynamically loading the libraries using LoadLibrary() on Windows and dlopen() on *nix (at least on Mac and Linux, would need to check for the BSDs). This can be further combined with std::filesystem::exists() to ensure that support for the specific game is installed first.
To improve readability, we’ll want to wrap that code in a project-scope loader so we don’t need conditional compilation everywhere
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Looks like BSD is the same: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?dlopen
Never messed with that stuff before so it’ll definitely take some research to figure out how to set it up.
Turned out great!
Yeah, I’ll try to get a picture of the next one I make and decorate. Too late now: it’s already passed through the body and back to the water treatment plant 😛
Oh, cool. We don’t get those around here, only the regular Prunus persica variety (free stone and cling). Due to the weather conditions the last few years, our crop has been hit or miss unfortunately.
Another way of getting the proper culture is to simply mix flour and water for a few days in a warm environment. After a week or two, the culture should have colonized enough so that you can start using it for repeated baking. Need to get the ratio down just right, though. Here’s one recipe if you want to try your hand at it. 🙂
Yeah, casseroles boiling over is always an issue here too. I have yet to find a recipe where the quantity doesn’t risk boiling over. I think it’s just due to the recipes trying to fill up a standard pan size, with cooking times written for such. May play with things on a larger pan at some point and see if I can figure out the proper details for a system that doesn’t boil over.
In theory, I could use my pressure cooker as a roaster but it’s too narrow for a lot of things. Used it a few times and it works out rather well, though. For a roasting pan, I just use an old hand-me-down. I probably should replace it at some point, though, as it has some bad hot spots and is very lightweight so doesn’t cook evenly. Don’t use it a whole lot, though (maybe a few times a year for special occasions) so it’s not something I’ve gotten around to yet 🙂
Fixed a bug in
ui/class_dlg.h: for some reason, it had an improper include-guard that came in the original project import. Will be in the next upload 🙂Not a clue! I don’t know PHP but the installation looks simple enough 🙂
Discord does have a swag store: https://discordmerch.com/ 😛
Ugh. That’s going to make it harder to track down common issues and fixes, especially for those without a Discord account. Discord does have a threads feature but it’s mostly an afterthought and the interface is extremely cludgy. It’s good for chats but not much else, really.
Sounds good 🙂
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mwedit/is now done. Just need to tackleui/andwindows/now.And
game/morrowind/has been taken care of 🙂Forgot to mention the other week that OpenMW got updated to 0.50: https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-released/
It’s mostly minor fixes and better controller support but there are some other goodies thrown in. 🙂
Yeah, Windows has always been slow to get everything up to speed, even on a fresh install with an SSD. I’m assuming Windows is installed on the HDD? The SSD will definitely boot faster than the HDD if you want to go that route. Would mean moving the install, though, which can be a bit of a pain
And the first book in the Nancy Drew series along with more Agatha Christie. 🙂
And then there was the time that Donald Duck killed Goofy:
https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/peur_evol/17297328/27908/27908_original.jpg
Think Geek used to sell an electronic useless machine. Don’t recall the details but it did stuff when you pressed the button. 😛
The ellipsograph is less useful but no less cool!
I’m not sure Ballad of Champions made it out of Japan, which could explain its limited availability. Really need to get more records. Our local record stores focus more on genres that don’t interest me, such as R&B and new age rock. I just haven’t spent much time looking online yet. Just not a big fan of online shopping 😛
Do the built-in Windows tools for RGB functionality work any better? I’ve never really messed with those settings. I really just use the backlight on the keyboard to see the keys. Sadly, here on Linux, we have very few options for RGB control. You’d think we’d have more by now!
Just to give you a heads up: Free counter stat is blocked by uBlock Origin as a tracker so it may not be able to keep an accurate count.
Decorated my first cake for the holidays last week and it turned out great! Instead of using a pastry bag, I used one of these. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to get a picture before the cake was devoured 😛
Making good progress. The only directories left to update the paths are
game/,mwedit/,ui/, andwindows/🙂Then I can go back to what I was doing before I got sidetracked and continuing adjusting the missing includes.
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As long as we’re using CPack and dynamic builds, we may want use this module: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/InstallRequiredSystemLibraries.html
Essentially, it’ll ensure that the language runtime is included in the installer that the code links against to make sure that things work. And it makes sure MFC is included as that’s an optional package.
Of course, we may decide to remove it down the road but, initially, it probably doesn’t hurt to use it until we’re more comfortable with the setup 🙂
It sounds like it may fail on the free version of Visual Studio so it’s something to keep in mind
And I’ve attempted to update the paths in the resource files. I had trouble with that previously so there’s a good chance that they’ll need to updated yet again once the CI spits out an error. The resource compiler seems to have a limited ability to do includes while MWEdit uses the pre-processor in them extensively. But, as we already know, the resource files on the list for clean up 🙂
The attempt will also be in the next upload 🙂
Just be on the lookout for the ghouls that have taken up residence!
Honestly, I was a bit disappointed with that location: it felt a bit small relative to the name. I was expecting a sprawling Wal-Mart kind of place 😛
Not sure about the issue in the manager but the issue with Samsung is probably related to some security events they’ve had lately. They’ve had a few breaches in the last few years
Yeah, losing their forums was a sad time. Discord isn’t a good replacement as it’s hard to navigate a chatroom when you’re looking for specific information and then there’s the fact that you need to actually be logged in. I remember trying to save the data but it didn’t work out 🙁
Recently came across this contraption: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-90902/pbackx/automated-lego-sorting-machine/
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