That and running games in a VM has been known to get you the banhammer for multiplayer.

I actually tried linux (Fedora) this past weekend; I had fewer issues installing and using it as a day to day computer, than I did with Windows. Tried out Gnome and KDE both, preferred gnome but UI scaling (for my shit vision) was simpler out-of-the-box on KDE (about 125-150% was comfortable for me.) I found KDE a bit overwhelmingly customizable to start out with, and maybe a bit bloated.

The caveat to this was Gaming, in my case I did not have a good time with gaming (probably because I am trying to run at 4k and play a game dependant on Ubisoft DRM, as well as an older MMO that doesnt handle high DPI screens and ui scaling). Very frame-y at 4K, a decent amount of tinkering is/was required. YMMV, check ProtonDB as it is heavily dependent on what games you play, and heavily dependent on Steam. If you want to multi-box (without software, just alt-tab through windows) an MMO, I found functionally no information on how to open multiple instances of the same game to do so (which is why I mentioned the dependency on steam, which only seems to let you have one game launched at any given time)

Moving back to windows for gaming felt like a major downgrade as far as general computer work goes. Inside of an hour I had a fully functional, up to date, linux machine. Windows 11 took 1-2 hours to install and update itself, then another hour to install drivers, then longer to de-bloat and start disabling all the stupid shit from Microsoft. I’m sure I’ll be doing that continuously for the next few weeks.

It’s not Spam, it’s “deli ham” (Armour brand makes the big one) or “Polish Ham”(Krakus brand). So much more bland than spam.

Source: former deli worker. Fuck that job and fuck anyone who orders chipped/shredded deli meat.

And for some fucking reason, people then want the deli to chip(shred) this cuboid abomination.

Ohio: Versailles (locally pronounced vur-sales)

I use excel because its stupidly easy to output a shitload of objects with properties (computers/hosts in my case) to a CSV via powershell and sort through the data.

Is it bad that my first thought for “ASCII porn” is a pelvic thrusting stick figure with a boykisser meme head?

I will say or agree to literally anything if it ends a phone call as soon as possible.

Every phone call ever.

The flavor of celery is Satans Taint Sweat. It’s a trash vegetable, and its only purpose is mirepoix or stock.

Throw them at junior sysadmins like shuriken.

As an admin… end users are generally fucking stupid with regards to technology. I don’t trust the average individual to operate a spoon.

God I hated second shift. Everything was closed by the time I was off, I had maybe ~10 minutes to drove to the nearest food that wasn’t taco bell assuming other places didn’t just close early for the hell of it (I refuse to be a karen about it, I’d want to close of shit was slow too). Fucked up my sleeping habits so badly. At least third shift can get breakfast food.

Genetics are not on my side in this regard. Extensive family history of everything under the sun, including degenerative joint issues, hypermobility, diabetes, blood pressure, etc…

Im familiar with RFC-2549 😜

Not before the age of 30!!! At least not this badly

Ethernet (hard wire connection) is preferable to WI-FI. Ethernet > WI-FI. It has significantly higher speed and stability.

Joint pain. Muscle pain. Drastically slower healing of minor cuts and scrapes.

I’m more or less determined to make the jump on my next gaming rig build. I assessed my needs, and frankly, there’s nothing I need that Windows offers and Linux doesn’t. I don’t game competitively, I don’t have any real software needs outside of gaming or a browser with appropriate extensions.

Also, I’m a Windows admin at work, and coming home to more microsoft bullshit is getting old.

Edit: honestly the more I think about it I’d probably be better off migrating sooner than later. New gaming rig is a long ways off (GPU prices are batshit crazy and have been for every generation since the 1080TI) and it would do me good career-wise to familiarize myself with linux. Might be a weekend project for me.

Half-height cubicles, can’t have any of this privacy or personal space nonsense.