oh! I rebooted and now it seems fine? weird but alright

KDE seems to be, uhh… having some problems

as I’m installing KDE, pacman is asking me to choose between a bunch of packages that I know nothing about so I’m choosing completely arbitrarily lol. hopefully that won’t come back to bite me

at one point I think it actually asked me which font I wanted to install? so hopefully I don’t end up with ugly fonts

@liese aw thank you! I appreciate it and I might take you up on that if I get stuck

yess I successfully installed Arch and booted into it with GRUB! it’s currently a completely useless terminal with nothing installed, so my next step is going to be setting up all the software that I want, including a DE

I just watched the Superman 2025 trailer and I loved the interview with Louis Lane but the rest of the trailer totally lost me

this is possibly a hot take but I feel like Superman is at its best when it’s about “what is the right thing to do in this situation?” instead of “oh no! how will Superman possibly get out of this situation??” or the usual “can Superman punch this bad guy through enough skyscrapers to knock him out, or will the bad guy punch Superman through enough skyscrapers to knock him out?” and then of course there’s the typical “a bad guy manipulated Superman and now he’s evil??” which seems to be the only direction that writers know how to take his character lol

basically I love when Superman is the superhero version of Star Trek

omg I never liked Terraria but this animation is so so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpBm1nZ1YY

also, here’s a Venator painted in Imperial Grey. I think this one actually looks completely at home in this color

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someone on DeviantArt photoshopped an ISD to have Clone Wars era Republic Red livery and it’s so surreal to look at

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@liese omg I’m glad to hear that you like DS1! I always got the feeling that nobody really liked that game or felt like the later FromSoft games were just strictly better

tbh I might give DS3 another try at some point, since I’ve played so much DS1 that I’m actually getting kinda tired of it, and not even my new sorcery build is helping me rediscover my love for the game. I remember it having faster combat, nerfed blocking, and bosses that like to combo, which are three things that I never like in Soulslike games - but I also remember enjoying it a fair bit, and it’s been a long time so I might just be wrong

Spouse just asked me add toothpicks to the shopping list and that reminded me of a quick tip that could help you out of a jam one day

If you've got a wood screw that's stripped out its hole and won't tighten up anymore, you can put some wood glue on a toothpick, jam that in and trim off the end and you'll have a reinvigorated hole that the screw can bite into again

This is an old pinball repair trick that carries over into non-pinball life. One time I had a couple mates over and we were gonna watch a spooky movie, we put the kiddo to bed and as I was closing her bedroom door it just, fell off the top hinge in my hands haha

Stood there holding the door on one hinge all 🦝 honey can you go grab me a couple things lol

Didn't let it hold up our plans, just pulled the door, stuffed the holes full of toothpicks and wood glue, screwed it all back up and went on with the evening, took maybe five minutes and years later it's still holding just fine

@liese hm maybe that’s a part of my problem lol because in Dark Souls 1 I never learned how to dodge-roll properly

but also, all of the tougher enemies in Elden Ring seem to really like to do devastating combos with their attacks and their animations seem deliberately designed to be hard to read. even some of the basic enemies seem to have attacks like that too - it feels like the animators are deliberately fucking with me most of the time lol

but yeah I don’t like this game. it makes me feel like a complete beginner all over again because so few of my skills have transferred over and the combat is so much faster and more frantic and chaotic. I’m sticking with Dark Souls 1

woah… I drastically underestimated how big a lambda-class shuttle is

@Shivaekul omg I worried about using too much force every single time I plugged something into my motherboard. you have to use so much force for the PSU power cables 😨 I’m glad it’s not just me

yeah this new computer is so much better. I put myself in a bad mood today by trying a few different AAA games that I probably shouldn’t have :/ but the games that I’ve always loved run incredibly smoothly now

and thank you! hopefully I won’t run into too many problems when there isn’t any hardware for Linux to have compatibility problems with. but idk - the next time I have the patience for troubleshooting and learning new tech stuff I’ll hopefully give it a try

@emberquill I do really like that you can use a torch when your weapons are put away, instead of the torch taking up a hand that could be holding a weapon or shield. and I also really like that there’s a dedicated key for casting a spell instead of having to put it in one of your hands. it honestly felt like Skyrim was a step backward when it comes to those two things

and I’m glad that you’re able to enjoy the remaster so much! I’m starting to think that it’s just not for me, but I still can’t identify why that is. I’m probably going to keep playing just a bit longer, and maybe look up how to join the Thieves’ Guild or the Dark Brotherhood since those are the two things that appeal to me the most