• Mindfury [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    shit i've never attempted: running Linux

    shit i've attempted and made me realise installing linux probably isn't that bad: modding New Vegas to the point it actually looks good

    • Owl [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The most common distros have a Live USB mode where you can run Linux without actually installing it, if you're curious to see what it's like.

      Generally the real thing is faster and has better hardware support, but it's close enough.

      • Mindfury [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        oh yeah, i guess i did dabble with Tails for totally legal reasons and that was entirely boot from USB

        • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          if you're trying to hide your completely-legal-and-mundane stuff from somebody, isn't this still kinda bad

          like, the ojos cincos can backdoor your computer right? Even if you're running linux off a USB, all that stuff is still going through your ISP and your storage drives which are attached to your mobo which has had windows on it at one point

            • ssjmarx [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Much easier to track the crypto payment

              It's wild how insecure crypto is. Once people know your wallet's ID it's fucking game over

    • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      shit i’ve attempted and made me realise installing linux probably isn’t that bad: modding New Vegas to the point it actually looks good

      Modding KSP back in 2016-18 was far worse because the game takes 15 minutes to load on a HDD.

    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      this reminds me of the horrors that were modding minecraft (or any other game) before modding guis for popular games became ubiquitous. my walking to school uphill both ways was having to learn YAML to modify minecraft server mod configs.