HexagonSun

joined 2 years ago
[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I’ll bite.

It might have been different a few decades ago, but in the UK these days fries are still fries. Nobody would ever ask for a Big Mac and chips. Chips are specifically much fatter ‘chipped’ potatoes. And potato chips are crisps.

So if we’re talking objectively… Fries are just the same US and UK. But US potato chips aren’t actually ‘chipped’, they’re very thinly sliced. And ‘crisps’ are indeed very crisp.

So I’d actually say the UK descriptions are more objectively correct.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Something about how her face is drawn in these comics really bugs me.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

The only problem I’ve had was the Mac not going asleep properly, and immediately waking up. But that’s something I encountered on other distros including Mint also.

Found a fix for it.

Ctrl key hasn’t been a problem. Often on many distros the old hybrid Nvidia graphics and the old Broadcom card were both problems. But ok on Mint and EOS.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Endeavour OS has been the best I’ve found on my 2012 MBP

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I didn’t buy an aeropress for years as I had a coffee machine and was like, surely that’s better.

But finally got one, and my god. The simplicity. The ease of cleaning. The nice coffee.

It’s basically my sole way of making coffee now, despite more pricey alternatives at my disposal.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

The headline here made it sound to me like they were claiming people with tattoos were the ones making poor judgments.

I was like, that’s a pretty ballsy claim to be making.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Actually Sonic 3 is a slight improvement in this regard once you get the hang of things - Tails can be more helpful, and carry Sonic to higher ledges

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sonic 2.

Controlling Tails can be good fun if you’re very young and don’t fully know what you’re doing!

Can be hard keeping both characters on screen at times though.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

After resisting at first, I started listening to the RDR1 soundtrack again recently and then the nostalgia became so strong I just had to buy it. I bought the Switch cartridge from Amazon for £30 a few days ago.

Is it a fair price? Not really. Is it a game I don’t expect a heavy discount on any time soon because it’s Rockstar? Yes. Am I enjoying playing again, at way higher resolution and clarity than it ever was on PS3? Absolutely.

It’s actually a better port than I was expecting, and much more of an upgrade than I expected from PS3.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Great song. I love finally being mature enough to just play anything I feel like hearing.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

The Settlers II… what a game.

I’m still desperate to find a port of the Mac version, the DOS intro just doesn’t hit the same.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

By the time I read as far as pro se, pro per, my girlfriend asked me what I was laughing at

 

An 90s TV theme tune that I'll always remember from my childhood…

This theme was used for both the intro and outro music of the show, and was actually composed by Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks.

This is the closest I can find to a reasonable quality, complete version of the track, along with some same-era footage of the tour.

 

I’ve recently installed EndeavourOS, and so far, so good. Got an OK setup and managing the basics.

Previously everything I’ve tried has been Debian based.

I know about the Arch Wiki… but was wondering if anyone recommended a relatively concise and easy-to-navigate resource to get a more rounded and complete understanding of Arch terminal commands?

I find it far more easy to learn when I understand where the terms come from - knowing that sudo means “superuser do”, pacman comes from package manager. But the moment I don’t know what yay, -s etc actually mean haha…

Thanks!

 
 

Was playing a bit of Stunt Car Racer for the Amiga this week, from 1989, and wondered how far back people are going!

 

I remember a few from various stages of my life (born 1984).

Seeing the demo footage of Sonic 2 in Woolworths and thinking the leaves falling down in Aquatic Ruin zone was so cool and advanced.

The original Sega arcade of Virtua Racing with the moving cars completely blew me away.

I remember my uncle loading up Cannon Fodder on his Amiga, and a REAL song with REAL music came out, along with REAL photos. I was amazed haha.

A few years on I remember a PlayStation demo disc having promo footage of the first Gran Turismo and it looked so real to me, I watched it over and over. The first Driver on PS1 looked absolutely amazing to me also.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
 

Hi,

After messing around on various distros as a learning experience, I’ve had Debian 12 installed (via installing Spiral Linux) for a few days now on my old Mac.

I noticed today that gparted asks for the root login when launched and that my own user doesn’t have default access to any partitions I create using it.

Is this expected behaviour or have I messed something up?

Thanks!

 

Hey all,

I’ve currently got Mint running on my old Mid-2012 15” MBP, mainly as a hobby project / Linux learning experience. I have a newer Mac as my main computer.

I’ve already had a ton of failed attempts installing other distros which didn’t work out, I’m assuming because of the now quite outdated hybrid Intel/Nvidia GPU.

I’m currently running the Nvidia driver, but have been reading things about the 390 driver not working on newer kernels. Moving forwards am I going to be better protected from updates breaking things if I switch to using the Nouveau driver instead?

Thanks!

 
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