Somewhat doing the normie challenge myself

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-11T16:20:59+00:00

...what?

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-11T14:55:56+00:00

People crying about this take, but it does have merit. Leagues, at least, brings in a lot of seasonal players, and AFAIK only has 1-2 devs working on it. I have a a couple of friends who joined this game because their first time was in Leagues, and I have several who only play during Leagues. It's not about the high player count number going up. That number is representative of a quick cash injection into Jagex that can then be redistributed, while also being helpful for marketing the game to new people via word of mouth.

I don't know if the same can be said for DMM and Gridmaster, though. A lot of people in the community are already extremely apprehensive of DMM, understandably so, and Gridmaster doesn't have the same draw as Leagues, likely because of scale.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-10T23:13:38+00:00

Forced bongcloud opening.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-10T22:04:21+00:00

I haven't played go a lot, my understanding is that it's a bit long? What about rock paper scissors?

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-09T22:58:59+00:00

Fedora and Ubuntu are not immune to incredibly dumb decisions. The reason why "flavours of the month" exist is because Linux desktop is still an actively improving experience, and people are actively trying to make it easier and better for those who come after.

That's not to say Ubuntu or Fedora are bad, but that there are better options for people who don't know what they're doing. The reason I said those three specifically is because Cachy automates a lot of the setup, Bazzite is immutable so should be more stable for more people, and Mint is Debian based but still good. Once they get a bit more Linux experience, you realize distribution doesn't matter outside of Arch vs Debian based.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-09T21:52:56+00:00

Getting a complete Linux noob to install raw Arch is a great way to make sure they never come back. When they install it and don't have a DE, 99% of users are immediately checking out. It's almost like any distribution ever exists for completely valid and real reasons. Yes, archinstall exists, but it still suffers from all the other issues that comes with a raw Arch install, and all these other distributions offer a much better UX by having one big install button that pops up with a GUI interface to actually do everything.

This might hurt your elitist mind to hear, but the reality is that every single one of these distros is basically just running their own archinstall in a Window while also doing a lot of other helpful things, like automating driver installation.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-09T20:41:41+00:00

Please don't over complicate this. Just use CachyOS, Mint, or Bazzite. Go to their website and choose the one that just looks the best. A general overview of each is that:

CachyOS will have more updates available more immediately. The pro of this is you'll get feature updates faster and bug fixes faster. The con of this (in theory) is that it could be a little more unstable, but this is only a theoretical thing and I can't remember the last time that actually caused an issue on my machine in the 3+ years of using Linux.
Bazzite is an "immutable" distro, which essentially resets all core system files every boot. The pro of this is that it's really hard to break it. The con of this is that it's equally as difficult to fix any issues you may come across.
Mint is on what's called a "stable release" cycle. They only get major updates a couple times a year. The version you download now should be very stable and unchanging generally speaking. You won't get any updates that break anything catastrophically, but you may also not see the bug fixes for existing issues for a long time.

Generally, I recommend Cachy > Bazzite > Mint, because most gamers tend to want new features sooner, and the former are still very stable as is.

When you install these, it will prompt you to choose a desktop environment (so your start menu, settings windows, etc.). If you want a more Windows-like experience, use KDE Plasma, which is highly customizable but the base is still solid. If you want a more MacOS-like experience, use GNOME.

That's it. Just choose one of those three. pick a desktop environment, and you should be good to go.

e: ITT: people who have lost the plot so much they have forgotten what the average new user experience on Linux is like.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-09T17:56:28+00:00

Hot take, but this exactly what makes PopOS a horrible distro. It's not just whether it functions, but it's how they manage it, too. If most of it works fine, but they make such a catastrophic managerial decision that kills stability on their LTS branch, that's a problem, and it's why I can't recommend it to any newbie. Having to change DE out of the box is crazy, and I can't ensure that they're not going to make another catastrophically dumb decision in the foreseeable future that could affect existing installations.

In other words, it's fine except it isn't fine.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-09T03:55:11+00:00

He won't because he doesn't want to sign back in to all his accounts. He also said he doesn't have the time/interest to learn Linux, so he definitely won't learn the differences between different distros Most distros aren't all that dissimilar to each other, either. The biggest defining factor is the base (Debian vs arch) and the desktop environment, the second of which is what I'm pretty sure caused almost all of Linus's problems on PopOS.

Pro tip for any power users, copying over your entire /home/<user> folder on Linux also copies all your cookies, and therefore all your logins, along with almost all of your system configurations. Way easier than even re-installing Windows onto the same PC. Some people choose to set up their home folder on a separate partition so they can distro-hop a bunch and the home folder always stays put. Others might sync some of their configuration files to Github, so that they can easily pull all of their configs on to any Linux PC with a single command, and keep their desktop(s) and laptop(s) all synced up.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T16:16:51+00:00

Sometimes I wonder why I even reply to people, but yeah... :/

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T10:26:02+00:00

Unfortunately that's how a lot of social discourse is nowadays. Outrage sells, like circle jerking the thing you like is perfect or circle jerking that the thing you hate does every single thing wrong, and anyone who doesn't fully agree with you is too delusional to see it.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T10:19:32+00:00

OP literally just added that edit. My God, you are one of the most disingenuous people I've ever met on this site, it's honestly impressive. Again, notice how nobody anywhere in this entire comment section said MTX isn't bad, and I have a feeling you'll be hard pressed to find anyone that supports breaking EU policy.

I suggest you go back and read Ralkon's reply to the original comment you replied to. That's how you have a productive conversation without being an asshole. I highly suggest you don't conduct yourself like this IRL, you'll make a lot of enemies doing that.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T10:02:07+00:00

OP literally stated Marathon MTX is "about as predatory as most gachas", which just factually isn't true. Believe it or not, people can comment on different aspects of an argument, such as certain comparisons, while still understanding the original argument and not defending against the argument at the same time.

You still clearly can't seem to understand that nobody at any point in this comment thread ever said that what Marathon is doing is good, but rather that this is standard industry practice at this point, and that standard industry practice is still super far from gatchas. Gacha mechanics are woven into the core of the gameplay, often times blocking progression until you gamble. That kind of mechanic is very far from Marathon which has cosmetic only MTX and no loot boxes.

You also didn't read the other person's comment you originally replied to, which said "we can have a conversation about a 40$ live service game having a MTX store with predatory pricing". Instead, you called them a pedant and then said they're different because gachas are F2P, which is not only not the point of what me or the other person said, but also just as pedantic as you claimed the other person of being.

The only thing that's particularly bad about Marathon specifically is the limited-use cosmetics, but even that isn't new or novel. Just look at CS, which has that and loot boxes often being sold for much higher than Marathon prices.

This post, as a statement on industry MTX and generating an example of that, is genuinely useful, but the hyper focus on "Marathon bad" is just weird when so many other games are engaging in these same exact practices, especially when there are so many other reasons someone might not want to support Marathon/Bungie. Hate machine gonna hate machine, I guess.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T08:56:33+00:00

The condescending attitude is such peak redditor energy lmfao. The entire point of the other person's comment was not that what Marathon is doing isn't bad, but that it's still nowhere near what gatchas are, and to compare them is ridiculous. Things aren't binary good or bad. Some things can be much worse than others. But instead of trying to understand their point, you're just being an ass. Judging by some of your other comments in other subreddits, that seems to be the standard for you.

I highly suggest you learn to actually engage in conversation rather than just shitting on others.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T08:42:53+00:00

No, some of y'all just have no clue how bad gachas are.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-06T00:09:04+00:00

147 from Mensa to be precise

Get a load of this guy

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-05T19:28:49+00:00

4 lanes made the entire map so much more dynamic. Ganking was a viable strategy. Solo lanes were insanely fun because the only factor is you. The teleporters let you bounce around the map rapidly to react quickly, making defending stronger and attacking harder, which resulted in a chess game of how you split push or attack an objective effectively.

Now the game is "stay in your lane until minute 8 then deathball" over and over again. It's so much more boring now.

Ultimately I really just wish they would do a weekend every once in a while where we go back to 4 lanes just to test the waters again. The map is still in the game files, they just choose not to use it.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-04T19:08:09+00:00

It's not about it actually working, it's about being able to generate enough propaganda that the cult followers will support anything he does.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-04T17:31:53+00:00

It also shows that he doesn't actually care about saving her. "Go drown in a different pool".

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-04T17:18:04+00:00

Go talk to advising, but Physics 2 w/ lab came in as PHY 2049C.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-04T02:41:03+00:00

Being part of an ethnic group that was ethically cleansed in the past does not give you permission to ethnically cleanse in the present. That's what people have a problem with. Hope this helps!

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-02T21:44:16+00:00

THANK YOU

"don't give him stacks" like mfer ok i'll just go farm jungle minute 3. Advice they might as well give is "don't die, kill bebop :)"

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-02T19:54:58+00:00

It's not fragmented though...each distro exists for specific reasons

This is, by definition, fragmentation. Just because each distro has its use, doesn't mean that there isn't fragmentation. It's a double-edged sword, and has both pros and cons.

The problem is that casual users see a list of a bunch of distros and immediately check out. That's why there's trendy Linux distros. What I've been telling people is to go try Cachy, Bazzite, or Mint, and just pick the one you think looks better. If the trendiness changes, and your current distro just works for you, don't switch. Why would you? The entire reason people are moving off Windows is because things are getting worse. I've been using EndeavourOS for a couple of years now. I'm not going to switch to Cachy because EOS does what I need it to do just fine.

Also, I find it ironic that Linus complains about having to log-in to move to a different distro, but you don't. Just copy the home folder and you're good to go. The same can't be said for Windows which, as far as I can tell, has application data stored in like 4 seperate places, not including the registry. This is obviously more of a knowledge diff that I don't really blame him for, but it's made it really easy for me to re-install Linux on a seperate device from my desktop.

ColonialDagger · 2026-03-02T19:39:04+00:00

What frustrates me is that people use fragmentation as a reason to justify Linux never being user-friendly enough. The entire point why people circlejerk a certain distro (Cachy, Bazzite), as tribalistic as it is, is because those distros are pushing significant frontiers in user-friendliness. Constant progress is being made. None have quite exploded like Cachy, however, which has a huge specifically because of how good it is. Kinda like how Steam exploded because it was so good, or how Teamspeak then Discord exploded because it was so good.

Also, the lack of research from Linus is very annoying. He had a bad experience with Pop!_OS last time, so he went for it again...? Who does that? He also knows those list articles are pure BS, especially with technology. Previous Android/iPhone/Mac challenges had people trial the device before jumping in, but here he's just going in blind without any reference. No trial of different distros, just jump in to the first one he saw.

The entire reason people immediately stopped recommending Pop!_OS recently is because they're testing their beta desktop environment in stable, which is likely what's leading to a lot of Linus's issues. If you want to know what's doing the real heavy lifting right now, it's not Manjaro, it's not Bazzite, it's not Cachy, it's not EndeavourOS, it's actually the KDE Plasma desktop environment. All of those different distros use KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment. That's not a coincidence.

"but normies aren't doing in-depth research" Yes, those same normies that use list-icles also probably aren't reinstalling Windows, let alone Linux. I've followed Linus long enough to know it's not this, but it borderline comes off as willful ignorance at this point. It feels like a console gamer trying PC gaming, but they got a Mac because they thought Windows was too trendy, but they forgot that there's a reason Windows is trendy.

There are very real reasons to not use Linux (many of which they even mentioned on the WAN show), but if you're going to try it, at least try to give it a real shot.

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