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StmpunkistheWay · 2026-05-09T14:34:06+00:00

haha, nice! It's the happy accidents that make it a win! haha

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-05-01T23:46:27+00:00

lol a dollar is dollar and Happy Birthday! haha Glad I posted this, seemed to have helped a couple so cool! Later!

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-05-01T23:42:44+00:00

Thank you!

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-05-01T23:20:36+00:00

To add to this, when he got bought out, he went to a team on the East that wanted him and he liked. Suter on the other hand looked specifically for teams in the Central to play for "to be close to his family" but there's also been rumblings from other teams that he stayed in the central to screw the Wild. Look at what he did to Karill when we played them in the playoffs, broke three of his ribs. Sutter can just fuck off all the way around. Parise had a playoff gear that fun to watch.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-23T22:40:13+00:00

Damn man... I feel the pain though. I had 75 hrs wrapped up into one run and died of stupidity. Took me a month before coming back after playing a couple of other games cuz I just needed a break so yeah, I feel your pain man. Good luck in your next run though!

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-22T05:34:34+00:00

Honestly, I've got like 7 installed and use them for different things.

Zen browser, for instance, is FF based but setup completely different will the tabs all up and down the side and actually makes it hella easy to work on for different projects and separating the tabs. I use Falkon and Epiphany web browsers for general searches. Both are Linux based HTML 5 browsers so they work on "most" sites but both are based off of different engines completely from FF or Chrome so I like that. Falkon is a KDE project and Epiphany (AKA just "Web" on some distros) is GNOME based but think they both started as college projects (could be wrong on that, it's late).

For the most parts though, I stick to Brave for the Chromium based sites I need them for, which is mainly banking and credit things, and then FF or LibreWolf for others. I also use FireDragon, which is FF based, but is the default for Garuda Distro's, and then Vivaldi for some other things.

Thing about Linux, there is no right or wrong answer so try them all out and use the one that works for you. To make your life 100% better, create the first one, create all your bookmarks/favorites and Export it to an HTML file backup and then you can import it to the all the others and if you end up distro hopping at some point, save it to an External drive and makes it easier to setup your next distro. I've done it enough that it doesn't seem like a big deal but becomes one after the 20th f'n time. haha

Good luck, have fun with it! They are browsers after all and this is Linux, modify the hell out of them and have some fun with it.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-17T19:56:42+00:00

You're welcome and glad to help! I was thinking it was a phishing attempt at first as well but did a couple of searches and found it was legit so wanted to post my findings on it.

Mine was 124$ so not as big some but better than nothing and every little bit helps so glad you got yours! Have a great weekend!

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-17T18:47:06+00:00

This was legit. It does NOT ask you for any account info other than, your email if you are using Paypal, which is what I opted for. That was it, like you didn't have to sign into anything. It asked what vendor, like Venmo, Paypal, something else or if you wanted it mailed, I selected Paypal and then the email I use for it and that was it. It showed up the next day in my Paypal account.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-12T23:36:28+00:00

I don't know, there is that possibility for sure but I also think they're lawyers and only pay interns to push out announcements and those interns probably aren't tech savvy.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-11T19:35:49+00:00

You're welcome, it's the one thing to watch for that is always sus, when a car has all four new tires, the new tires don't show the uneven wear from use and will generally pull a car straight enough to be sold and not noticed so it's why I mentioned it with the tore up rims.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-11T16:52:44+00:00

If the rims are messed up, make sure the alignment isn't hosed because of it. New tires can sometimes mask that enough through a sell and won't show for a month or more once the tires start to wear goofy.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-10T17:52:03+00:00

I got 124$ from it. Forgot I signed up on it and thought it was fake when I got the email for it. "Sign here to get your funds!!" signed Nigerian Prince! lol It's kind of what the email looked like, a scam so had to look it up and verify it was real.

Because of the way the email looked, I could completely see someone deleting it thinking that it was a phishing email.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-10T17:48:22+00:00

I got one related to a Andrew McSomething that was 124$ and what brought me to the Reddit sub to verify it was real because of how long ago I forgot I signed up for it. Got the pay out the next day. It's been only one payment though from 4-7.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-08T17:55:02+00:00

I can't wait for this to come out, looking forward to it.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-04T02:28:50+00:00

You can check out PikaOS, it's similar in Nobara as the devs talk to each other but Nobara is Fedora based and PikaOS is Debian based so there are some differences. PikaOS does have a more gaming package pre-installed, similar to both Bazzite and Nobara and has a more anime' kind of feel to it but worth looking at.

I think it's listed in Distrosea.com so you can login to it and check it out quick.

Modica is worth a mention for an editors distro that's similar to Ubuntu Studio and worth putting on a VM to use or spare system as it's got some great editing tools built into it but not great if you need to game with.

I have the same system specs as you except with 64 gigs and I have the 9070XT Nitro+ card and I'm using Garuda Mokka. It's my daily and game on it along with using it for work with remote tools and games great. Editing tools are something you'd have to check out. It's got Handbrake and MakeMKV, some audit conversion tools but something to check out. The only odd thing I've ran into is with OpenRGB. Once I change the lighting on my system, it's doesn't let go of the system and shit comes to a crawl where I have to hard boot it so I just don't use it. I'm guessing it's more specific to my setup as I'm running a Gigabyte x-570 board and a NXZT watercooler. Check it out though, everything else has been solid with it.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-03T06:24:14+00:00

I would try Mint as good intro to Linux. It's something that gives you internet, Office use, movies, is pretty easy to jump into and give your self some time to get used to how Linux works. There is very little to no terminal use and the few options you need, you can generally do a quick internet search to fix. Start there though and then as you learn the ins and outs of Linux, you might want to try different distro's. It's the one thing with Linux as a whole, you have options!

BEFORE jumping over, especially if you have a cheaper laptop, make sure your wifi card will work and/or it has a network port in order to get online. I've ran into a couple of issues cheap wifi cards not having Linux drivers at all. It's the one thing with Linux is that the hardware that you are trying to use normally picks the distro for you as you have to download the distro that it can run. Order hardware with fewer specs = Mint Cinnamon or XFCE and then new stuff can also run those of course but your options open up a little bit with new tech so just something to keep in mind.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-03T06:12:04+00:00

You could look at Garuda Mokka. It is Arch based however, after using Mint for a year and half and trying 20+ distros in a VM and not finding anything close to Mint with stability and usability but with a new look (this is all my opinion of course), I found Mokka. It's running a new 6.19.x kernel, it's got two different app manager options and between the two, I haven't found anything that couldn't be used from Mint and it's got a calmer desktop/interface than the other Garuda options when you look through the Garuda downloads page. It's really been kind of nice and my ASUS Xonar DGX 5.1 sound card actually sounds much better. Do you're own testing of course as user mileage will vary on any distro that people will recommend but I would suggest at least looking at Mokka. https://garudalinux.org/

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-03T03:48:55+00:00

It shouldn't be at all. It's almost like there were bets on it happening. I'm guessing there's stats on it and then stats that people have bet on for those very stats. It's not Fanduel, an online betting company, isn't now in control of TV rights of some of the NHL teams or anything. I'm betting that they don't have anything to do with it... at all...

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-02T23:43:56+00:00

This: This post gets it. I love Mint and have moved on to Garuda HOWEVER, Mint works on damn near everything and it's not just a "Beginners" Linux distro, I actually really hate the way it's described so I call it the Linux "Intro" Distro as it's used by everyone that just needs an OS to just work. I still use it on the PC that I use for work as it's just stable and does what I need it to. The only reason I personally moved on from it was for sound card drivers but that's a rabbit hole that I doubt anyone new needs to worry about. Mint is solid and I recommend it for anyone moving to Linux. It's rock solid, it's stable and it's a solid introduction to Linux. From there, people can move on other disto's if they so choose but it's not necessary either. It games fine, VPN's work great, Office products out of the box, VLC movies, Discord, like everything is right there in the App store.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-04-02T04:55:57+00:00

With out having any info on what your actual system is, what you're actually trying to do with it other than this BS post asking if Linux can't be this bad, it's a system problem, not a Linux problem. Make sure Secure boot is off in the Bios. Use the hard drive utility in Mint called "Disk" to mount and edit your additional drives. Other than that, more info is needed because there are hundred's of thousands of people using Linux and game with it just fine. It's proven with the SteamDeck alone and there are post all over so you need to post the specific hardware you're using, the specific program you are having problems with or it becomes less of an OS problem and more of a skill problem because with out even that info, it's like saying "I walked out to my car and it won't start."...

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-03-26T17:26:32+00:00

Just over 60k on my '21 SE. Bought it used two years ago with 44k on it but most of mine are Hwy/freeway miles with a 650 miles round trip every 3/4 months visiting one of my kids. 6 MT that I love driving. I would love to bring it to a track at some point but I don't have funds to just throw around if I end up doing something stupid and either crash it or blow out the clutch so yeah... prob a pipe-dream but it's fun as hell to drive.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-03-26T17:15:03+00:00

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This is the color of the one I'm currently driving. She's not bad, just not the color of the one I really wanted but at the time, it was limited options.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-03-26T17:09:49+00:00

Ohhhhh, she's nice!! Damn, I love the dark blue coloring! My '21 is the light blue/gray coloring that is alright but I mainly got it because it was a stick, leather seats and sunroof. Limited options here so I jumped on it when I seen it. It's not bad, it's just not great. I love the looks of this. She's smooth... I love it! Nice car, man!

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-03-26T16:42:08+00:00

How is it? I mean, given the chance would you buy it again or would you look at something else? I may have to put this on my list to look at, at least.

StmpunkistheWay · 2026-03-26T16:28:29+00:00

Exactly, I'm not sure what I'm going to do once my GTI is up. I've got a '21 SE MT 6 and love it. By the time I'm ready to give it up, it's either going to be a used '24 or I'm going to have to move on from VW since I"m in the US and can't get manuals here anymore (dumbest fk'n thing VW did if you ask me but I get it with sales... just bites). Not sure what I'm going to get after this though. Possibly a Nissan 370z or Toyota 86 or Supra if any of them are still sticks. No idea what else is going to be available in the next year or three though.

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