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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

In one year I have had exactly zero issues with Linux. In the same time, my brother had OS-breaking bugs happen twice from driver updates... Once from the GPU, and the other from a CPU firmware update.

You don't have to switch to Linux. That's OK. Just realize that you are simultaneously ok with making yourself a harvestable resource that Microsoft and others are milking dry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I've tried setting up a BSD VM a few times but never managed to get a desktop environment working. I'm sure it was due to user error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Hey I don't shit on your life--dont shit on mine!

She thanked me, btw

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

"We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

I had never considered this before, but you're absolutely right

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nope, you're 100% right. Dvorak is efficient because it places high-use keys in the middle row and usually each key alternates between left and right hands. The use-case for a phone is usually single handed, or where you want one thump to be close to all the letters in a word. QWERTY is much better I think for one or two digits.

I tried it for a few hours because I thought it might be faster not flipping from QWERTY to Dvorak depending upon my device.

Turns out my muscle memory when using phones is as good as my muscle memory with keyboards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If you have any questions I'd be happy to try and answer them. My favorite part is that it isn't subscription based. Once you own a license, it's yours. MacOS, Linux, and windows support too. There are hundreds of modules, with fantastic support for DND 5E, Pathfinder 2.5, and then Star Wars 5e.

SW5e.com represent!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Nice. I have seriously looked at this option too. For now I'm just too cheap to do it 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm way faster with Dvorak, and am 100% touch-typist only. If I look at the keyboard I'll get mixed up. My phone keyboards are QWERTY though--go figure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Foundry is a virtual tabletop I use for my DnD game I've been DMing for my group for the last four years. It's only on windows right now because I also use it for streaming games from my gaming rig, and the Linux drivers for the Xbox controller Bluetooth option weren't up to par. I've since gotten a Xbox wireless dongle which is supposed to work flawlessly. When I have more time I'll probably switch it back over to Linux.

I run a node.js version of foundry as a service from it though, and everyone just accesses it through their browser window. I'm 100% with you on preferring Linux. My deadline for getting it switched back over is probably when win10 goes EOL, because it is an old enough PC that it can't install win11 without the workarounds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

There's another one of us! Quick! Take a picture!

I've only met one other person that knew who/what Dvorak was/is, and also reportedly used that keyboard layout.

I struggled with getting lost on the keyboard (several family members have dyslexia and ADHD--I'm not sure if that is related or not), and as an experiment spent 4 months exclusively using that layout to force myself to learn.

They never told me how my brain was also only big enough for a single keyboard layout. Usually in windows, games map to the same keys automagically. On Linux, not so much. I'm constantly remapping controls because I can't be bothered to just have two keyboard layouts I swap between for games /facepalm

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I think I have you beat for most vanilla.

I play games on PopOS, and host FoundryVTT on my micro PC running Windows for DnD. I also stream games from the PopOS gaming rig to the Windows PC so I can play them from the couch on the weekend.

 

I've been daily driving Pop!_OS for about two years. I've had to troubleshoot and look up how to solve problems here and there, but it has largely been pain free. About eight months ago I had to dual boot Windows 10 because my wife wanted to play Hogwarts and for the life of me I couldn't get Linux to stream to the client connected to the Xbox controller and TV upstairs.

Well, today she goes to boot up the game, and the lag is beyond terrible. None of the settings I try change anything, and even trying Sunshine/moonlight instead of Steam Link is only a bit better. I decided to try booting the game in Linux, and lo and behold, the game is once again liquid smooth via Steam Link client, and whatever issues I ran into 8 months ago are gone.

I'm not used to Windows being the OS I have issues with.

 

While there is some stuff I feel is just vanilla DnD 5e re-skinned, there is a lot of new content and customizability and prestige classes. There is also a GitHub repo with a FoundryVTT module that contains the same content. I've been running a campaign for the last three and a half years and highly recommend it.

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