I have a new physical Memento Mori for my work desk. If anyone asks about it, I'm going to say it's a reminder of the ultimate deadline.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors is a lot of fun on the Steam Deck!
Finished reading Siege of Vraks - A Death Korps Novel by Steve Lyons. It was a good read, but I think I enjoyed Krieg a little more. The story follows several characters through numerous battles in the multi-year siege of Vraks. There are strong Nazi "cult of death" vibes in this book.
Testing Fedora 43 on an Asus Zenbook 14 (UM3406KA_UM3406KA). Hardware wise, everything seems to be working just fine and the OLED screen is bloody gorgeous. It's been a long time since I've considered anything other than a ThinkPad, but this Zenbook (with more RAM) could be a contender.
Happy New Year!
Is there anything more horrifying than watching your 22 months old grandson mash banana into your OLED TV?
Finished reading Krieg - A Death Korps Novel by Steve Lyons. I went into this one not knowing much about the Krieg faction, so it was a fascinating read and I really enjoyed it. Also, with just a couple of storylines, it was an easy read but hard to put down. I'm looking forward to reading Siege of Vraks next.
Completed Doom (2016) on the Steam Deck. Actually, I had to switch to my PC to defeat the final boss as it glitched a couple of times on the Deck. This didn't spoil the experience though and I really enjoyed playing this. The game is mindless action, which I'm not opposed to. I may or may not play Doom Eternal next.
Not sure what I think about these new GNOME donation notifications 🤔
Completed Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Space Marine 2 on the Steam Deck. Great games. The original ran much better then the sequel, but both were enjoyable.
Note to self: the Dash to Dock GNOME extension is pretty handy when using 2k/3k/4k monitors. My list of installed extensions is now:
- AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support
- Caffeine
- Clipboard Indicator
- Smile - complementary extension
- TopHat
- Transparent Top Bar (Adjustable transparency)
- Freon
- Dash to Dock
After more than a year of using Fedora, I've moved my systems back to Debian. I've been super happy with GNOME 48 on Fedora, but now it's available with Debian stable I'm happy to move to back. I learnt a lot about Fedora in the past year and it's a fantastic distro, but it feels good to be back using Debian.
Finished reading The Fall of Cadia by Robert Rath. Took me a while to get through this one as I kept picking it and putting it down - I think the multi-stranded storyline broke my rhythm. That said, I enjoyed the story and it really heated up towards the end.
Just completed Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus on the Steam Deck. This game is all kinds of messed up, in a good way. Killing Nazis in an alternative timeline is a lot of fun and the story is twisted. Would recommend.
My Steam Deck arrived on Friday. This thing is proper good and has exceeded my expectations. Been playing some Doom, Boltgun, and Diablo, as well as a few survivor titles.
Ordered myself an OLED Steam Deck to replace my desktop Linux machine. Late to the party, as usual, but we're changing offices/bedrooms at home to make way for the grandchild and so I'm downsizing my gaming rig.
Best band in the world.
Got myself a cheap original Apple Magic Trackpad from Vinted. It works nicely with my Fedora/GNOME systems, apart from when I connect my Bluetooth earbuds to the same system, at which point it becomes laggy and unusable. I'll have to try and debug this at some point, but not today.
One week after purchasing my Google Pixel device and no buyer remorse yet.
Got myself a new Google Pixel 9 Pro XL device, replacing my iPhone. Might take me a while to get used to it but I'm liking what I've seen/played with so far.
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