@poemblaze I'm getting there. I've run Mint for about a decade now. I was thinking about moving to Arch/Arch based but not like this, lol. I like to window shop, test things out, not "oh hell I need to install something right now because everything just broke as hard as it possibly could".

So far I'm liking the Arch tho. It's making me scratch my head a lot, but I've always been good at figuring things out/finding answers online, so it's coming along decently.

@Vikky lol, one never knows what is possible until they try, I suppose.

@poemblaze Garuda, Arch based Linux. I was running Mint before. Still not sure what happened to that, I rebooted yesterday and it went into a fatal error boot loop, failed to show proper splash screen and never made it to login screen. Pretty much unresponsive, even recovery mode did the same thing.

Well, that was educafrustrational. Been fucking with Firefox on the new OS all day, trying to bring over my settings from the borked OS drive. (yeah I hate Sync.) At one point I figured out how to bring over my most recent bookmarks, was still trying to get the tabs to come back. Did some tinkering, and broke the FF profile. Fixed that and moved files over again, and upon launch.. huzzah! all tabs populated, bookmarks, extensions.. whew. Learning is fun! *drops bowling ball on crotch*

Spent today fucking with my PC after Mint borked this morning following a reboot. Not sure what happened, failed to display the splash or login screen. I been meaning to check out an Arch based OS, sucks it has to be like this. Tried out a Live USB of CachyOS and it seemed ok, but it failed to install like 6 times. So I gave up on it and tried Garuda. That installed first try, huzzah. It's late, so not much time to check it out. Updated, installed VLC, got my MST3K going for sleepy time. #Linux

Taking a chance on a used Series X off eBay with "housing damage". Looks like someone dropped something on it, heh. Seller says it's fully functional. Even after tax it's $150 less than any *new* listing, most of which were out of stock. If it IS fully functional, I don't mind a dent. I'll get a new case for it eventually. Here's hoping FedEx doesn't fuck it up *more* shipping it here from RI. #CosoGaming #Gaming #VideoGames #SeriesX

Well, shit. Xbone has gone to meet its maker, apparently. No response to controller, power "button", or even disc insert.

I've been waiting for a good reason to upgrade. So far none of the "next gen only" games appealed to me enough to bother. Starfield *was* the one I thought might be worth it, but after Redfall... I have questions.

I guess the Xbone biting the dust is a pretty fucking good reason.

Damn it.

#CoSoGaming #Gaming #Xbone #VideoGames

@vegtabill ah, Pentiment. Such a good game. And people act like there's nothing good on Game Pass if there's no "big" first party games. psh.

Hit up Ace Hardware and Lowe's for materials today. Busted out the power tools and made a bedroom door for the RV. Yep, has a gap on the left there. 1)any wider and the door sticks out into the hallway too much 2) there's a powerful fan in the bedroom roof vent, so a gap helps with airflow. A door blank to *mostly* fit this space would have cost $69 (nice.) We spent 30 on materials. And I got to play with power tools and smell fresh cut wood. Gonna stain it to match the RV "wood". #DIY

@Kittiekatt53 Don't I know it, lol.

I like having power tools. Made this shelf in a couple hours this morning from plan in my head to screwing it together. It's nice having a table saw, square cuts are helpful. Used a chop saw for the 45° angle cuts. Bunch of sanding. Painted it white and it was on the window by 2pm. Now maybe they'll sleep up there instead of on the bed so I can get better sleep.

Yeah, probably not.

#DIY #Woodworking

Backup camera installed. It's a potato cam, but the radio+cam cost $50 bucks so I'm not shocked. No worries, now that the hard part of getting the wiring installed is done, can get a better one and just swap it in. I need to finish the cam housing better, I know. Thought I had some stuff that would work but no luck so I'll have to get something, eventually. Good enough for now tho. It amuses me the radio volume cuts in half when the cam turns on."Turn it down so I can see better!" #DIY

@Greytdog Nah, he's a long hair and we live in a trailer. Shed time sucks even when we brush the fuck out of him, plus there's 2 other cats (short hairs, mercifully). It's just easier to shave his ass, lol. Otherwise there's just way too much hair to keep up with in here. I like being able to do other things than clean hair off EVERYTHING all day, heh.

Beans, sporting his summer 'do. #Cat #Summer

Like a fucking glove. Didn't even need to use brackets. Fit is so close the screw heads are enough to keep the radio from moving lol. The bridge harnesses I ordered made this the easiest radio install I've ever done. Wire the radio harness to the bridge harness (which was properly labeled for both power and speakers) and just plug it into the truck. Everything works as it should, balance, front to back level etc. Was too late to wire up the backup cam, do that Weds, partner's next day off. #DIY

@DeadlyAccurate Oh for sure, it's just the next most open sandbox "thing" I can think of. After that there's not much else that compares.

@DeadlyAccurate I know I would play the hell out of it.

The only thing I can really think of that sort of fits into a GTA mold minus the .. GTA, lol, is like Minecraft or Lego Worlds. I can't really think of any other sandbox type games that aren't adult oriented. Forza Horizons, I guess, just without the walking around part. Nothing else really comes to mind.

@DeadlyAccurate I been thinking that Simpson's Hit and Run could use a remaster, remake, or reboot. I had a real good time with that game 20 (holy shit!) years ago. I even have a promo hat from it lol

Played through Virginia a second time. Paid much closer attention this time around and popped a bunch of trophies. Let the credits run out fully and got one last trophy, which was for playing the game twice. That one finished the set and popped the Platinum, my 19th (I'm not a huge trophy hunter, obviously 😆 ). Pretty cool little experience, if a little short. 4 hours across 2 playthroughs. #Gaming #CoSoGaming #VideoGames #PS5

@Skyye this is true. I mean I could probably install it with the stuff it came with, but I went out of my way to find a bracket set and wiring harness compatible with the truck. The harness part is especially nice cause it means I don't have to cut the old radio harness out of the truck. Just wire the radio harness up to the new harness and plug it into the truck. I like that shit lol. Why cut wires in the truck if I don't have to?