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Linux is now an RPG. What do you have? (totally not r/outside) (programming.dev)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The world of Linuxia beckons you! Your annoying guide flexes their gear the moment you spawn

Gentoo USB (Rare):
=> USE flags: Can rebuild itself
   with or without the other
   three attributes
=> March native: Increases attack
   speed by 1% or -1%
=> Slot: Can use two versions of any
   attribute at the same time
=> PGO: The USB memorizes when you
   attack to increase speed, trading
   off for lower speed elsewhen.
   Requires two rebuilds.

Charm of systemd (common):
=> nspawn: Can build with deeper focus
=> Wisdom tax: The wise are less
   likely to feel neutral toward you
   (+2 or -2 charisma)
=> Chant of systemd: By chanting
'systemd-analyze calendar "Fri *-*-13"',
   the caster instantly knows when
   the next Friday the 13th is.

Let's have some fun! Spells, items, and dungeons oh my!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I buy a new house. Everything looks great, I move in, go to bed. The next morning my hot water doesn't work. The house's documentation doesn't cover this, so I go online. When I ask for help on forums people tell me to RTFM and call it a skill issue. I end up finding 500 different ways of fixing the hot water, filter through the 499 that don't apply to my particular build. When I'm done the cold water doesn't work either. I decide I'll fix it later and head to the front door to go to work. It won't open. Something I did trying to fix the water broke it somehow. I give up and just use the windows instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You may try immutable OS like NixOS. Modern-day kernel has way better hardware support than earlier days.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It absolutely does, compared to 2001ish when I first started playing around with Linux. But I had issues like this on Debian, earlier this year, on a Dell of all things which should use the most basic bone-stock drivers you can find. Draugr wouldn't even boot after install on that machine.