ritualclarity

I would say you are on point. What can you expect with the actions that Bethesda has done over the past decade?

Has anyone told him of VM with pass through? He can still use win10 if it is just to game. Of course there is still a risk of exploits etc but dividing your computing helps lower your overall online risk. He can also do as I did and use 11 and not give a dam about the bloat. If it is a gaming computer it is likley powerful enough to VM and a linix.

There will be alot of regret from users that used this as well. In order for AI to even be competent, it needs massive amounts of data. YOUR data if you want it personalized. It has to be paid for, so you will give permissions for all those searches to be paid for by your input, tracking what you have done and what you have asked. The companies have tried to get all our information and just found another way to do data mining of our information. I don't think that most people understand how valuable this information is. Google is a trillion-dollar company. What have you paid google? What has people you know paid google? Next to nothing, if anything. It is a data mining company. From your emails to your searches and phone uses (if you use a google phone or even google apps on your apple phone) Google's information on googles data retention. Notice most times it says ... "most data". (sorry for the formatting. I don't know why it did that and it didn't want to be fix. )

It is pretty low on VRAM. That is very likely why you crashed if you had lots of textures. It isn't horrible. But not the best. Even a 1060 would have served you better.

If you don't mind me asking what you had previously?

At first viewing it was very interesting. I saw an LG tv and some cars and such. It looked more hyper realistic than Sims 4. Looking hyper realistic is nice but story and support and immersion is more important. Also what you stated @endgameaddiction is very true. It looks like they are trying to make it very moddable. The ability to add a texture from file is strange but original. There is evidence that they want to make modding part of the game. However, this could also be simply because they didn't lock down the game (yet) which they might do once they officially release it. Besides making it modable, I would like to add a mod manager as well as very well documented tools. Tools that are either added to free software like gimp and Blender or released tools would really make this super popular. I like their approach that they have given the option to even change the landscape beyond your lot. YOu can make changes to the city if you desire. If they added a way to create a entire city that you could download and place in game ... that would be terrific as well IMO. I can imagine people creating neighborhoods or even full cities (if the size would allow. If not sections) I believe it is at least worth keeping an eye on. Not worth paying 40 dollars currently for.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456740/inZOI/ Thoughts?

I know I am a looser... but this is catchy. Todd Looser has a video ... now Gabe has one. I like this one

I don't need anyone to help me remember birthdays or other stuff.

For quicker response, I suggest posting this on his Discord.

Indie games have been better so far. Maybe not as big or finished as some of the tripple a trash games I will give you that. I will still wait until I can see some realy solid game play and a proper review. I want to, i really want to give money to companies for games. They just have to give decent games. I bought Harry Potter, I can't even tell you much about the IP. I bought it because of the flack the left gave as well as the major reviews and praises it got. Same for Baulders Gate 3. Not into D&D games (well video games that is) but it got so much positive ... importantly REAL praise I bought it. Liked both and got my money's worth out of it. These weren't cheap games. Oh I also got Robocop game as well and it was good for a few run thoughs (got that on a sale though a few years after its release as it wouldn't give me as much play as the others. )

I've been so excited on games only to be extremely disappointed. I find it extremely hard to be excited about any game that is out or coming out shortly.

What could have been. think it would have been good?

Yes please, I need new hardware! Recycle all those perfectly good old hardware. Expecally those powerful gaming systems Also is it just me or does this narrator remind you of Snape from Harry Potter? Windows is a great company (for me) as it constantly pushes for the newest and greatest (leaving the old stuff behind ) YES PLEASE!

He likely likes to point out exploits and stuff to make Microsoft have a headache. If you watch his videos he uses Linux BECAUSE of Windows crap they do. He had a video that stated he had certificates going back to 2002? (I believe that log ago) for various Windows skills. He uses it often for work and such. In said video he stated he can fix what Microsoft does but he many times doesn't want to put up with it and swaps over to Linux where he can get a system that he can do some real work. You are correct with many other sources that are doing this as their main job. I suspect videos from him is his second job or at least was when he started. If he didn't lie, he has more than enough skill to work in a high paying job in IT. Just his skills in Linux alone.

Extras: Want some pretty things for your new shinny KDE desktop? https://store.kde.org/browse?cat=423&ord=latest Missing Windows 11? https://store.kde.org/p/1984464 Maybe a darker Win 11 https://store.kde.org/p/1989107 Maybe Apple? https://store.kde.org/p/1400409

SOFTWARE AND SETTINGS I USE NOTE: subject to change as my taste and needs change. Mostly used for day to day work and *stuff* Helpful Hint: When you are selecting your favorite programs the top right of "Discover" has "Sources" click on that if the option is there and see what choices you have. Also, keep in mind with power comes responsiblity. The mutiple options and the way "Discover" is setup, you can end up with many different choices. Make the responsible choice and choose the sources you trust. If there is a app that comes from the developer like VLC use it over some rando app provided in the system. Not to say it is bad, it might actually add a useful feature or even fix a problem. It is however, something to be careful off. While on responsiblity, don't add repositories and such without careful consideration. You have a good amount of options provided to you in this setup using main sources like Unbuntu's Snap and Fedora's Flatpack systems along with Kubuntu sources already provided to you in "Discover" SOFTWARE: Firefox. SimpleScreenRecorder Keeypass LibreOffice (Suite) VLC LibreWolf (alernate to Firefox) qbittorrent Gimp Blender SETTINGS: Dark settings Oxygen some other pretty things.

Now for actual softare. LOL If you have a check you will find you don't even have a browser. That is because you have a minimum set of software. Open Discover and install the browser you desire along with any other software you think you need. You have a nice back up to return to if you find there is any troubles. You also have a nice set of tools to clean up the system if you do a lot of install and uninstalls. Flatpack and Snaps should keep themselves clean as far as I have the understanding of. If you stick to those primarily you should be in good shape.

Protection: I hope you feel that so far it hasn't been too hard and it has been pretty quick to set up Kubuntu. Correct? However, it would really suck now if you found yourself in a problem that you can't figure out and the quick way is to reinstall the OS. Bummer. Remember when I instructed you to use Swap BTRFS? Now I will cover the reason for this. Open Discover Type "Timeshift" in the search. Install Timeshift. Yes, you will need your password The system wants to be 100% sure you want to do what you are doing Once installed. Launch the app. It should auto select "BTRFS" if not select it now. Click next. the default is to save on the same drive as the OS is on. My intention on having you set this up is to be able to quickly restore to a previous time if you experience any trouble. A bad app, don't like a setting and can't figure it out. Restore. This will create a back up that will ONLY SAVE THE CHANGES MADE. not an entire backup. In general it is super fast to restore as well. the main drive should be selected. If not select it. (if you are using a nvme, it would be named nvme01 or the like) Click next. Select the snapshots you want to make. Keep the check mark on the cron emails for scheduled task. Click next Here you can select "include @home subvolume in backups" I suggest you don't and use some other backup option. More data changes means more space for your backups. The idea with my suggested setup is to keep you as safe as possible regarding the OS up and running. (you can save the snapshots to an external drive if you want. That is beyond the scope of this setup.) Click Next. Read When done, click finish Click on Create to get your first backup started. It might take a bit to do. Get a coffie or eat something. Don't mess with the computer. (Just kidding. wait a bit and it should be done. lol) Click on the big x on the top right and close this program.

Configuring Program Options: I like to have options. I am sure you do as well. For this we will click on the blue bag in the bottom left side. It will open "Discover" which is a GUI based software app that helps you manage your programs. Select "Settings" in the bottom left Towards the bottom of the right side you will see "Missing Backends" "Discover-Flatpak backend. Select install. Of course, you will be again prompted for a password. Open Konsole, if you don't already have it open from the previous session. (I didn't mention to close it ) sudo apt install kde-config-flatpak This will intergrate Flatpak support into the Plasma Systems Settings. type exit in the Konsole, this will close it. Before you leave Discover, click on the "Add Flathub" Close "Discover" and reopen it and go back to the settings. Shortly you should see "Central respository of Flatpak applications etc" At this time you can make Flatpak the default or leave Snap the default. You can change this at any time. You will now need to reboot/ restart. After restarting you can open "Discover" again and check programs. You should now see programs that on the top left side will say "Flatpak", "Snap" or Unbuntu. More options baby. Now if you have a bad Snap program, you can uninstall and install a flatpak option. Avoid any non snap, or flatpak options when possible.