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On 6/7/2026 at 3:14 PM, Doublezero said:

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That hair needs it's own video though. 

But yeah no PS/Illustrator is biggest hit on Linux for me, but I can sidestep it because I have a work mac. 

That said leaving windows isn't a luxury anymore but a necessity. I'll be taking the leap soon myself. Time to go! Was talking to two other Skyrim modders who are both on linux earlier this week. A little work but worth it in the end.

On 12/3/2025 at 1:04 AM, ritualclarity said:

unfortunatly eventually your computer will die and you will need a Windows version of some sort to play some of the windows games. At least currently. 

 

Linux gaming is getting better but when you have modding tools and such (created by individuals) it is usually created using Windows enviroment and doesn't tranfer well to Linux. At least not all the time. 

With Steam making a console now, and the Steam deck, It is my hope that gaming companies see the value in having games that run in Linux. This combined with free tools being constantly developed that they can use wiwthout restriction. Hopefully, the game producers will move to wards Linux

That's the thing, everything I use for Skyrim already can run on Linux in some manner or another. And not only that I'm told it runs it better. Will be interesting to see. A couple Skyrim modders I know are already on Linux too. One of the reasons I started thinking about dropping even the pared down Win11 stuff. (Like Atlas OS is it? Always forgetting the name! )

The newer games I'm playing are native Linux right now. So that's not an issue in my case.

I have almost zero interest in the vast majority of new western games as they are still woke slop at this point. So that's not a problem. And indies tend to be Linux native or friendly as well. 

Really the only holdup might be stuff like Photoshop and Maya but those run on Macs. I use Macs for work so... there goes that issue for me anyway. 

Win 10 is my last windows too. It's over. For anything I need windows for Linux can manage. Skyrim, MO2, and that's about it. Everything else runs on Linux already for the most part. 

Heh, FO4 was dead with the NG update. The next one is kicking a dead Todd. (Wait, undead maybe?  )

It helps that I don't care a bit about online games. I'm a single player gamer anyway (for the most part). Half the time when I want to do MP stuff it doesn't work out anyway like with Total War: Warhammer III or whatever number it is. And that has a linux version anyway.  

Even Stellaris doesn't work well in MP now on YOUR OWN network, let alone the net. It's madness. 

I'll definitely drop back and outline what I decided on as well as the setup. Probably won't get it till mid-next year anyway.

LTSC is basically windows minus the crap. Mostly used for kiosks and the like though I've been using it for a long time now. As such WIn10 LTSC doesn't actually end till 2027 I believe. So I'm in no particular rush.

There is a Win11 LTSC coming (or maybe out already not sure), I'm just done with windows completely. It's time to move on. When I may need an ad-blocker for damn Explorer (or it's even being discussed) it's time to get the hell out. 

EDIT: I haven't heard of Bazzite before so I'll be sure to check that out, thanks!

Funny how half a year changes things. I'm definitely switching to Linux for the new computer. Enough is enough. And I don't even use full windows, I'm always on the LTSC variety. 

On 6/19/2025 at 1:25 AM, ritualclarity said:

Also, he didn't have to sell the business. He could have taken Midol. It works wonders, so I hear. No more menstrual cramps. 

I'm just so sorry that he suffered... greatly. Yes. Very sorry. 

I don't even give M$ or Apple my ID, they really think I will to the Nexus?  

Besides most of the better mods (adult or otherwise) are off-Nexus now anyway. Either from their woke trash moderators or the limitations. 

On 11/2/2024 at 6:46 PM, endgameaddiction said:

This guy.

Even with all that, TES6, assuming it ever gets released, won't have a decent soundtrack at least. Which means it will be a total woke dumpster fire.

The more I'm thinking on it.... I only really like about half the Skyrim soundtrack anyway. I hated the title song, and despite liking Oblivion's soundtrack... I still had all music off there too. I always have music off in games as no matter how good it gets, it gets old.

Until BG3. (Too bad it was so woke everywhere else. But mods are fixing it thank goodness!)

Hard to pick a favorite one there. Is it the Shaman? The anti-white pledge? Or declaring anybody not woke never use your software?

13 minutes ago, ritualclarity said:

It is so bad that I have worked so hard to get my gaming machine back up and running that I have played old KTOR and other games and haven't even got the energy to start to mod any of the Bugthesda games. Keep telling myself I want to but when I sit down to actually start to go through the process of fixing the game so that it is mildely playable... I get frustrated and just fucking tired and go play another game that actually works out of the box.

Yeah don't do it. I still have a working FO4 before they trashed that with the update (and that modding scene is still a mess by the way) but it is just not worth the effort anymore. Go play something that only needs a few mods to work out instead. (What few of those there are. )

For new stuff I only focus on indies now. All the AAA's can spew out is woke trash with ugly characters. And a good portion of the indies too. Have to look out for those bait and switch tactics like BG3. Pre-release (friend of mine got it then): no woke trash. Release: full of garbage. No thanks.

On 9/10/2024 at 2:43 AM, bjornk said:

Is that the reason why they adopted "pronouns" and "body types"? Any video game with "pronouns" and "body types" instead of sex/gender will never get a penny from me, no matter how well made it is.

Absolutely. Very glad I never bought BG3. Now I can still play it, minus all the woke crap thanks to non-Nexus mods and all with a clear conscience.

On 9/9/2024 at 11:00 PM, Kendo 2 said:

Bethesda is on the butt-buddy list for Take This and Sweet Baby Inc.  I was already fed the fuck up with their shit games after FO4.  Now that I know they're DEI knoblickers I've moved from 'never will buy' to active campaigning against them.  Anything after Skyrim 2011 is dead to me.

Same. Even now when I see the bland, desolated wasteland screenies from Starfail, I amazingly still have no interest in even checking out the modding scene. Seems I at long last part company with Howardism. (About damn time I think!! )

On 9/8/2024 at 11:29 AM, bjornk said:

Legendary Edition, Special Edition, Anniversary Edition... after more than a decade, NONE of Arthmoor's "unofficial fixes" has been incorporated into the game, despite being a major Bethesda bootlicker... and apparently he's currently busying himself patching Starfield ... I find it highly cringy, tells you a lot about his personality, a spineless sycophant and a hypocrite... I've also realized the hate he's been getting for being a total jerk is significantly increased, and deservedly so. Anyway, yes, I'm really annoyed right now by one of his so called "fixes" (i.e. "this is what I think the game should be").

Yeah he deserves the mountains of hate at this point. Guy is a total ass.

20 hours ago, bjornk said:

Microsoft confirms August updates break Linux boot in dual-boot systems

Windows update breaks Linux dual boot - but there is a fix for some users

Heh, looks like "dual boot" is going to have to mean: physically swapping out the Windows C drive with the Linux boot drive.

Some years ago when the Macs were still intel, you could actually have a nice snazzy looking interface to switch  between all 3 OS's at startup. Funny how "progress" looks more and more like regression.

Heh, that is so true. M$ really is adversarial in their approach. I was originally planning on my new machine to be dual boot, but with all the mess lately I'm seriously considering ditching windows totally. It's just getting harder and harder to jump through the hoops they put in front of you for doing what you want on your computer.

On 8/13/2024 at 5:21 PM, Doublezero said:

I played Neverwinter Nights to death, but I didn't know Jeremy Soule was behind the music. Now I have to listen to the soundtrack.

I still listen to NWN soundtrack songs. Wonderful work!

On 8/17/2024 at 11:18 PM, ritualclarity said:

Hell, I am confident that a middle aged wonan in decent physical shape was taught just 2 or 3 months how to do some stuff they would do better than she did. Either they lied or where she came from nobody dances.

It was worth it for the laughs though. That was some hilarious cringe.

Yeah Todd's never doing that. They really hate modders as evidenced by this weird "no 3rd party tools" crap. And what exactly does that even extend to? Blander (actually... Blender is bland, I'm not fixing the typo ) is "3rd party" along with Max and Maya.

Actually they even hate their own customers based on how they treat them. Enjoy unionization Todd, I eagerly await the next dumpster fire. If it ever gets released.

I tried out some of the "verified mods" for Skyrim AE. (Didn't buy them of course. Todd isn't getting one more cent from me ever again. To say nothing of the modders which are an assortment of some of the worst. )

First two were from Elionora. Thieves something or other and some house mod. Thieves stuff were right smack on top of two really popular mods, namely Skyrim Sewers and Skyrim Underground. One broken navmesh. Useless edits all over the place. The house was boring as hell and not worth even checking if it was functionally OK. Nothing worth a patch. Bare minimum effort.

Next two were from everyone's favorite guy, Arthmoor. Ahem.

On paper the first one sounded decent. It expanded 2 NPCs in the Morthal area. That bandit woman from the crypt with the falmer ghost and Anska the woman looking for a scroll in that crypt that just stays there for eternity. Once again though, right smack on top of Skyrim Underground. Again when there was plenty of room. Starting to think it's intentional. Dialog wasn't expanded (like we're getting on those dialog expansion mods using AI on the Nexus). Again bare minimum effort. If it didn't cover up the main entrance to Skyrim Underground.. I maaabye would have considered leaving it in. But not worth making a patch either.

The other one was a falmer dungeon near Deep Folk Crossing. That one amazingly wasn't on top of any popular mods but it was just... bland. I guess I'm used to the amazing interiors being done now on new dungeons lately (Hammet's EasyRider, etc.). 

Next up was an expansion to the East Empire Company with a questline. Thing botched just about everything in every cell it messed with to the point I didn't even bother trying it at all in game. Also had some errors and dirty edits. "Verified". Yeah right. Maybe those 3rd party tools would have helped.

Final one was in fact from EasyRider and expands the Vale (the hidden valley from the vampire DLC). This one actually seemed decent from what I've seen. Certainly not worth buying however. And frankly EasyRider's Nexus dungeons are more visually stunning. Maybe some of that rules crap. Or maybe I haven't explored enough. Usually EasyRider's stuff has a big "WOW" factor that's just missing here.

All in all, one semi-decent mod with the rest being instant recycle bin fodder.

As for the no 3rd party tools, any modder that agrees to that #*(&$ is pathetic. Bethsoft can't even make a decent non-buggy game and I'd be limiting myself to their crap tools!? Todd can go straight to hell.

On 7/17/2024 at 4:20 AM, ritualclarity said:

Yea I just saw that info earlier today.

Why is that news? Who the fuck really cares if they decide to break apart due to political differences? 

That is their business. I doubt that that single statment is alone responsible for them breaking up.

The Jack guy (I didn't even believe it was actually him, DAMN he aged badly) threw his "friend" under the bus. At least own it. But they can't even do that.

I already thought the election was over after that dumpster fire "debate". After Trump surviving this? They're not going to be able to 81-million-vote-print their way out of this one!

Out here everyone seems to think Trump is winning for sure now. Americans love underdogs and they've just turned Trump into the biggest underdog ever.

On 4/21/2024 at 5:42 AM, ritualclarity said:

 

Soo... to talk about video games on youtube is it required to have the most annoying voice imaginable?

All that supposed "attention to detail" and they forgot about dialog and plot... or did they?

Friend of mine watched it and said the dork that steals the power armor knocks over a house one minute, then the next gets stuck on a piece of wood. I argued this was legitimate. How many times did you fire up a save where you're in power armor and it glitches out? They're being lore and bug accurate in the show.

Regarding lore, I argued this was legitimate to contradict itself from episode to episode. As all the bethsoft games forget their own lore in the SAME GAME. So again we see they are being accurate to the games.