I use the Steam app that already runs on Linux to run games via proton. There's even a way through steam to install non-steam apps and then you can fiddle with which proton version you want to use.

Still, thank you everyone for the input on this.

Sounds like this SteamOS may be a more console-like interface that would be different then a regular computer connected to a tv. I can see the appeal there even if it doesn't apply to myself.

And yet, when people are deciding if they want solar for their homes or not, politics doesn't fucking play into it. Texas is constantly adding more renewables, both wind and solar. How can that be when they are a deep red state? Yeah, turns out everything isn't about politics.

The environmental push would of been a lot more successful if it had not been made partisan. I know a lot of conservatives that use renewables because it's more affordable. It's literally a win win for everyone, so why politicize it?

Oh, and before we leave the renewable topic, if team blue is so fucking environmentally sound and friendly, why are blue states allowing PUCs to essentially screw all new solar installations on ROI? The answer is money of course. And to be fair, red states are letting their PUCs do the exact same thing. So it's really just government being government.

P.S. PUC is public utility commission. CPUC is California's. All members are appointed by the governor. None of our energy is "public". It's all privately operated and our deep blue state government has no problem sticking it to the commoner over energy prices, so long as it protects the profits of those energy companies.

I mean, liberals are the ones that gave everyone a vote. If you give a moron a vote, you should expect moronic voting out of that person.

Human rights are merely social norms for the times. 1000 years ago, we had different social norms. 1000 years from now, we will have different social norms. If we continue on this track, you won't be allowed to eat meat, as animals will have "rights" as well. We already have some jurisdictions that give "rights" to bees.

Are they unalienable? Hardly, they get alienated all the time.

As far as taking rights away, you most certainly can! Any time someone murder's another human, they have effectively taken ALL their rights away and there is absolutely nothing you can do to change that.

But sure, unalienable rights. Only as long as we agree as a society.

It really means, "I don't see the problem but I'll pretend so I can bang the liberal arts major".

Shssh, don't tell them guns are made in factories that...wait for it...require electricity. Guess all those electricians should be help accountable same as the gun manufacturer.

While we are at it, might as well sue Chevy and Coors for drunk driving. Sue sunscreen makers for skin cancer and the list goes on. I wanna sue the gas station for selling gas...

Or there is absolutely ZERO outrage here and electricians are going to electrician.

P.S. Should we burn all the doughnut shops down since cops eat donuts? That clearly makes doughnut shops evil since cops are evil to, right?

Then why would I bother with this? Does SteamOS give me more access to games that the regular Steam platform cannot do? I guess I literally don't see the point in SteamOS if you already have a desktop already.

Maybe someone can enlighten me on this one.

I thought a selling point of an EV was that they are less complex and therefore require less overall maintenance. Is that not correct?

For me it's not so much about China but about how long these manufacturers have been making cars. I don't really want a Tesla because it's to new a brand. I'd prefer a traditional auto maker get into EVs and do a good job. I feel they know how to make a car where as most EV brands seem to know how to make a computer on wheels.

I'm fortunate that I'm in a good position to wait things out until I make the EV plunge. I want one but my hybrid only has 83k miles, so I have a long time to go before I need to decide what to buy.

This does go against what I originally posted, but I really like the Slate truck that's coming out. I'd definitely like to test drive one and get a real good in person look at that vehicle.

What I REALLY want is an El Camino EV. Make it happen Chevy! And don't lift it off the ground like Ford did to that "Mustang" EV. *spits on ground*

I think we're getting caught up on terminology here. Many of us have a job we must work to survive. Our "work" is not our passion but it's something we must do most days of the year.

For someone that doesn't need the money, their "work" may well be their passion. If that's the case, then that's pretty awesome we have technology that can help people continue to pursue their passions.

You would think but nope, it's a new laptop. Maybe 3 years old tops. They probably just assumed Windows 11 was all anyone would need and it has a recovery partition, etc. No reason you'd ever want to change anything, right? :)

It was a surprise to me but others had already ran into similar problems and the work around I posted already worked just fine.

Social media should be run at a more local level with little to no algorithms beyond some filters the user can customize to fit their needs. Social media could be run at the school level or possibly the community level. In order to be on the platform, you have to belong to the school or community. You don't need to be anonymous from your classmates on a community social media website.

This vastly cuts down on the bad apples that are on this platform. This would be the child platform. Of course spooks will still look after the platform but you'd have the worst of social media not able to reach the kids. You could even block advertisers from these platforms. The only ads you would see would be promoting school activities or community activities for children.

Of course, who knows if the kids would want to use it or not, but if you kept all the adults off the platform along with all the advertisers, this would be a good platform.

My laptop has zero boot from USB option. In order for me to get linux installed, I had to do the partition work inside of windows. I made a boot partition that had the linux image on it, then extended the rest of the drive for my actual linux install. Then in the bios I had to install a shim to point to the boot partition I made.

At that point I was able point the bios at that partition and the rest of the installation went normally. For a while, Windows didn't enjoy the dual boot setup and I had to do extra security steps to sign in and then at some point, everything "settled" and with grub doing all the work, I can painlessly boot into either Linux or Windows, depending on my needs at that time. I rarely need Windows but I'd rather have it and not need...

300 page novel....that's just setting the scene, introducing the characters and setting them on their quest.

Parents need to read to their children at a young age and get their children to read it back to them. Not just memorizing the lines either :)

If parents don't enjoy reading for the sake of reading, they are not very likely to pass this down to their children. Learning to read and comprehend what one has read is a huge advantage is the education process since so much of the information will come at you via the written word and not verbally.

Much the school reading was so so, with some being better then others. If I didn't know how to read, it would of been a chore indeed. Since I did know how to read, I actually enjoyed at least half of the English assignments and I would always read the whole history book and a lot of the social studies and other books you only used half of. I didn't see it as a chore. It was actually interesting.

Thing is, your average person probably just doesn't care and nor will the students of average people. Reading is so accessible in this era that money isn't an issue if you love reading. Library access is free or near to it. You can get so much free stuff to read online and buying stuff is always a choice as well. We live in a readers paradise right now, with the amount of content that is available to consume.