Linux gamer, retired aviator, profanity enthusiast

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  • It’s what I did, though this was on a Windows 8.1 machine a decade ago. I’ve heard people talk about Win 10 and 11 being a bit bitchier about dual booting.

    I think some of what made my conversion to Linux a success was having that fallback. Linux Is Not Windows, and you’re going to have to relearn how to do a bunch of little things that are impossible to see coming. There are little things you do, little utilities you use that are different in Linux. “I double click this file and a thing opens, I don’t know what you call the thing.” that kind of stuff. And you’ll need to do something to turn it in on time. Having your old WIndows partition means you can reboot your computer, do the thing the way you’re used to, get it done, and while you’re at it look up what that program is so you can find out how to do it in Linux.

    I’ve seen people not give themselves that fallback, and then get pissed at Linux over a little thing that is possible, they just hadn’t learned how, and learning how while trying to get something done is frustrating.












  • You know, the nuts and bolts of Generations just don’t hold up to scrutiny, the sci fi mumbo jumbo about how the ribbon/nexus works is not well crafted and does not hold up to Trekkie “umm why didn’t he just fly a shuttle into the Nexus”-ing.

    But tear the skin off it with a gardening trowel and you’ll find a kickass theme: Heroes cannot tolerate heaven.

    Both Kirk and Picard enter the Nexus with regrets, Picard over the death of his brother and having never raised a family of his own, Kirk in choosing his career over the woman he loves. Both find themselves in an environment that offers this reality directly to them in 4k HDR, but they can’t accept it, and instead choose to re-enter reality to make a difference. Because heaven ain’t no place for no heroes to call home.

    Though, backing up a little bit, it does boil down to two men who have chosen duty over family over and over again throughout their careers choosing duty over family again, except this time the “family” choice is presented to them a bit more vividly than usual.