Therapy.

Weezer - Beverly Hills.

Weezer’s only good song is Buddy Holly. All their other songs are terrible. And Beverly Hills is the worst.

Have you seen Pachebel Rant?

or the Gregarious Hedonist Moth

Christ, what an asshole.

I’ve been “Linux-adjacent” for years, and recently switched my main gaming computer over to it. And I’ve seen exactly those frustrations so many times.

The good AND bad part about user-managed software is that the developer-users decide how things work, then things stay that way until other developer-users do things differently.

My most recent frustration? Drive automounting on boot.

On Windows or Mac, all physical drives mount when the system boots up.

On most, but all, varieties of Linux, it seems ONLY the system drive is mounted.

This gave me trouble when I tried to set a second drive as the default location for Steam.

Every time I rebooted, the Steam client forgot that I had a second hard drive. I didn’t realize why, because in system settings I told the computer to mount all drives on boot.

But. But.

By default, Bazzite seems to set secondary drives as external, rather than internal. Spork knows why.

So I had to sift through forum posts until I discovered that the internal drive was being seen as external. Then I had to figure out the combination of partition management tools and console commands to tell the system to mount the drive as an internal drive, rather than external.

It now works perfectly - after over an hour of research and a couple days of frustration.

There are two problems: 1. An extremely basic thing doesn’t work the way the majority of users expect it to, and 2. A majority of developer-users apparently think it works fine as it is and doesn’t need to be changed.

So I feel your pain. I’d rather be using Linux now for gaming and for my 3D printing related hobbies.

But for my day job, I’m on PC or Mac. I have to be, because I can’t stop working for two hours while I troubleshoot and find a solution to an obscure problem.

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Several distros have those kinds of utilities built in.

Synaptics Package Manager comes preinstalled in lots of Debian derivatives.

Manjaro, Bazzite, and Endeavour have their own bespoke update managers. (Others do, as well, but those are the three non-Debians I’ve used most recently.)

Usually, some type of pun based on the hardware.

What kind of beans in the burger?

That fundamentally misses the point of the song.

99% of people who say they’re being “devil’s advocate” are actually, in fact, just being assholes

I mean, Manjaro wasthe first distro I truly used regularly.

But I’m no stranger to command lines, so there’s that.

I don’t say anything, but I block people who do that.

Anthony Bourdain, noted evangelical carnivore, famously said, “India, and Punjab, in particular — that’s a place where I could happily eat vegetarian for quite some time without really noticing it and enjoy it. The food is so proudly prepared; the textures are very colorful and spicy.”

It must start with the quality of food. Everyone loves delicious food.

Make sure everybody owns a a Nintendo DS, then load up Pictochat.

Sadly, glasses are not BIFL. Think about all the stresses the frames endure: put on and taken off many times a day (often unconsciously), dropped, bumped into things, flexing against our uneven faces - and that’s not even taking into account UV exposure, atmospheric contaminants, accidents, and changes in prescription.

Zenni is great because the glasses are cheap and well made. Metal frames are recyclable. Plastic lenses may or may not be recyclable, but will wear out over time. And even though they’re cheap, my Zennis last me as long as the expensive pairs I used to get.

It’s good to BIFL wherever we can, but glasses are always going to wear out.

Tres Lechish Cake

Sadly, modern Keen boots are nowhere near as good as the old ones.

Based on the temperature, I’m guessing you’ll want insulated boots.

If you’re in the US, Chippewa is a good maker of mid-range, good-quality Goodyear-welted boots. A Goodyear welt (made of leather, not plastic) is important because that means you can get them resoled easily - important for BIFL footwear.

Something like this should last you a very long time: https://www.chippewaboots.com/en/thunderstruck-10-inch-waterproof-insulated-21107.html?dwvar_21107_color=Brunette

That’s a 10" logger boot. Might be a little heavy, but as long as you take care of them and store them properly, they’ll be good for everything from hiking to working outside to just running errands in cold weather.

If you’re looking for something simpler and lighter weight, this might also work: https://www.chippewaboots.com/en/northbound-8-waterproof-insulated-lace-up--21097.html?dwvar_21097_color=Wheat

That’s more of a cold weather work boot, though. If you plan to hike in these regularly, you probably want to boot with logger soles.

They make a bunch to choose from, here’s a link to some additional options: https://www.chippewaboots.com/en/shop-mens-shoes/?prefn1=construction&prefn2=features&prefn3=safetyToe&prefv1=Goodyear+Welt&prefv2=Insulated&prefv3=Soft+Toe|Composite+Toe&page=all

But don’t just take my word for it. Look up the shoes, look up the fit. Ideally, see if you can find a dealer in your area so you can make sure you get a proper fit.