I do similar except I limit qBittorrent to only use the vpn interface so has a built-in kill switch

I use Proton VPN which has port forwarding

Yep iirc virt manager is just a gui front end for qemu though imo certainly makes it easier to manage the vm’s

Yep, initially tried to setup virtual box as I’m more familiar there but could not for the life of me get around install errors. After setting the OS to read-write installing virt manager was pretty straight forward; the only real hiccup I had was that I needed to install win-fsp on the guest os before installing guest additions like virtio-fs which allowed me to add the shared folder between host/guest. Edit: it also required enabling shared memory and updating some registry keys during windows install to ignore the windows 11 install requirements.

My son-in-law got a deck as a cheap gaming PC but also needed to be able to use Adobe software which we were struggling to get working in bottles / wine so we setup virt manager and added a windows VM with a shared folder between host and guest VM. Works great and he’s learning a lot about linux as his daily driver without losing access to the tools he needs for work.

Ditto

Had a great time but no longer want to spend that much time

Just finished reading the beta for Everspark TTRPG and all of these are possible. Excited to play it with my teens.

Started playing BAR recently and am loving it. Prior to this I’d only played some SC2 and watched some videos about FAF.

I’ve been playing with my 8yr kiddo against bots as we both learn the mechanics. The amount you can customize a match has been great.

Also been watching the pro league tournaments on their YouTube channel which are great fun to watch.

Most certainly

MyAnonamouse is the first place where I really saw attention drawn to encourage port forwarding and after seeing the difference will always have ports forwarded

That’s great! He’s welcome to message me as well if that might help break the ice a bit more.

This may help: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame

In short: making yourself vulnerable (such as processing these issues) is courage - it’s not weakness

Sometimes us guys need to hear that - I know I personally absolutely hate to break in front of others and that makes processing a very isolating experience that feeds depression unless I’m intentional about that processing

In a similar thread years ago there was a recommendation for Exofficio brand which I bought a few of to try out and have since replaced all of my underwear with. Their boxer briefs are fantastic.

Bravo **slow clap**

Perhaps Valheim - the archery is pretty good and while not as twitchy as a shooter might suffice to scratch that itch

Thank you; it is indeed quite a magical moment 😊

ProtonVPN works great via Wiregurd on Linux as well just not through the GUI; you can download the configs and connect through terminal or other Wireguard client

Ha! Family said the same thing when I mentioned updating the mod though to be fair we were recently shopping the brand for our youngest kiddos :D

Solid photoshop to the bottom frame 👏

Love Jellyfin and kiddos have noticed how much better it is; they often request older stuff they’ve heard about that’s not available elsewhere