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8 Sep 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark
Well, folks, I'm a little bit (but only a little bit) sad to report that it looks like I'm stuck with GNU+Linux for good. All my attempts at making a bootable USB stick with Windows on it have come to nothing; the OS installer just won't boot from US...
18 Aug 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark
This article lists some of the games in my Steam library, categorised by whether they do or don't run on Proton and Vulkan on GNU+Linux. It seems my eschewing of Windows as a gaming platform/OS was a little premature. Games that Do Function/Run BEEP...
13 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
Over the course of this weekend, I managed to set up an old computer (with an i7 processor and GTX 1050 graphics card) as a gaming rig, running GNU+Linux. (It actually works, much to my satisfaction and surprise). It only took three attempts, since I...
7 Jun 2024 2 minute read 4 comments Great White Snark
I wanted to like Manjaro, I really did, especially since the I3 WM spin allows me to run both Firefox and GIMP simultaneously on aging hardware without the fan going so hard the rig sounds like it's about to take flight into space. After all, Manjaro...
21 Sep 2022 3 minute read 5 comments Great White Snark
Windows has been called a virus and the slug of operating systems, not without good reasons. Here are thirteen reasons, in no particular order, why it frustrates me and wastes untold hours of my time when I'd be better off getting to grips with (and...
