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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Boox is nice, if you want it for adding Android apps.

  I side load on mine a great deal.

  Fast things like games and movies don’t play nice with the slow eInk screen.

  But board games, puzzle games, digital comics, and simple websites all work great.

  I was surprised that background processes do fine, with some patience. I have something running to back up my notes to my NAS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Boox are great!

  I don’t trust the services they default to, but they’re full unlocked Android, so they talk to my NAS and other services I choose.

  If you don’t care for the battery life or screen refresh rate, be aware that there’s now a setting so you can pick your preference (faster refresh means shorter battery life).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flow chart for choosing a Linux distribution⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve used both, and been very pleased with both.

  Mint stood out, last time I installed it, because every decision was easy and factual and about me (what time zone, what keyboard).

  I essentially just pressed “next” a bunch of times.

  Kubuntu was nearly that good last time I tried it, as well.

  Between the two, I generally recommend Mint primarily because it keeps the messaging simple and consistent with the community.

  Secondarily, because Mint doesn’t have Snap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flow chart for choosing a Linux distribution⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m open to critique, as to making this chart as helpful as possible.

  The entire “New to Linux” section should probably just be “Mint” for anyone without an Nvidia graphics card.

  For newbies, live USB test and installer experience are key, and Mint is still unmatched.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone have tried minecraft java edition on mobile?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s worth noting that the full version of Luanti runs natively on Android, is fully free, and plays fully cross platform will all Luanti servers and other copies of Luanti.

  One Android phone copy of Luanti can even serve the game to a few other players playing on PC or Android.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS Update 3.7.15: The Sound of Silence⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I think that’s the only reason my SteamDeck uptime doesn’t rival my Linux servers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS Update 3.7.15: The Sound of Silence⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fixed a case where WiFi would fail to connect after sleep

  Very nice. That bug was very annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+, Hulu Are Hiking Prices Again Next Month⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. I will need to update my budget, as well.

  How many zeroes should I add after the first one…

  Perhaps I’ll list it as $0.000 this month, for a fun change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's strict RTO policy is costing it top tech talent, according to internal document and insiders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus, they can get the top talent back through illegal aquisitions of competitors every few years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Tried Every Todo App and Ended Up With a .txt File⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure I want company in the “amazingly productive professional” club.

  Let’s not share this insight too far, okay?

  I’ll be quite content if everyone competing with me for money keeps investing their energy in AI tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most played games on Steam Deck for June 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So…Date Everything…is a thing, I guess?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Time to go out and buy a “The Far Side” desk calendar, and mark the correct page, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ðat is delightful!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be concerned.

  We’re at a point in portable technology where increased performance means decreased battery life and makes the system need to be larger and less comfortable to hold (makes it release more heat, which has to go somewhere).

  I do not believe there is enough demand to expect a larger, hotter, SteamDeck with poorer battery life to be released soon, or maybe ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The massive Satisfactory 1.1 update is out now with controller support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an exciting update!

  I’ve been wanting to play Satisfactory on SteamDeck, but the controls/user interface were low quality to the point of unplayability.

  I hope they decide it’s okay to highlight things I should trying clicking on. It doesn’t break immersion to live in a sci-fi galaxy where space engineers also have taken some accessibility training.

  I really want to play through Satisfactory, so I love to see this effort to make it SteamDeck ready.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for games for 6 year old⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, that makes sense. Local multiplayer on SteamDeck can still be pretty rubbish, so I probably just didn’t notice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for games for 6 year old⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will warn that some of the Lego games are rather buggy on PC.

  I had the same issues on my Windows PC. But they run great on my SteamDeck.