Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

So, as a quick update, it turns out Qubes wasn't all I expected or wanted it to be. For instance, while I could *in theory* do gaming, in practice it'd be very difficult. The Windows VM idea? Yeah, hope you like gaming sans audio. And there's a lot of inconveniences associated (e.g. interVM file copy/clipboard). So, I've gone back to Arch. On the bright side, going back was actually easier than expected. Turns out copying all the dot files backs restored everything as it was.

@kimdanes@octodon.social minecraft USED to be able to VAGUELY run on a crap computer if you installed optifine and turned everything all the way down and even then you'd be lucky to get 20 fps. that's how i ran it for years on an intel gma 945 and mid-late 2000s pentium (as well as a radeon x1200 and turion 64 x2). it could hardly be said to have run """well""", though, and i doubt it'd still run that well today.

On the bright side, once we finish getting that room clean and get my bed moved in there, I'll be able to sleep in a cold room again, so, you know, worth it.

I just spent the past couple of hours cleaning up a moldy AC unit. How have y'all's days been?

I've been hesitant to refer to myself as a kitsune or as kitsune-kin, partially because I wasn't sure I really was a kitsune and partially because of concerns about kitsune being a Japanese thing. But, the more I think about it, maybe I am a kitsune? I'm still not sure if this works, culturally speaking (do kitsune have to be Japanese and is there a different term for non-japanese—particularly white—kitsune?), but conceptually, I think I might be a kitsune, not just a foxgirl

IBS stands for
Is a
Bitch.
Seriously.

Hello from Qubes! I've gotten it installed, now I need to do a lot of setup. Ah, well.

New hobby: setting my keyboard to "flute 2" and playing along to accumula town

And, to clarify, Arch isn't a trivial install. If you can't do it, there's nothing wrong with that. Just because I helped a friend who was uncomfortable with the command line get a working Arch system doesn't mean everyone can just install it. I've done this many times. I'm used to it by now. So when I say "it's not that hard to install," I mean that it's not that hard *for me*.

(I can't believe I honestly uttered the words "Well, Arch isn't that hard to install.")

So, 5400 RPM drive is out. I'm just gonna wipe my SSD and put it on there because, in my own words, if I don't like it, "Arch isn't *that* hard to install."

Currently installing with Qubes on a spare hard drive. I'm hoping that, along with its virtualization thing being secure, it actually makes for a decent Linux gaming experience thanks to a combo of low-level windows VM + discrete GPU passthrough while the OS keeps using the integrated graphics. But, we'll see. I'm setting it up on a spare 5400 RPM hard drive, so setup is slow.

nothing like driving five hours then moving a bunch of stuff up two flights of stairs. I'm sleepy fox now