For Fedora, replace the current installer (Anaconda) with the openSUSE Tumbleweed installer.
One of the aspects I love about the openSUSE TW installer is the ability to remove groups of packages for the initial install. This is particularly useful if you never use certain programs or intend to replace them with the Flatpak version.
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
Got a long list of ex-lovers
“Lonely Starbucks lovers”
I watched the first three episodes of the recently released Percy Jackson series.
The book series was a big part of my childhood, and I was mildly excited for the TV series (read: hoped that it was better than the film series).
I’m still debating if I should finish the TV series. I found a particular detail in the third episode that convinced me that I am not the show’s target audience:
I expected Percy to pull a fast one and ship Medusa’s severed head to Gabe. Instead, it looks like he actually shipped it to Olympus.
making analysis or historical commentary on film
I’ve been really enjoying the podcast Four Play on the Last Free Nation Culture channel: https://piped.video/@LastFreeNationCulture https://www.youtube.com/@LastFreeNationCulture
Season 4 of The Boys
Release of KDE Plasma 6
A few days ago, I watched Total Recall (1990) for the first time. There are quite a few moments that just sent me into fits of laughter (e.g., Johnnycab and “two weeks”). These funny moments are offset by the seriousness of the Venusville plot and the film’s exposition of Mars.
One thing that did take me out of the film briefly was when Arnie’s character breaks out of his restraints (in the third act) by simply brute force because he is so jacked.
They Live (1988)
I use Stremio + Torrentio and the torrents that are cached show up but can’t play anything at the moment.
I am also encountering this; “Playback error, please try again” is the error message that Stremio presents.
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (joint UK and US production, premiered first on Channel 4)
great ones that never took off in the states
This TV series fits this description to a T because I reckon that most people, when thinking of a sci-fi TV anthology series, would bring to mind Black Mirror.
I watched Electric Dreams shortly after finishing the latest season of Black Mirror; I found the former more enjoyable and poignant than the latter.
I want an android style permissions menu
Same. In addition to the prompt-based permissions that @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee brings up, I’d like to see more granular control of permissions. For example, a flatpak app’s access to webcams, controllers, etc. are all controlled through just one permission: --device=all (aka “Device Access” in KDE’s Flatpak Permission Settings).
I have been watching Gen V and the second season of Loki as they are released (week by week). Both shows are amazing.
I also watched Memento this week; I appreciate the Christopher Nolan films that play around with film structure, The Prestige being a prime example. However, I’m not sure if Nolan keeps that up in his most recent films (here are my brief thoughts about Tenet).
When I feel very bored, I go to the Wikipedia page of a movie that I do not intend to watch anytime soon and just read the entire plot write-up, as well as the “Critical Response” subsection.
Hopefully, this release also includes this fix for forced Vsync for fullscreen games under KDE Wayland.
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Once Upon a Time definitely went on too long.