Thank you for this. I've been under the impression that energy drinks had more than coffee for years now.

Today seems a bit more pleasant heat-wise than the last few. I could look up data to confirm that but where's the fun in that?

I guess it's no different to a CD really. Just a smaller file on a bigger storage medium.

You might get lucky just using the browser.

But unless you're using pihole or some sort of DNS based ad blocking you will likely get smashed with ads.

The best way is to use in a way that gives, not takes. So any ideas of advertising or promoting - forget about it. Creating a community or maintaining a Mastodon presence for support contact might be about the only thing you can do that's not going to get you eviscerated.

Most of us are here to get away from the bullshit. Please don't bring in more bullshit.

As far as PS2 games go, it's very playable by today's standards. Controls are a bit funky but easy enough to adapt to.

Playing the original God of War for the first time via the PS3 collection. I'm also chipping away at Mario Picross 2 (Gameboy) on my Retroid Pocket 4.

Fairphone 4. Ubuntu Touch is supported at a manufacturer level, it supports Postmarket OS, easy user serviceable, SD card slot (which apparently is rare now). No headphone jack but that's about the only downside. I'm running one with Calyx and while it is a little older of a phone - it's perfectly fine.

I came across in the big Reddit migration and while I loved the idea, it felt like every third post was about the meta or Reddit. I ended up dropping all social media. A few months ago I started passively reading Reddit again and as many predicted, the whole vibe is just off. So I began checking back here a bit and it's a bit closer to what I want now. It feels like there is a bit less going on than back then, and I'm totally okay with that.

Be active and be what you want to see. This is a community driven system and you will get a lot more out of a community by participating over just observing.

It's not big in an overall area sense but it's so dense that it can feel massive. Kamurocho from the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games. Seeing it evolve over 20 years in real time and about 35 years in game time has gotten me quite attached too. Each new game I do a loop to check what has changed and see if old friends are still there.

Bonus with having so much in game time in it is that since it's essentially just Kabukicho in Tokyo, all that in game exploring translates to the real world pretty well.

Correct. GTA3 had Liberty City which was spread over 3 islands. It was essentially New York so no real countryside but there was one part that was a bit greener.

Hopefully this leads to a lot more development of and for Ubuntu Touch. Biggest issues it faces are lack of compatibility and lack of apps. I think the core is solid though. I used it for a week when switching from iOS (so no Android background) and enjoyed it, but a few too many minor issues built up and I ended up going to Calyx.