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I loved Pantheon. I was sad when it was initially cancelled but happy it was picked up for a second season.

It’s based off of loosely connected short stories in The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu. The stories are not exactly the same, but based in the same world and really good quick reads. I’m a fan of Liu’s work.

I’m a big fan of the books, but Cibola Burn is by far my least favorite in the series. I heavily dislike the chapters from Dr. Okoye’s view, just too much fawning over Holden, and this is coming from someone who enjoys romance novels. It really is the weakest in the series and picks up after that.

I absolutely loved that one and it’s based on one of my favorite Blake Crouch books of the same name. The show is great but the book is so much better.

I feel like this is the kind of condescending comment mentioned above because you assume that I didn’t try those instructions. Maybe I’m more of an average PC user than I thought and just more experienced in Windows than my colleagues, so I know how to fix Windows specific problems 🤷‍♀️

I don’t know what to tell you. I spent 6 hours following all of those instructions trying to get it working and it didn’t work. I reinstalled Windows, downloaded an exe, and had wow running as soon as it updated. That’s the kind of simplicity Windows provides to an average user, a quick install vs 10 different sets of instructions.

Like I said, I’m not giving up on Linux, but my game machine is Windows for now.

This is a big reason why most won’t switch. Linux can be difficult to get started with and Windows really makes things a lot easier for the average person.

I tried to switch over to Linux this weekend, I gave up and switched back to Windows last night. I’m not completely computer illiterate, I know how to fix things enough that my colleagues often ask me (the administrative assistant) about simple stuff before going to IT.

I really like the Linux environment and I found alternatives to my frequently used programs, but the one thing I really use my computer most is to play World of Warcraft. I spent hours trying to get it working and I couldn’t. I don’t understand the terminal stuff, GitHub is confusing, and there are so many obscure forums with info I don’t understand. With Windows, the install is incredibly simple and I had my previous setup running within 2 hours.

I WANT to switch to Linux, but until I can run wow a lot easier, it looks like I won’t be. I’m not fully giving up on Linux, it just won’t be on my main machine.

It’s really similar to a conversation I had with a classmate on Android vs iPhone. He just didn’t get why I have an iPhone; “Android is more open”, “you have more options”, etc. I had to explain that it just works; I get a new phone when my old one is no longer supported, then all I have to do is sign in and my phone is back to where it was. Yes, it’s a walled garden, yes there are things Apple does that I don’t like, but the phone itself is simple and easy to upgrade. It just works.