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That's my exprience with Arch as well, you install once and that's it. No matter what happens, you can fix it. I also really like the rolling approach, there is never a reason to reinstall as the distro is gradually updating over time without ever having a new "release". I am hoping that my...

It is easy to downgrade a package on Arch as well, as long as you know where to look. The old package will still be in the pacman cache (/var/cache/pacman/pkg) from where it can be installed with pacman -U but this is by definition a partial upgrade on Arch, which is not officially supported...

The command line IS the Live environment for Arch Linux. It is even more fully featured than a base Arch install, as a "base" Arch install does not even include a text editor. btrfs can be used on normal partitions, but that kind of takes away the whole point of btrfs in my opinion. Instead of...

Eternal is faster paced, with a lot more combat. It also adds some new features such as a home base you visit between missions. The story is also a lot more interesting, giving you a lot more backstory about the universe and doomguy. Some of the more important differences in regard to combat...

I finished the Ancient Gods Part 2 DLC for Doom Eternal this weekend. Doom Eternal has overall been an amazing game with impressive visuals, gameplay pushed into the extreme (that old me is sometimes having problems keeping up with), and an awesome soundtrack. Here's a screenshot from the final...

Both BG1 and BG2 are amazing games. I played them when they were new, which is around 20 years ago. And I've replayed both games multiples times. However, both BG1 and BG2 are what I would consider "old-school-rpg", meaning that it takes some time to get into the mechanics (lower armor class is...

I got a screenshot from Dying Light when I'm playing in Wine with DXVK. I went to the same spot at the same time of day so the shadows are supposed to be the same. No graphical glitches, and the shadows appear a LOT more realistic. This is particularly clear on the right side of the image...

It would not hurt to give it a try. It's a shame when these things happen. The worst example I have ever seen when it comes to native Linux ports is Stronghold 3. If you play the Linux version, you don't get the newest update of the game, and none of the DLC's are available. It looks like they...

So Dying Light is apparently not that great on AMD graphics cards on Linux. I don't know if this applies to all AMD cards, but on my Radeon RX 5700 XT I get some pretty heavy graphical bugs on in-game shadows. It does not appear to affect anything other than shadows, and I did not have these...

One more thing, when your system is running please run this command and give us the output: ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars If it lists a bunch of files, then you are booted in UEFI. If not, then you are in Legacy.

But the slow boot times is something that appears to be happening in your Firmware, and not related to your OS. The two commands you ran show us that Mint only took 8 seconds to boot, so the slowness seems to happen before Linux takes over the boot process. That might be related to settings in...

As far as I know, the only practical advantages with UEFI is that you can have partitions larger than 2TB. Also Secure Boot, although the actual security advantages there are open for discussion. Besides, actually using Secure Boot on Linux takes some work so it's not really a point for most...

My wife does not mind having a laptop, in fact she was originally opposed to this idea. I had to convince her it would be economical over time. Instead of needing to buy a whole new laptop when it becomes too old, I can just replace components. Besides, I will primarily be doing this for my own...

Is that Black Desert Online? I've never played it myself, but seen some ads over the years. I'm hooked on Stellaris again these days. I normally play a materialist/pacifist civilization. Huge focus on technological research, while doing my best to stay out of war and instead keep friendly...

As for the slow boot times, it would be better to see where in the boot process it's actually being slow. So on your next slow boot, open a terminal and type in the following: systemd-analyze Then copy the output from your terminal and post it here. I would also like to see the output from...

Just a little explanation on UEFI vs Legacy boot. You can't boot in UEFI mode unless you actually installed Mint while having UEFI enabled. UEFI requires an EFI partition with the bootloader. Of course, maybe Mint actually sets it up even when booted in Legacy mode. But AFTER booting, there is...

Two USB inputs are nowhere near enough, but most Mini-ITX motherboards have much more. So my plan was that the two inputs built into the case would be used for stuff that is frequently plugged and unplugged, and then I can either connect the other stuff directly to the motherboard, or buy some...

My wife is using a laptop currently, but I have been wanting to build her a "small" desktop computer. However, with the current GPU market, that's not going to happen for a very very long time. I'll not buy any new GPU's until that market has come back to normal again. Still, I do like my idea...

I had to read up on what Reaper of Souls adds to the game, and it's a lot more than I knew. I've always had it so I didn't know what you were missing out with just plain Diablo 3. I don't want to spoil too much, because you have a LOT to discover. One thing I want to point out is that after you...

The adventure mode opens up the entire game world, letting you freely travel between all the acts, taking on bosses again if you want. There are also new areas available in adventure mode, as well as an important new quest. And you can do repeating bounties, and nephalem rifts.