Usually their out going ones are like half off during sales. Currently the 7 is at half off $630 CAD. Which I think is what I paid for my 6 and is the same price as the Forerunner… onsale.

That said the 7 is the newest fenix id buy now that Garmin is ditching the MIPs display for AMOLED.

Really hate that we are moving away from front lit MIPs displays. Only the Enduro has it and it’s not cheap.

It was very very onsale, and at the time I was bouldering so I wanted to track it.

Currently using it as a swim watch and if I get a new pebble, I will still be using it as my exercise computer.

I have a Pebble Time and when the app stopped working a Garmin Fenix.

I use my smart watch predominantly for Text notifications, call screening and music control.

In the past this was to extend my phone to last more than a day. But now it’s so I don’t need to dig up my phone when I get a notification or call. Great for monitoring things when you are driving or walking.

The biggest benefits of these devices is the insane battery life. Like a Garmin the battery is in weeks not hours. So charging is infrequent unlike the phone.

Pebble though is still the best in this field since their watches use epaper for their displays. So it actually works as a watch. And their devices are application focused, so if it doesn’t come with a timer, you can always download one.

Garmin watches are good, but their move to OLED pushed me away from buying another. And their locked down system makes me concerned with its future as a smart watch. As a sport and activity tracker it’s unrivalled. But I will buy a new pebble before another Garmin.

Zorin pro was the main reason I never stuck with Zorin OS however while they heavily advertise that the price is for the software. I think the real cost comes with “installation support”.

For many first time users, having support help with an install is a necessity and they will pay for it. See Geek Squad as an excellent example.

Plus having a preconfigured Linux experience is good for these users.

This has been sitting on my project shelf since February of this year. Granted I haven’t touched it since Feb, but 9 months is a bit too long for a project like this :P

While I agree with a native port. I think work around like this is also good too since it shows demand. I mean it’s why there is a good level of hype around Linux Gaming thanks to Steam and its Proton compatibility layer.

So long as Affinity isn’t blocked from running like what adobe does. I think this is fine until a universal binary is possible.

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Destruction of the planet, hardly. The earth has and will shrug of worse than humanity. Thinking otherwise is giving humanity too much credit.

Destruction of humanity is more likely. We are actively making the earth worse for us, and many other species. But there are many more which will survive and thrive after we destroy ourselves.

Got caught in that trap at my first coding job. Made a sort formula and a sr dev asked my I didn’t just use the array.sort.

My answer: I didn’t know it was there.

There are a lot of good reasons from other users in this thread which explains why not to trust the company. My reason is that Manjaro as an OS is broken.

I’ve ran it on 2 laptops and both had system breaking bugs which corrupted the install after a few months. I tried installing just from their repo I’ve tried being careful when I update but every time the system would one day update and never turn back on.

Arch especially AUR supported arch is amazing. But Manjaro isn’t the way to use it.

I mean I downloaded it to see what Zorin 18 looked like. Didn’t get far when my keyboard stopped working in the VM

I thought all my files were already uploaded to Onedrive?

Chrono Trigger, and finishing the games first full arc. What would normally be the end literally showed me that this game had so much more, which expanded the more I played it.

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I live in a house designed by a boomer. Networking comes in the upper floor while nothing is in the lower

These power over Ethernet is the only way I can get networking down stairs.

Tried Linux to play games on after steam deck started getting good. Though my it was fine.

Then I got a new laptop. Tried to install windows 11. Required internet to setup. I installed Linux and haven’t looked back.

It’s on par with the NES version but omits the stair climb so you can actually finish it.

I liked the game loop.

Catch ghost upgrade weapons and accessories to help catch more ghosts.

I just gets boring after a few loops.

The Atari 2600 version is impressive though.

NES < C64 < 2600

Oddball games I picked up over the years.

Jurassic Park - follows the novel which has some fun set pieces. Difficult

Toy Story - TT game, and a fun “doom” level

Zero Tolerance- FPS for genesis

Scooby Doo Mystery- unless the snes game it’s actually a point and click adventure. Very fun

Like Sony, I like it when Nintendo isn’t doing well. When they feel comfortable they start doing the bare minimum to keep consumers happy, since they don’t need to win anyone over. Which leads to what I perceive as an arrogance.

Think back to Nintendo going from the Wii to the Wii U or Sony from the PS2 to the PS3. These systems had 3rd party support but it was because of the pure gravity of their success rather than being good hardware. So when the next box came out they continued as status quo and assumed consumers would pay since it’s from them. Only to find that no one did and they had to start making compelling games again to win consumers over.

This is why I loved systems like the PS3 and Wii U. Unique games like Splatoon, and Super Mario Maker as well as Uncharted and Infamous came from Sony and Nintendo trying to convince consumers to buy from them again.

And it worked. Which helped their next systems sell well too. But then the cycle repeats and we get the current market. Without serious competition and both Sony and Nintendo carving out their own niche I don’t know if we’ll see another flop, but I am hopeful since when they are trying to win consumers, we see some fun games.