Probably Minecraft. Since the old launchers never recorded hours, I would estimate somewhere over 1,500 hours. I’ve been playing it since the very early release versions like 1.2.

Second would be Stardew Valley at ~594 hours on Steam. Including time I spent on a console (I don’t know the exact amount), somewhere around 700 hours. I discovered this game around 2017 while shopping at a local retail store and picked up an XBOX copy before I discovered it was on Steam. Definitely one of my best purchases of all time.

So far, Linux has been great for me for most common apps, however there are a few niche apps that don’t run natively on Linux and are borked under wine.

paint.net is the main issue currently as the devs have stated they won’t make any other ports, and the latest versions have a “Garbage” rating on WineHQ. There is Pinta, which is based off an older version, but it’s not good enough for my use cases.

So, for the time being, I’m stuck with using a Win10 VM with a shared folder to use paint.net.

(And before anyone asks: No, GIMP will not work for me. It lacks the tools and plugins I use frequently with paint.net)

Linux distro derivatives of existing Linux distros, such as an “Arch-based” or “Debian-based” distro.

E.g. EndeavourOS is an Arch-based distro (derivative of ArchLinux). Ubuntu is a Debian-based distro, etc.

Any “no death” achievements/challenges in souls-like games. I don’t see a point in struggling for weeks/months just for a small badge on my account.

On the other hand, 100%'ing certain games like Stardew Valley is definitely worth it. I won’t spoil what happens, but just know that it is worth doing.

In case you didn’t know, I use Arch Linux.

A bagel and some fruit.

This post is funnier if you read it right-to-left (in my opinion)

Material Files for me. It feels like KDE’s Dolphin if it had an android port.

1984 /j

But actually it is probably “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom.

Its about someone who learns important life lessions from an old man who is dying from ALS.

This is/was a thing with the Grapple. NileRed made a video on it on their NileBlue channel.

I would say it was alright. I may not have had many friends, but that extra time I had allowed me to get into programming with JavaScript and Python.

That’s pretty cool. I wonder if some devs will use this in conjunction to the “Betas” system and have separate versions there that support mods for older versions.

I definitely did not accidentally break my ArchLinux (BTW) install for some time because I failed to read the wiki entry for grub when switching from systemd-boot.

Totally didn’t happen.

How can a programmer explain how a sausage is made? They’re not chefs!

/j

TLDR: Distro hopping

The thing I am proud I achieved last year (2025) is distro hopping from a Arco/ArchLinux bloated mess of an install to EndeavourOS.

Prior to it, I had files from all kinds of installs: Manjaro, ArcoLinux #1, Arco #2, then Arch after Arco went EOL. It was a mess, and a lot of bloat eating up disk space.

So, I took some time to backup everything, install EndeavourOS, then over the course of a few days, restore the essentials. I only copied over the data I knew I would use. Additionally, while I copied my documents, pictures, etc, I left my downloads folder empty so I can have a fresh start.

This method allowed me to cut a lot of fat from my system, and now my drive is only 2/3 as full now, and it boots way faster.

Setting up a fresh install is always the most fun and most painful part of Linux for me. It was fun as I had a clean slate to work with, and even changed up my desktop layout this time around. The pain arose from having to reinstall all the software I needed, setting them up (some configs I couldn’t copy over), setting up servers again, SSH, firewall, etc. The sheer amount of stuff to do was daunting to say the least.

Overall, though, I did enjoy this transition I made and it allowed me to tidy up my computer.

Edit: grammar

Probably would have, but a few scripts of mine broke after distro hopping, so I had to fix those.

Then I found out about Pomodoro timers, so I wanted to test them out. So, I fixed up some scripts with it.

I haven’t started any new projects yet, though.

I would love to see a stream of someone starting from a pc without an OS then installing Linux on it, then customizing it to look really good.

The closest thing I can think of is a livestream from Veronica Explains that does something similar, but not quite what I’m looking for.

I’m open to talk about computer stuff (mainly Arch Linux BTW), video games, and a few miscellaneous stuff, but aside from that, not really open.

Pacman is great until you forget to delete your lock file because you interrupted an update and wonder why it isn’t working.

APT is user-friendly, but a pain to automate in scripts.

the real winner is compiling from source. 😎

For ZSH, I have a script that automatically installs oh-my-zsh and a bunch of zsh plugins, and changes my default shell to ZSH.

For everything else, some files will just get copied over, others left behind. I only “manage” them when I need to view/edit them.