data1701d

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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Depends on your hardware and distro. Linux-libre not be so bad assuming it’s one of those old Thinkpads. Also, though, if you’re on Debian; they deblob their kernel already and put the blobs in separate packages so they can be optionally used. Don’t install any blobs and you’re good.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

It's mostly a breeze. The only misery I can recall is I remember I had a wonky knockoff Arduino board that kept jumping serial ports, but that was a hardware issue.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

Apple should experience bij.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I agree. The only feature where I'd say it's weaker feature-wise is it doesn't have any form of virtual GPU acceleration - either you deal with software rendering or have to pass through a graphics card (I've done it, but it's not easy.).

Otherwise, I'd say it tends to run better than VirtualBox, though it's been years since I last used Vbox anyhow. A plus is Virt Manager comes in most distro repos, whereas VirtualBox doesn't. Also, it allows you to directly edit the XML, so you can do some cool stuff that would be really annoying (not impossible) to do in VirtualBox.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

The larger ones like Worf are $20, which feels pretty typical for that type of collectible.

I don't know about the smaller ones.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

I think what they meant is they choose to assimilate based on the information they know.

That’s why they didn’t assimilate the Kazon (I think that’s cannon, but maybe just a meme), but they didn’t know the issues with Icheb or Future Janeway and it seemed totally safe to assimilate themZ

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

To be fair, the mirror universe in general, even in the DS9 era, is kind of Star Wars-y.

In general, though, it sometimes gets annoying when the franchises swap aesthetics, even back to V when they did bargain bin Mos Eisley (the bar in III was hilariously campy, though). Recently, I watched the first episode of a certain Star Wars series on a friend's recommendation (I wouldn't have otherwise), and at one point, I was like, "What the heck! This is supposed to be a rough pirate ship, but there's so little weathering on the set that this could be a Federation starship!"

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago

I agree with your positions about short seasons and brand new big bads.

However, I don't think TNG, and classic Trek at large, have a future totally devoid of "the pains and pitfalls of present-day life". For instance, Captain Maxwell blows up a bunch of Cardassian outposts, and there was that whole incident with the Pegasus and the cloaking device. These are clear instances showing in TNG's world, we haven't completely grown out of the darker parts of our nature.

I think the ideal of Star Trek is there is a future where we have overcome many of our problems, and when new (or old, sometimes) arise, we can work together to overcome them and improve ourselves.

In some ways, I think that Lower Decks embodies this extremely well. Because it's supposed to be a comedy, it liberates the show from a lot of modern sci-fi conventions; this allows a largely utopian environment for our Federation characters where they're free to help each other evolve far beyond the borderline insane sitcom archetypes they started the show as.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

Depends on which Khitomer - the original accords (probably most notable) were because of the whole Praxis incident.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

“And I will see my dream come alive at last / I will touch the sky”

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Coolio, but I won’t be using it at least until it hits Debian Testing. Hopefully this can be in Trixie - looks like the freeze hasn’t happened yet.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

"His neural engram structures are experiencing rapid total depolarization. Get me the dineurotrocacaline hypospray, quick!"

Man, making up nonsense Treknobabble is fun. 😏

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