The State of Linux Gaming - Mid-2023 Edition In my previous "State of Linux Gaming" post, I hypothesized that 2023 would be a "boring" year for Linux gaming. Thus far, my prediction has proven to be correct. The Steam Deck is now being sold in East Asia though it has not really moved the needle that much as I will demonstrate soon. Some smaller developments loosely related to Linux gaming include the Xfce team working on Wayland integration, WINE inching closer to native…
Threads Turns Out to be a Wet Fart while Twitter Makes Disruptive Progress When Meta launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, some of mainstream media buzzed about how it could become a disruptive force and bring competition to the social media sphere. *Politico**,* for example, hyped Threads up as it claimed Twitter's hold on political discourse was loosening. *Bloomberg* claimed that Twitter was under pressure and "at imminent risk of losing its status as the watercooler…
Migrating to Full Self-Custody with My Keystone Wallet Up until now, I've been using KuCoin's custodial wallet to hold some of my coins. The features like lending were pretty good and I took advantage of them. With the recent shift to require KYC, however, I grew a bit concerned for privacy and security concerns. After all, not my keys, not my crypto. (And the recent layoffs of 30% of staff reinforces my point.)…
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