I don’t like the Windows dark theme much. The inverted colours are a terrible idea and a cheap trick, an insult to any “no-creative creative” person like myself. Here’s a neat trick I’ve picked up from various sources in the Metaverse: how to set your generic top bars in Windows 10 to dark. This blends … Read more
It came as a bit of a shock to me that Windows actually has a set of options to modify file permissions – much like we have on Linux with the CHOWN command. It’s not built into the file system on Windows, but this concept can be used to avoid the dreaded option of having … Read more
One of the Linux features I love the most is how you can easily map your content locations to directories. Be that with physical drives or via symbolic links. I had no idea these concepts even existed in Windows (much like File Permissions – who would have thought). Thanks to one of my Ko-fi supporters, … Read more
I’ve recently given Fedora a spin on my MacBook Pro (2011 vintage). While it installed fine, the WiFi card inside it was not recognised by default. From what I understand there is a Linux driver for the card, but the software around it is so restrictive that the driver cannot be included in the official … Read more
I needed to create a bootable USB drive for a Linux installation I was working on. The tool I used to transfer the ISO image was ISO2USB, and it requested a FAT32 formatted drive for the job. Sadly my USB drive was 128GB, so naturally Windows tried to be helpful and not offer the FAT32 … Read more
No Man’s Sky has recently won the BAFTA for “Worst Menu Ever Created”. Well deserved, I say! You can read my full review about this “game” if you want to hear more about ow I feel. The game makes my skin crawl, the entire menu is genuinely terrifying. But because Nate invited me to play, … Read more
I’m currently enjoying a super relaxing early access game called RAFT. It has this nice mix of stylised art and simplistic reality. It also has an intriguing storyline that is revealed as we play. As it happens in any game, sometimes the UI just gets in the way, especially if you want to share screenshots … Read more
Steam has so many exciting hidden features, like native PS4 Controller / Dualshock 4 integration. I’ve been playing with its Big Picture Mode from the couch, and I’m loving it. Sometimes I’d like to take a screenshot and was wondering if there’s a way to do this with just the controller – and it turns … Read more
