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(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about

A way to run Linux commandline software from a specialized console, similar to how a command prompt runs DOS or PowerShell.

It works well, but it’s imperfect.

  • aka wsl
  • Sometimes mis-named Bash on Ubuntu on Windows or Bash on Windows

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Turtle Wow--turtlewow_logo_full

Entertainment > Games >

https://turtle-wow.org/

A classic/vanilla World of Warcraft private server with additional modifications.

While it looks like it has hope, it fails because there are no quest markers on the minimap, so I don’t know where to find quests. I don’t want to re-live that part of things.

  • 2024-11-29 – It was nuked by Blizzard at some point, but came back up again.



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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/892970/Valheim/
https://www.valheimgame.com/

An awkward early-access survival game which features wandering around, being killed by boars and trees, and attempting to build structures.

I might have been able to deal with boring and ugly, but the interface is shit; pass. Maybe when this is released I’ll care again.

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