Thanks for the advice re: management. Definitely something we’ll need to plan for.

Yeah, I said they’re “useless as is”, because they’re running an outdated OS, have internet explorer on them, etc. the hardware is obviously far from useless but getting it to a good place in terms of user experience for a younger audience will involve a time investment. So yes, useless as is.

I’ll be watching tomorrow as I can’t tonight, hope I can avoid spoilers!

This is a good idea honestly, I’ll consider it!

Thanks for the super-informative post :) I’ve had a look around some more machines and there’s some i3’s in the mix too. Think I’m going to try Mint xfce on one of them and see if it copes. Yeah, consolidating ram seems like it should be a priority. There are a few i3 machines sitting headless gathering dust on the floor, they seem like a good place to scavenge from

There’s about 15 machines. Not a huge amount, I was definitely exaggerating with ‘a tonne’ haha. I think it just feels like a big waste, hence the exaggeration 😅

Yeah I’ve installed LTSC on a couple of machines too (goofygoobers version, I think) so that’s another option

Oh for sure, it’s just explaining that to boomer management that’s tough

Yeah, securing them might be the biggest challenge tbh. I work full-time at the school and won’t really have time to provide tech support. The windows machines are ‘managed’ by a third-party IT solutions company, but like I said they’re mostly useless at this point and are rarely turned on anymore.

Students don’t have user accounts so a generic log in could work. could see the school not allowing a Linux install without some sort of management/tech support procedure in place though. Security is probably the biggest hurdle to clear but I guess if we’re paying an IT company to manage window machines I don’t see why they couldn’t support Linux too, unless they’re unfamiliar with the OS :(

Corporate musicians still suck

Okay thanks, good to know the quality is decent with the file size

Are PSA encodes terrible? The file size is always appealing but I guess there’s a reason they’re small

That’s fair, but again these people have proven they know what they’re doing. Criticising this dev team after a misstep I can get, criticising them in the light of the two games they’ve just delivered just seems like talking for the sake of talking. I grew up with MM being a direct sequel to OoT, I’m fine with building on an already great game. I doubt they’ll let the series stagnate.

I don’t know what to say to someone who doesn’t feel like totk was enough of an innovation but to each their own.

I’m inclined to trust the man who has overseen two masterpieces back-to-back in botw and totk.

Of the 3 I’ve played, it’s TotK

My 3 years ended a few months ago. I didn’t renew at the time because TOTK was releasing and then the conversion deal ended so I decided to do without it. I haven’t missed it. It’s a great service and definitely good value but I have lots of games in my backlog and not much time to play nowadays anyway. I think buying one game I really want to play at a time has been more enjoyable for me personally.

A few I’d recommend: The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons, The Jordan Rules - Sam Smith, The Soul of Basketball - Ian Thomsen.

Enter the Gungeon is one of my favourites, I highly recommend it, along with Cuphead and Hades.

They’re not all that experimental but they take a simple idea and execute it to a really high-level. The gameplay in all three is super fun.

How does this help them beat a team as well-rounded as Denver? Beal’s contract could become a real albatross for the Suns.