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    - A - reacted to Squirrelzilla in Gaming on a Linux...   
    So I have an interesting take since I've been dailying Linux since 2008. It's been wonderful to see the sudden influx of games coming on to the platform in the past couple of years. My only issue is that I still have to boot up Windows (I've been dual booting for school and work) in order to get those handful of games I don't play on Console to run. But the graphics drivers are way better and the support has been amazing.
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    - A - reacted to Jenshiye in Gaming on a Linux...   
    By installing Lubuntu and Midori you can breath new life into old hardware.

    There are some nice games on Steam that would probably run on your machine:
    Baldur's Gate series Oxygen Not Included Rimworld Left for Dead Borderlands
    Make sure to double check the requirements on the store page before getting any of them.

    As for myself, I went over to Linux 4 years ago, I have a 5820 @ 4.1GHz, 64 GB of RAM at 2666, M.2 NVME, SSD cache, SSHD RAID, Vega 64
    I could easily have fit Windows into that budget but at even $1 I would feel I was paying too much for that bloated mess.

    Microsoft has bought a platinum seat at the Linux foundation, GIThub and are incorporating Linux more and more into their products. Even they know Windows is terrible. I think either way in the next 5-10 years people will be using Linux just with a Windows skin.
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    - A - reacted to Sauron in Gaming on a Linux...   
    It's still useful input. And obviously you can do translations on a potato no problem (assuming you know another language).
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    - A - reacted to dalekphalm in Computer Hardware Engineer   
    When you say you want to be a "Computer Hardware Engineer", what do you really mean by that? Describe what you think you'd be doing with such a job? Because this can go one of two directions.
     
    A computer engineer generally has a focus on both computer programming, as well as electronics theory.
     
    So if you want a head start, start learning a programming language. I'd suggest Visual BASIC or Java or Python as a starter. Take some online courses. Once you're pretty familiar with one of those, move on to C (any variant, C, C++, C#, etc - C++ and C# are likely the most useful these days).
     
    You also want to start learning electrical theory - that's your basics of AC and DC, voltage, circuit analysis, etc.
     
    In terms of getting a degree, you'll need to go to University for that. You can take University classes online (not necessarily every class, but many of them), but you'll have to take the exams in person. Also, it won't be free (depending on where you live). If you live in the US, it'll cost you tens of thousands of dollars (or more). If you find a free Online Degree, it's worthless and fake (Note: Some Europeans have access to free university - but even there, it would be mostly in person).
     
    In terms of schooling, you're 13. You must be just going into Grade 9 at best. Make it through High School first. If your school offers computer classes, take as many as you can. Especially programming. If your school offers electronics classes (learning electrical theory, learning soldering, learning PCB design, etc), take those too.
     
    Once you're partway through High School, start looking at Universities, and the programs they offer. Find ones that interest you, and learn the requirements (What classes you need to be eligible). Study and get good grades, and you won't have a problem getting accepted into a University.
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    - A - got a reaction from jiyeon in [UPDATE] A Glitch in Team Fortress 2 Renders Unusuals Unboxed from Certain Crates Untradable   
    According from anomaly on youtube about this matter. The trading market was shook with how valve let this thing pass for 12 hours. Most players earned a profit of 7k$ with their exploited items. The market prices went down as the supply went crazy over the last 12 hours, so this is basically valve messing up. 

    Valve took actions such as banning people who already sold their items for CSGO or DOTA 2 Items (which in turn, those TF2 items ain't usable for trading anymore which means no value) and is currently lazy to fix the problem before next week. (No overtime for the weekends as we can see) and so the question remains.

    How the hell will Valve fix this mess that they've brought upon themselves.... (I seriously fell for the exploit, was going to buy those hats when this news went all over. haha.)
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    - A - reacted to Mira Yurizaki in Computer Hardware Engineer   
    To add to my post and @This is a DIsplay Name's post, when I was in school, programming played second fiddle in courses related to my major. Like I had maybe one class per semester that was programming related or involved programming. The rest were math/physics/EE related (and a GE for good measure).
     
    The first three or so years of CompE is hard at least where I took it. Then again I can't imagine it being easier anywhere else.
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    - A - got a reaction from Mira Yurizaki in Computer Hardware Engineer   
    I'll be upfront. I'm an upcoming college student who is about to take up computer engineering. And boy oh boy am I intimidated by the subject I'm taking. There's Engineering Math and Calculus (AGAIN) and from the looks of it, we'll have our thesis by 3rd year.

    The basics? Well you need A LOT of math to review on. First off, from your Pre-algebra to Algebra II and Pre-calculus. I heard that the subjects in Computer Engineering involve logic and defining values because of the programming languages that you'll later learn on the 2nd year.

    But what do I know, it might be different on your country compared to mine. So explore your options about the basics.

    oh, and you can do it. Just do your math properly and you'll be alright. Chemistry is another.
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