So I wanted a bit of greenery at my desk, and decided to set up a small garden. It's coming along! The plants in order from left to right, top to bottom:

• Sansevieria Trifasciata
• Tradescantia Zebrina
• Mentha Suaveolens
• Hypoestes Phyllostachya
• Hoya Carnosa
• Portulacaria Afra

I had a problem with spider mites, but hopefully by taking cuttings of the mint and dumping the rest of the plant we're all good.

(Second time attempting this post, phones are not great with posting images.)

Hello everyone! Calzone here, with a new section for !tabletop I'm calling "Last Week in Tabletop" where I will be going over the news of the past week. If you don't see something mentioned that you really think aught to be, please add a reply with a short description and a link to where you found it. Without further ado, let's get into the news!

RPGs

The biggest news this week was Paizo announcing the final version of their Open RPG licence called the ORC Licence. If you'll remember, this was in response to Wizards of the Coast attempting to change their Open Game Licence to make it harder for 3rd party groups to profit off of their work back in January. Paizo decided to take matters into their own hands, and have developed a new Licence that they are garunteeing anyone can use forever. If you want to read more about the ORC Licence or would like to download it, the article and link is here.

If you haven't seen the releases from Dimension 20, they've started a new actual play over on Dropout titled Dungeons and Drag Queens. Should be an absolute blast, knowing how their actual plays tend to go. It does require paying for Dropout if you want to watch, so keep that in mind. If you're on the fence, maybe wait until they put the first episode up for free on their Youtube channel before diving in. I certainly will be keeping up though.

Board Games

There's been a couple attempts at an Avatar: the Last Airbender board game, and this week Funko Games/Prospero Hall announced their take on it here. The game looks interesting, if only because it's a cooperative board game rather than a competitive one. Feels on-theme!

For those who play Tapestry, it's getting a new and final expansion in Fantasies and Futures. The game is receiving a number of new civilizations, tapestry cards, etc. that are more focused on future tech interacting with magic systems. You can read their dev diary here, where they go into greater detail on some of the new additions and their design philosophy for the expansion.

War Games

Games Workshop has been doing their latest round of Warhammer 40K (sorry, NOT Warhammer 40K) previews for their upcoming 10th Edition release, and the models look absolutely gorgeous! Ever wanted to get into Adeptus Titanicus, but didn't want to shell out for old Forge World models? You will no longer have to with the release of a Cerastus Knights line coming with the 10th Edition updates. In addition, you can now field Angron in both Primarch and Daemon Primarch forms! Glory to Chaos!

Card Games

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the state of your wallet at the moment), the 1/1 One Ring has been found and apparently already been graded. No more shall we have to scour those pesky Lord of the Rings packs! Well, maybe we will anyways, but that's besides the point. The person who found it is currently looking to get around $1 Million for it, which if sold would make it the most expensive playing card in history. Good luck to them, I certainly will not be making a purchase like that any time soon.

That's all for this week, folks! If you have any recommendations as to good sites to browse and colate news from, or I forgot to mention something, let me know and I would be much appreciative. Otherwise, I will see you all next week!

So after reading a number of posts and comments on here about Linux, I've decided to give 'er a go. I have access to an Azure VM, but I have never done anything involving Unix before and have only a basic understanding of coding in general.

Where do I even start? The most daunting thing for me is command line script, as it seems I have to memorize close to 150 common commands and their functions. Is there a set of tools or free classes that would make it easier for me to understand, or should I just get stuck in there? I was planning on using Pop!_OS since I do a lot of gaming and it seems like the closest thing Ubuntu has for that purpose.

For anyone who has tried switching over, what's your experience with them been like? Were there any hidden upsides or downsides you weren't expecting? What about coverage? It's really hard to ignore them when they keep spamming ads to YouTube, my favorite podcasts, etc.

Finger limes are an unusual fruit that has caviar-like flesh and pops in your mouth. They come in all kinds of interior colors, and sound amazing. I've been trying to find some in California, but they're native to Australia and I haven't seen any even in specialty stores. Does anyone know where I might find them here?

So I've been reading The Wandering Inn, which is amazing btw, but it's started getting a little intense and I want to take a break for a bit. I wanted to read something similar, and I like how serious the author takes the topic. Does anyone have any recommendations? I've already blasted through Hedge Wizard and Arcane Ascension for additional references.

Edit: here's a compiled list of the recommendations so far, and where I'm putting them.

Currently Reading: Cradle

To-Read: Practical Guide to Evil, Bastion, Mother of Learning

To Check Out: Beware of Chicken, Only Villains Do, Way of Choices,

This feels like a pretty solid list, but I'll update as I go.