Whoa, is it just me, or does DeviantArt look a little different since I last used it? I think it's partly the Halloween theme, but looks cleaner, which is nice. I've been trying to switch to Linux fully for a year now. I was dual-boating for a while, but since I worked on game testing for the longest, I had to dual-boat. Not only that, but I now do most of my game testing on my phone, so I don't really need it anymore. Most of my work is actually care taking.

Care taking is very rewarding, but takes a lot out of me. I'm so very tired. I have some spare time, so I wanted to write a journal here. This will be cross-posted on my other websites, since I know I need to update those too. My main websites will be Tumblr, Instagram, Toyhouse, and YouTube. DeviantArt and Bluesky will mostly be used to promote my work, that's about it.

I need to get better at networking and talking to people, so I'm using Discord for that. I'll mostly be active on there. Furthermore, I'm also working on a professional Discord, I'm now setting up. I got a Patreon and a Substar I'm working on. Once things calm down on my end, I will have more time for art. I just wanted to grab my username and hold on to it, just in case.

I got a bit off-topic here, but Linux has been working pretty well for the most part, if y'all are gonna switch to Linux just be careful, and do y'alls research. The distro does matter, unfortunately. Bazzite for example is immutable, which means y'all can't mess with it.

Garuda is the opposite. I broke it so many times, and recently when updating because it doesn't play nicely with my hard drive. A SSD is preferable with gaming distros especially, but also works well with normal one at least at first so I would be careful when updating if y'all are gonna go for a rolling distro. I recommend a stable one since it's just easier to use.

I'm currently using Linux Mint Zara which is a stable distro. It has a life span of four years, so up until April 2029, so I have more than enough time to work on my workflow. This also gives Wayland sometime to fix its issues, since I know it takes time. I'm using x11 for the desktop environment.

It's Plasma 5 rather than 6 since it's just better for the tablet I'm using which is a XP-PEN Deco LW. It doesn't play nicely with the current Plasma 6 update so I downgraded to Plasma 5 this is very important.\

David Revoy has some pretty good advice on this. Y'all can read it here: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1.....-install-guide A lot of people are switching to either Debian 12 bookworm or Linux Mint. Linux Mint is Deb based and so is Ubuntu. I recommend this for beginners and if y'all are gamers, and don't mind a challenge, Garuda or Arch might be y'alls thing. Just make sure to make backups.

I did research and so far it seems like Deb files and Fedora based are the easiest to use, but some people prefer Arch. Arch is alright, but needs a lot of maintenance and as I got older I just needed something more stable since I'm a busy gal taking care of her family.

Productivity and being able to draw/paint is important to me. Anyway, it seems to be getting better for me and I can only hope it gets better. I'll write a little more about Linux later. Whatever y'all chose, I hope it works out for y'all! I hope y'all are enjoying your day, and thank you so much for reading!💗