Good Morning from my Robotics Lab. This is Shadow_8472, and today I’m finishing off my move from Manjaro to EndeavourOS. Let’s get started!
About Last Week
14 hours. That’s how long it took for a proper fix to Space Engineers after I posted my attempt at a high-quality walkthrough for the workaround. I feel humbled, but in a good way. Someone at Keen, the game’s studio, took the time to fix a Linux problem for a Windows game. There’s also been some other good news I’d talk more about if I understood it, but the gist is that there are people working to optimize Space Engineers’ Linux experience.
Clearing Space on Manjaro
The big push this month has been to prepare EndeavourOS for daily use and make sure it’s stable in case I need a full reinstall. With NVIDIA drivers sorted and Space Engineers well-established, it’s time to move more stuff over. These last two posts were especially important to me, so I took the extra time with them. Now, I’m back at my original endgoal: Manjaro running again.
My Manjaro installation is so full, it can finish its update – or even log in anymore. Space Engineers is a big game, so I’m uninstalling it from there. I moved over my save data and reviewed it briefly in case I ever want to see my old creations.
“Easy Diffusion” basically takes care of itself, so while it had to [re]download some files to get going again, it was an easy 12gb to free. While I was at it, I added a new model I’ve been looking at. It was as simple as download and place in the right directory as directed (see Easy Diffusion’s help section for links).
With those offloaded, I easily booted Manjaro to apply several hundred updates amounting to a non-trivial download time. I now have a working backup OS on my Upstairs Workstation again.
Takeaway
There is more to life than big projects all the time. There will always be more to hand craft. I am thankful that my computer is usable.
Final Question
What is your idea of an “off week” project?