I had a similar issue and honestly I would just recommend worrying about it later. Don’t force it, just try it when you have some free time.

I started off with dual boot to play with Linux and jump to windows when I need it. Then eventually to full Linux once I realized I never actually needed it to do all my work.

I recommend Linux mint as its the most similar to windows and is built for new Linux users. I tried Ubuntu first and the experience was pretty bad, but I learned much quicker in mint and had a much better experience right away.

Its why I made sure to snag the switch early. I knew it was only gonna get harder, I’m probably gonna do the same for this next one.

Its definitely a mindset thing. In any game with any sort of competition, the majority of people seem to have this thought that “I must win”. And if they dont, then they are having a bad time.

I notice this alot in smash specifically when I play with new players, they put all this emotion into matches with nothing on the line. Then beat themselves over every loss.

I even get questions like “Why you did this dumb thing?” which sometimes leads them to thinking im trolling. Like bro, im playing for fun.

Or if im not sweating 24/7, “Are you sandbagging?” Dude, we are playing friendlies, this is not a tourney that decides my future career, its not that serious.

Its like people forgot what casual gaming was.

You can honestly probably just ingore it, but I would still update luma and update to the latest 3ds update cuz:

you can still install game updates iirc on the latest version

you will be missing new features that luma offers now (I also notice better performance in general like quicker boot times)

latest homebrew assumes you are up to date so it may cause some rare problems.

Updating luma is also literally just dragging the boot file into the root of your sd card and clicking “replace” so its very little work. And then of course, you then update in the system settings.

Btw for cias, check out erista. QR codes if you are lazy or direct downloads for huge installs. (like if you have a 64/128 gb sd card)

Just learned about the removal of port forwarding. Damn this sucks.

General rule of thumb is to update luma before performing a system update. If the luma version is old, then it wont support the latest 3ds update and wont boot to the home menu.

This doesnt mean its bricked, but that you are now forced to take out your sd card and update luma to boot to the home menu properly.

So just update luma, then do a system update and you are good. Worst case is that it fails to boot, you update luma on your sd card, and then boot just fine anyways.

Finally playing that game and the music blew me away.

Halo 2 music tho 😳

ODST is great too.

Wished it was on PC

As someone who doesnt mind 30fps, there shouldnt be games running at 30 on new gen hardware anymore lol

Smash bros in general is the biggest one I can think of, but minecraft too.

Spyro, Explorers of Sky, and Yoshi Island to name a few.

There is no haptics, just normal rumble. I also dont remember the xbox controllers having those either, I thought that was exclusive to ps5, then something new came out?

For my quick review of the pro 2:

Best dpad on a modern controller so far, but I still think it needs improving. (Still good for platformers tho)

Build quality is good overall with the grips feeling great.

Joysticks work good, but the small travel make them not ideal for fps precision games like halo.

Bluetooth input lag is not good, its bad enough that I exclusively use it wired. (I am very sensitive to input lag tho)

The cable that comes with it is not great and I had to replace it after about a year. (Any cable will work basically)

Overall I enjoy using it alot and often prefer it over the switch pro controller. Must have for retro gamers, but if you dont need a good dpad, then I would probably stick to the more traditional controllers.

Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky had poor reviews on IGN so I decided to give it a shot and it became one of my favorite games of all time.

I would but they never released it on PC still lol

All I know is that the campaign is apparantly trash and halo 5 multiplayer being alright. I know competitive players enjoyed it and it had the best forge possiblities during that era.