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So I have been running a fair amount of selfhosted services over the last decade or so. I have always been running this on a Ubuntu LTS distribution running on a intel NUC machine. Most, if not all of my services run in a docker container, and using a docker compose file that brings everything up. The server is headless. I connect over ssh into a tmux config so I am always ready to go.

Ubuntu has been my stable server choice over the years. I've made the upgrade from 16, 18, 20 and 22 LTS release and everything has kept working. I even upgraded the hardware (old NUC to a new NUC) and just imaged the disk from the old one onto the new machine, and the server kept chugging along quite nicely, after I configured the hardware (specifically the Intel QuickSync for hardware transcoding in the Plex container).

Since Ubuntu has been transitioning from a really open community driven effort into a commercial enterprise, I feel it may be time to look at other distributions. On the other hand, it will require a fair amount of work to make the switch. But if it needs to be done, than so be it. I guess I am looking for opinions on what Linux distribution would fit my particular use case, and am wondering what most of us here are running.

TLDR; What stable, long term supported Linux distributions do you recommend for a headless server running a stack of docker containers?

So this may be a silly question. Long time ago I played D&D with friends. We had a good DM, and had a great time as a party of friends roleplaying an interesting adventure. Fast forward to now, where life, family, work and all not easily allows to currently play with a great roleplaying group.

So, looking to fill in a bit of the fun, I was looking at doing some solo RPG with FoundryVTT and the Mythic Game Engine. However, focusing more on D&D 5E mechanics in combat I discovered the game Solasta: Crown of the Magister. It looks like it provides a great environment to do some 'quick' D&D combat sessions with some light roleplaying. Also, it allows people to create their own adventures and share them. So, on paper it should tick many of the boxes of solo D&D.

Has anyone played with Solasta? What did you like from a D&D perspective? And what not?

BTW, I'm also playing BG3 (100hrs currently into the game).

The first large major patch has just been released, with more than a 1000 fixes! .

What a massive achievement!

For those wanting to get some geographical context of the Baldur's Gate and the Forgotten Realms, this links to an interactive map with many of the well known places, including Baldur's Gate itself.

This is not directly related to the game, but it is within the same universe and realm as BG3 takes place.

Somewhere during the Early Access Larian introduced the loaded / Karmic dice, to even out extreme effects of dice rolls. In EA this was enabled at default, and I assume the same will be true for the final release. It feels like it is a less pure D&D feature, since D&D gameplay is based on die rolls.

What do you think? Play with or without the Karmic Dice option enabled? And why?

As the title states. When I post an url, I do not get a thumbnail, but a white box with the external link arrow. How can I get a small snapshot as a thumbnail for the post?

Should this be generated automatically? Or is this something that needs to be done manually? If so how?

Larian's recommendation of removing EA before installing the real deal later today.

This is my current pedal board:

guitar Gibson Les Paul -> Korg Pitch Black -> MXR Compressor -> Big Muff (wicker) -> Lovepedal Eternity Kanji -> Little Green Wonder -> POG2 -> Pulsar -> MXR Carbon Copy -> Voodoo Vibe (vintage) -> Small Stone -> Line6 DL4 -> Ditto -> amp Hughes & Kettner statesman dual el84

Feels like a mixed bag, but I can get the tones I want. What do you think? Any suggestions?

A community update revealing the illithid powers! Was this revealed before? Interesting to see this hidden skill tree!