Ok, if it tries to mask as another game, maybe it's best to start the game with a (fake) steam account. (Enable compatibility mode for proton for the game on steam).

You have found the right tool in lutris. You basically just use the plus button to either install your game or point to one that's already on your drive. Watch a tutorial somewhere if questions remain. Also install proton-up to install the newest version of proton-ge easily. Most games will run with the newest proton-ge version.

If a game does not start, check first the right exe is used by lutris and the wine path needs to point to each games root folder. Sometimes Microsoft .net framework has to be installed for a game.

Sure you can play doom 1 and 2 campaigns in co-op. No need for modding. You don't even need a network card. Just buy a cable to connect both serial-ports on the PCs.

That was my first co-op experience and it still one of the best I've ever had.

You can compare pros and cons of both messengers here: https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html

Post quantum encryption will probably be an issue in a couple of years and I think there will be solutions then in many messengers.

I am not sure what you mean by persistent user ids. How much would it matter if you run your own server line I so with xmpp?

If you don't like flatpak there is also firejail which you can run to isolate browsers or many other programmes.

There is also a programme to run your browser from ram and commit changes to disk when it closes, which I've used for a year or so and can recommend. I have to look up the name later at home, if you are interested.

Browsers write to disk every couple odd seconds per default settings (I think up to 20gb a day), which eats away on an ssds life cycle. in Firefox this can be changed, but the in ram option makes it smappier as well as a benefit.

I've been using droidcamx to utilise any android phone as a webcam for a couple of years and it's working great. Phones tend to have way better cameras compared to webcams so the video quality will be top notch in must most cases.

It's cool they included this into android 14, though.

Could you explain why you wouldn't use it?

I've been using it for a couple of years and am happy with it, it grants an extra layer of security I think, if you can wipe the device when lost/stolen. Also very handy if you misplaced the phone and its set to not ring, as with this it will ring at full volume. You don't need to use their server for the app to function, if that is your concern. I use a secondary device from my household. You can send a text message to your phone to let it ring even when its set to silent mode/get its location/or even wipe it remotely.

Dreams have symbolic meanings. They often represent things that happened in your waking life that have not been resolved. If the dream is recurring it could mean something important to you remains unresolved. If you can identify the reason for your dream and understand why are having it, it can stop recurring. For example I often dreamed about falling down a a stair at my grandparents house well into my teens. When I told my dad about it, he said I had actually fallen down a stair at home when I was two years old. The dreams stopped after that. Here the dream symbol is really close to the real thing, but it could be different in your case.

"Dialing 911 in a dream is a "cry for help" and reflects feelings of concern about a period of emotional crisis. If you are dialing 911 in a dream or someone else is, identify the emergency or urgent situation you or that person wants help with in your/their waking life.  Getting a busy signal, no answer, the phone doesn't work, or you can't dial properly, reflect feelings of frustration, difficulty or failure to communicate your need for help with an "emergency" in your waking life." (Cmp.: https://www.dreamdoctor.com/index.php?option=com_dreams&controller=dictionary&task=details&id=1&Itemid=24)

So try to find out what your personal emergency could be, talk to someone about it and chances are the dreams are going to stop.

Another option would be to install an im server that is low on resources and not eating your sdcard. I think xmpp would work a lot better on a pi. Prosody, ejabberd or snikket should work nicely.

I always loved the Song of Ice and Fire books by George Martin, be aware that the series is not finished, though. I am a big fan of Stephen King as well, he writes great characters. It, Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Tower... Thuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is very emotional, I could not even finish it. Deadhouse Gates by Stephen Erikson. The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb just to name a few...

They look great! Is there a already an Autoeq profile that headset?

Start here for a good privacy focusef overview of currently available internet messengers:

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html

From the blog entry by the same author:

Cons: no verification of contacs possible at the moment, Increased battery usage compared to other messengers, some client instabilities, no full security audit.

Apart from these points the messenger should be secure and privacy friendly.

I prefer the conversations (xmpp) messenger at the moment. It's using a well established and lightweight protocol (20 years old already)