SunRed

+1 for OVPN. I switched to them from Mullvad for the same reason. They are also one of the more trustworthy VPNs in my book ever since they actually won a court case proving that they actually practise what they advertise.

Matrix is alright with clients like Element (X) and Cinny. But for me it’s rather a (still somewhat lacking) Discord replacement. Maybe at some point with better clients this improves. The protocol already allows for a lot of stuff but most clients don’t implement most functionality (yet).

You can install the Zen kernel as it has the ntsync patch merged already and which I personally prefer for a gaming (desktop) system.
But as I understand it we have to still wait for the corresponding wine patch to be merged as well for it to be usable for Windows applications and more so in case of Proton.

It’s beyond me why Valve hasn’t yet deleted that page or at least updated it to make it clear that it’s an obsolete version that hasn’t received an update in 8 years.

This concept is also known as Double Blind Passwords or Horcruxing.

Sadly with The Talos Principle 2 they moved their entire studio to the Unreal Engine 5 and retired their own engine in the process. Apparently they lost a few engineers working on the engine and also couldn’t have kept up with modern engines without some serious investment (no pun intended). On one hand it’s probably for the better as we got a really pretty game where they could focus more on the game instead of bringing the engine up to speed but it’s also sad to see the entire industry converge around engines like Unreal.

A great game I haven’t seen mentioned yet is The Talos Principle (1) that also has a really good native port using Croteams Serious Engine.