Rivals works great on my Linux rig. Occasionally they update and it breaks the intro video, but the core game has been stable since day 1.

For what it’s worth, Ubuntu integrates ADsys, which allows for dconf updates through gpo templates. I’ve not heard anything on it for a while but the github repo was last updated 6 months ago

In my life, I’ve had approximately 3 bags of really good red delicious apples. This tells me that it is completely possible for them to be good, but for some reason they aren’t. My best guess is that because their look is so synonymous with people’s concept of an apple, too much emphasis is placed on their appearance. They don’t get picked and bagged at the right time, so they’re almost always mealy and bland. I will say that the few times I’ve managed to find legit red delicious make me understand how they could win an apple contest and why they became the “default” for apple. I don’t think they’d be modern contenders for first place, but they’re easily a top 5.

I’ll toss in Empire Records - the store set, the costumes, the music, the actors, the meandering listlessness… all scream “this is a 90’s movie about the 90’s”. Plus the whole Rex Manning plot is absolutely what happened to so many 70’s and 80’s artists. Not perfect by any means, but a great encapsulation of the decade.