I was expecting this on a pos enterprise system that barely managed win 10 (but has 12 usb ports!!!). For context, the replacement drive I got for it from the IT department that “disposed of” the tower had windows 7 installed on it, they said that was the best it could probably do, which is why they were obsoleted years ago.

There must have been something really wrong with other components because even with antixlinux, which doesn’t even have seem to have sound support out of the box, and is meant to be used off a usb (keeps a persistent state on the USB so you can take your OS and data with you), it was slow as molasses. (I also tried mint and raw Debian and a couple other things and they all sucked hard)

So I threw Ubuntu back on and use it only for the Plex desktop app in my bedroom where I try not to watch too much tv. Is the only thing that runs on it without issues as long as I never close it. Reboots take 10 min tho. Not even remotely worth troubleshooting (that’s pc#4 in my house… I live alone. I have other options.)

This all to say, if it doesn’t respond well to Linux, there might be something else going on :)

Interesting. That’s very promising for a new user. I don’t need to customize because… well I kinda grew out of tweaking everything when I stopped using windows… you need to make tons of changes with that but I don’t feel much need on Linux because all that extra shit isn’t there… so I kinda just do the distro raw. 🤷🏻‍♀️ (except antixlinux, because it was missing a lot of stuff I needed)

So if it can roll back as a default feature, any idea why the other person recommended a separate backup tool? I’m just picking your brain here and don’t expect you to necessarily have insight :)

Also is that more of an automated feature or manual, like set it up similar to scheduled backups, or more like… I guess my old bios had its own backup files and would revert and reflash the main bios automatically if an update state or the main was non-functional…? (maybe that’s normal now idk, it seems like it should be)

And flatpacks, I’m not really super used to because most of what I’ve done has been directly adding the software repository to my… whatever, update list. Those are containerized right? I’ve avoided learning about docker; do I need to learn docker?

Thank you that’s very helpful!

I didn’t even think about apt commands not working but yeah that makes sense.

Is atomic different than just, umm… vanilla fedora? (I hope you know what I mean even tho idk the right words)

Why? What is it, and what does it do?

I don’t know what rebase means. When you say install media, do you mean like a live USB? I legit don’t even remember how I made the Ubuntu one, now that I think of it…

I really appreciate those links! That will be super helpful, I’m sure!

My games are unofficial, as I had them on steam and lost access to the account (ex changed all the data and locked me out) but can’t afford to buy them again so…

Is heroic the same sort of thing as lutris? Like it has all the interfaces for installing and stuff?

I mostly use the install from exe and the totally manual options because I no longer have a steam account (ex locked me out and I can’t recover it, and I refuse to repurchase games), nor do I have an account with any of the other platforms.

So I know part of the problem is that they aren’t official, and it really mucks up the process, but it’s a total crapshoot which ones will work and which won’t. Like I got rimworld pretty easily, but plucky squire doesn’t work after installing as an exe. Same method. Hogwarts legacy and Indiana jones won’t even go through the install without crashing, tho I suppose that could be the potato I’m trying to install them on as much as the files and runner and stuff… because even the gog games I have are… difficult.

Idk I sort of gave up after I got rimworld installed because that was enough. That was the 12th game I tried to install and the first I could get to run (not just install but actually run). Then I swapped back to my windows laptop for a while but that crashes far too often… so time to try again.

Idk I’m not tech savvy enough for this tbh. But I’m doing it anyway! That’s how we learn! ;)

I appreciate the info, I’m hoping this will be a good… umm… experience and be… a good enough fit that learning what to do is actually worth it.

I’ve never used Dropbox so that’s ok :)

If you shred them you can use the shredded cardboard to grow oyster mushrooms. Shiitake too but they don’t do nearly as well.

Maybe that’s why she’s saving them. Have you even asked??