Regarding the stuff you want to do: it doesn’t matter what distro you pick, they can all run the same stuff anyways.

I would recommend something Fedora-based, because that’s most people recommend. It’s very sane and user friendly. Bazzite would be the best pick imo, but the classic Fedora KDE variant is also good for most people.

All other of your questions, like gaming stuff, are (or will) be answered anyways by a dozen other people here.

But I can give you some perspective regarding CAD and video editing.

CAD on Linux sucks. Most is made as Windows only, and many people have tried running it through Wine (Bottles) or other janky methods. Don’t even try it.
FreeCAD is also not the best choice in my personal opinion, especially if you come from other CAD software. But you can try it of course, maybe you’ll like it.

The only “proper” recommendation, and what I also use personally, is Onshape. It’s browser based, intuitive to use, has a good UX and many features. Downside: it’s proprietary and browser based, including all your files. If the company behind it decides to piss in your face, there is nothing that will stop them.

Video editing is a lot better.
As you already mentioned, there’s Davinci Resolve, which is available for Linux too.
I recommend you, especially if you choose Bazzite or any other distro where it isn’t available officially, to check out Distrobox and install it from there, so it won’t mess up the rest of your host OS.
But maybe try Kdenlive first. It’s a one click install and works great too, while being FOSS on top.

I’ve had something similar a while ago. Trying a different distro or doing stuff on the software side didn’t help.

What fixed the issue was getting a new hard drive because the old one was breaking down.

But maybe try other approaches first

None at all tbh, at least if you use the PC alone and don’t share a lot of stuff with Windows devices. If you do, then maybe scan .exe or other files (e-mail attatchments, etc.) with ClamAV or similar to prevent spreading stuff.

You usually don’t need AV software because you install stuff differently than on Windows. You don’t hunt .exe-files from random internet sites, thats irresponsible even for Windows.

You install your apps directly from your software center (a frontend for Flatpaks and repo software), where they usually are pretty safe.

Also, sandboxing is a thing. The prefered way for most people (and often default) is via Flatpak, where apps are restricted on what they can access and do. You can lock them down even further if you want.

There are more ways of sandboxing, but those are not so relevant here right now.

Also:

• If you run a script, check it first. I have zero clue in regards of coding, but even I can usually guess what each line is supposed to do.
• Don’t add 3rd party repos if you can, use containers instead
• Go for the easiest route, guides for “Linux” aren’t noob friendly. In your case, search for “Mint” instead, most stuff is pretty easy there.

Of course. That’s why it’s called KDE Plasma and not KDE Liquid or KDE Gaseous

Does it offer Nextcloud integration?

No need to excuse, please! ✌️

What I meant with my answer is just to notice you to take everything a LLM says with a grain of salt. I liked your idea and will definitely try to apply it!

I’ll update you here in this community when it is ready ☺️

I think I’m gonna print this out as a sticker, thanks! 🤗

It’s good that you already tried to research, but don’t trust ChatGPT for that. That answer sucked :)

Why? Because resins are a mixture of biopolymers, terpenes, acids, and much more.
Not one single thing.

While it may be soluble in alcohol, it will leave a super sticky residue once it evaporates.
You don’t wanna have that as perfume.

Also, many of the polymers will parcipitate out of solution in a matter of days. That’s a property some chemists use to refine extracts, for example for cannabis crude oil to get a smoother smoking experience 🙃

What you really want are the essentials oils (mostly terpenes). You can get them by steam distillation.

Do you want that I do that? I have a distill at home 😁 lol

I made three quality grades.

I will try the finest one for ointments and chewing gum, the middle grade as incense, and the one that looks like a turd maybe as fire starter?

The best one was from the cotton bag, the second from the shopping net, and the worst one was the filter cake from the ones above.

Any ideas for good uses?

Root rot?

Obsidian or Logseq.

I’ve used Logseq for my lab journal, thoughts, and whatsoever, and it works excellent for that.

• You can link different things/ dates with each entry
• Markdown
• Functions and querys
• Local
• Very flexible
• And you can find pretty much every thought you’ve ever had, nothing is lost.

It can be tricky tho if you want to collaborate, because the sync isn’t perfect yet, but the devs are working really hard on it

I have good experiences with cuneiform. You only need a bit of clay, a wedge and some dedication.

Especially in meetings it has the advantage that it is less noisy compared to your rock and won’t ever be noticed in your tribes meetings.

It doesn’t support real Markdown tho

(Gefühlt?) ja. Je nachdem wie groß das Gehäuse ist, könnten 10W vielleicht sogar reichen.
Moderne LEDs sind echt effizient geworden.

Bei meinen Anfängen mit dem ursprünglichen Mini-Grow hatte ich eine Sansi mit 24W, wo ich sogar den Abstand erhöhen musste, weil es zu einem leichten Sonnenbrand auf den Blättern gekommen ist.

In unserem Matrix-Room hat jemand sowas ähnliches gemacht, mit 24W in einem mit Alufolie ausgekleidetem Pappkarton, und hat damit tatsächlich echt nicht wenig geerntet! Ich würde mal auf ca. 10 g schätzen.

Wenn man nur Wochenendkonsument ist und bevorzugt dampft/ backt, könnte man sich damit tatsächlich echt sinnvoll selbst versorgen! Keine Macht den Dealern! 💪

Great. The next logical step in this evolution is going back to pen and paper, lol

@arschflugkoerper@feddit.org I have nothing useful to contribute, but I fucking love your username. Thank you for the smirk you gave me, have a nice evening mein Genosse 👋

Schritt 1: !bubatzgartenclub@lemmy.world beitreten
Schritt 2: Eine Nano-Growbox daraus basteln (Lüfter und co. sind ja schon drin 😉)
Schritt 3: Köstliches Stinkekraut aus Heimanbau knuspern

Wenn dich jemand frägt “Brudi, woher hast du diesen geilen Scheiß?” kannst du “Ich betreibe einen Homeserver” sagen und das so im Raum stehen lassen.

Hab auch schon meine ersten Besucher

Ach, das kriegst du hin! ☺️

Probiers mal mit den “Bienenwiese”-Mixen, da sind dutzende verschiedene Samenarten drin, die alle etwas unterschiedliche Bedingungen mögen. Irgendwas davon wird schon aufgehen und überleben :)

Stuff about the environment, leftism, whatever fits the solarpunk theme

Does this count too?

I already posted this on !balconygardening@slrpnk.net. .

I’m purposefully growing duckweed on my balcony.
I’m doing !hydroponics@slrpnk.net, and by doing that, I have lots of waste water with still good fertilizer in it.

Duckweed is one of the fastest growing, nutrient densest and least demanding plant out there, and you can just scoop it out with a strainer.

It’s exponentially growing and if you don’t wanna eat it, it makes great organic fertiliser or animal feed with lots of protein and micronutients!