I have no idea about the main question, though I too am interested in the answer. I do know the format for the shared partition doesn’t matter. I would go ext4 because I like it’s stability and don’t need btrfs’s features, but use whatever you want.
Not tumbleweed, right? I recall generally recall liking it until the kde 6 update broke everything if you tried to update from konsole in kde, and I remember others having the same issue. Not sure how they didn’t catch that.
If you have a default kernel it should be fine (If you don’t know and you haven’t installed nvidia drivers you do). I’ve even moved around between amd and intel without issues.
Idk, you’re probably right.
What do you mean? She’s 32000 years old. /s
Delete /etc to make your system faster. /s Also, obligatory warning to NEVER DO THIS for anyone new to Linux.
I believe zfs has deduplication built in if you want a separate backup partition. Not sure about its reliability though. Personally I just have a script that keeps a backup and an oldbackup, and they are both fairly small. I keep a file in my home dir called excluded for things like linux ISOs that don’t need backed up.
Damn, federation is crazy. Over here you’re the only comment lol.
Frequently software developed for one is commonly used on the other, such as openssh, iirc.
Boot to BIOS. That should show you either CPU arch. or an exact model that you can check on Intel’s website. It may be an issue entirely unrelated to the architecture.
I wouldn’t switch to mint from debian. Freebsd could be worth trying, but I would play with it in a VM first. I am not knowledgeable about BSD’s, but there are others if you were unaware. They have similar names but I think netBSD and freebsd exist. FYI, BSD isn’t linux if you were unaware. Your phrasing suggested that you might think it is so I wanted to let you know.
Newer kernels are great if you need bleeding edge hardware or filesystems, but for your use case I really think debian is the way to go.
I would like to suggest you throw Fedora into the mix, or even opensuse if you want to try an rpm based distro. Opensuse has a leap flavor which is stable like debian. Fedora is fairly stable, but has regular releases (2 a year) so you also get more current software.
Sorry to throw more options into the mix, but those are fairly simple and mainstream options (fedora is more mainstream fyi) but they are worth considering.
Not that this isn’t interesting, but how is it linux related?
For people who prefer to read: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Passim_P2P_Metadata
I’m a big fan of Debian stable for school / work laptops. Older packages aren’t great, but if you aren’t someone who needs the newest libreoffice version or something, it works fine. Updates will basically never break it apart from major releases (which you have a few years before you have to worry about, although you can upgrade sooner).
Keep in mind, most people would be coming from windows where installing software is going to some website, hoping it isn’t a fake malware site, running their exe with admin privileges, and clicking next through a bunch of eulas until it finally is done. By comparison even the worst software centers are an improvement.
I think that is simply because it was some new random distro. I bet debian or fedora with kde and the discover app would be just fine for most people.
I would recommend trying other distros in a VM to see how you like them. Arch gets updates really fast, so stuff does break. A point release distro will also have updates that break them, but they will be at scheduled times and usually the old one is supported for a while. Also, fedora has hyprland as a package. It may be rpmfusion, but you should be able to install with dnf install hyprland.
I did notice it was the wrong device, however when I specify it crashes the whole os with some artifacting. I may look into other values for that environment variable tomorrow. I also might try rusticl.
I would recommend the logitech g305. It is wireless, but quite fast. It has a sensor that will do 12000dpi with a dpi button. It runs off aa batteries so you rarely have to change them. Low battery notifications even work. You can get it for around 40 bucks at best buy. (Not shilling best buy, the price on logitech’s site is 60)