Linux isnt only for Foss enjoyers. Plus its good to have the linux community on reddit to help people bring attention to linux. If they move it here it will be even harder to join the community.

Think of /r/linux as a gateway to the world of Foss

Could you take it to a local repair shop and see if they can order a new part and do the soldering for you?

a drop in replacement for dnf is exactly what I was hoping for. Having to restart kinda sucks but shouldnt matter since im going to setup the box once and then it be done.

Can you explain layering packages in the ostree? Say if I know that im always going to want something like vencord installed then can I add it to the ostree and it functions as if I used dnf?

Have you done any desktop customisation? Mint can look as slick as KDE with a few tweaks.

How do you install packages on silver blue? Are you stuck with flatpak only or can you get system packages as well?

I look at distros as a base to make changes from. I can make my distro into whatever i want but its going to take varying amounts of effort depending on which distro I start with.

I choose Nobara because i really liked fedora and I wanted a fedora base but with someone(eggy) keeping up with the latest gaming tweaks and adding them. Ive been using it for 2+ years and so far so good.

$1million is that all it costs to buy the president of the united states. Jeez

If you dont play AAA games the steamdeck will be fine for most things. The touchpads are so useful.

Your gf has a really cool website. I love how the images open in a little window as if it were a desktop.

Where are you finding hardware acceleration to be bad?

Got me good

I’m pretty sure tuxedo support should be able to cover this for you. Its one of the bonuses of buying a Linux laptop.

This is really good for the average gamer trying out linux. I’ve seen so many “I switched to linux” videos where the person is unable to screenshare.

If someone exploits a service on the machine they can then connect outside that machine on any port. Ufw would prevent this. The router firewall would also likely prevent this unless they used an open port of the router or upnp was enabled.

Disclaimer, I’m not a network professional im only learning. But you dont need ufw since your router firewall should be able to filter majority of the traffic. But in security there is a concept of layers. You want your router firewall then your device firewall to provide multiple layers incase something slips through one layer.

So to give a simple answer, it depends how secure you want your network to be. Personally I think UFW is easy so you may as well set it up. 5sec of config might stop a hacker traversing your network hoping from device to device.

I have two docks. With one of the docks I experience sound coming through the stream deck and no signal. With the other that doesnt happen. So far ive had zero issues with the 2nd dock.

Basically nixOS but useful.

Easymode: pick a fedora ublue distro and go from bazzite to silver blue :)

Ah Chroot bro