Don’t try to use it, it’s an old discontinued version of SteamOS based on Debian that was around long before the Steam Deck.

Bazzite will get you a similar experience to the current Steam OS with better desktop experience.

As you’ve been daily driving Linux for 7 years already, I don’t understand what issues you think you’ll have with Arch?

Worth trying Only Office and Libre Office side by side to see which one works better for your workflow.

They typically target transgender people or people with autism, And try to drive them to suicide. Because they think it’s funny.

They shared the manifesto of the Christchurch mosque shooter.

I’m not going into details about the people that have died. I’ll never forget refreshing my feed and the post about Near’s death appearing right in front of me.

Don’t feel conflicted. These are edgelords who want people to suffer for their amusement. But they’re organised and will carry out actions in real-life.

And I ask this because I’ve seen too much of their shit spread for years now; please don’t share links to their website. Know your enemy, but be smart about it.

Would 2010s kids know what Teddy Ruxpin is? My partner was born ‘91 and she didn’t even know what it was.

For anyone who is unaware of Kiwifarms…

“Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums (/ˈkwɪki/ KWIH-kee), is a web forum that facilitates the harassment of online figures and communities. Their targets are often subject to organized group trolling and stalking, as well as doxing and real-life harassment.[3][4][5] Kiwi Farms has been tied to the deaths of three people who were victims of harassment and died by suicide.[6][7][8]”

If the Firefox thing is a real pain, do consider the librewolf project, since it won’t save your session every time, but also has ublock origin already set up by default.

Remember that even if you’re unsure some software is for you or not, just try the flatpak. One command to install, and one command to remove if you didn’t like it. Because it’s containerised you don’t need to worry about it leaving behind unused libraries or cluttering your system with leftover bits.

Do you need Timeshift on an opensuse system? I haven’t used Leap, but had a Tumbleweed install for years which has Snapper pre installed.

You can install btrfs-assistant to help you manage snapper. You could have it create backups of your /home, then you can rollback if you think you’ve messed up too much.

The firefox thing seems just firefox behaviour to me. Does it not do that in Windows? But you could use a firefox based browser that respects privacy more. Librewolf and zen browser you can install via Flathub or an appimage from their website. Librewolf at least will by default end and forget a session when you close the browser.

(FYI - best way to deal with appimages is to install Gearlever from flathub, then when you download an appimage you open gearlever and “install” the appimage. Gearlever is just for better integrating appimages into your system but also for keeping them updated).

My last Tumbleweed install I ran from 2019 to 2023. During this time flatpaks got a lot better and flathub got a lot more programs available. Now I use flatpaks as my first option for software, unless I think it’s something that will give me problems being containerised.

Opensuse 1-click… you’re right, those can be a pain. You often end up adding additional repos, and it’s never fun trying to clean up the problems that come with that after a while.

My suggestion is search for “opensuse ‘programs name’” and see if they maintain it in their repository first. (You can use Opensuse’s preinstalled Yast to search for it even to keep it simple). If no, look for it on flathub, remember to look to see when the flatpak was last built, in case it’s been unmaintained for a while. Failing that, check the developers page (usually GitHub or gitlab or similar) to see if they have recommended steps for install.

I didn’t think you made stuff up. I thought you were making an interesting point at first (why I asked for more detail), but then you rambled on vaguely and didn’t answer my question at all.

I’ll go look into ARM somewhere else.

I was asking about you, because you made the comparison.

What processor are you considering a typical x86_64, and also what is your use case?

I’m seeing a screenshot of lxqt Labwc and I’m seriously considering trying it.

Relax, mate. I’m not trying to take away your Windows Server. Just talking about how bad windows is from end user perspective… absolute rubbish, barely usable, nearly impossible to troubleshoot.

I’m glad you get along with it from your IT professional/server admin role.

Openbox was great. I learned Linux using fluxbox, and moved over to openbox down the track because it was familiar. I stayed with it until about 2015 I think.

Labwc could be a similar wayland experience (although it’s not their mission statement), but I haven’t been able to try it yet.

Good call. I’ve had to use Windows on work computers for the last 15 years, and I think it’s insane when people talk about it being simple or just working. I feel like I’m being gaslighted by people who maybe don’t know Linux very well so they decided Windows is good actually.

It appears to be all held together with string and ready to crumble randomly.

We keep one Windows laptop in our house so my partner can use some proprietary software she needs for work. When something goes wrong we just reimage it with the HP support tool because otherwise trying to fix it is like pulling your own teeth out.