It is the 2nd of April, the rest of the worlds (mostly) April fools day.

I used to run Ubuntu, but started liking it less and less.

After jumping around for a while, I settled on Mint. It is really nice, stable and easy to use for beginners, but everything is there for advanced users also.

What are people doing with their laptops, mine never break, except one time when I knocked a cup of water into one in 2005.

My latest one, Asus Zenbook is already 3 years old and no issues. Has a dent in the top cover where a nurse kicked my bag when I was in hospital.

My previous one, a dell Inspiron which my 9yo has had for 2 years, is 6 years old, he is not gentle.

Previous to that, I had a work supplied Alienware that lasted 7 years, I traveled internationally with that one quite a few times.

Not sure if I’m lucky, or more careful than average. But I hear about “build quality” issues a lot in internet posts. I’ve just never seen it in the wild…

Note: all ran/run various flavours of Linux.

True, but I was suggesting Flatseal, more for once the issue was resolved.

If you are looking to mess with what your flatpaks can do, Flatseal it is really nice for managing permissions, for your flatpaks.

It may not be what you are looking for, but though I would drop it in just in case.