I setup Kinoite (KDE Plasma) on my Dad’s touchscreen laptop. When flipped into tablet mode it works very well with enlarged touch controls and pen support

Look into Batocera. It has Kodi and Emulation Station as the two halves of the OS. You can even install Steam games on it (check RetroGameCorps video). Get a USB IR receiver from Flirc. The one thing it won’t support is WayDroid

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I don’t know the details but my understanding is Plasma has a more developed HDR system than other DEs

I like Plasma. It feels very modern and has an easy interface with lots of customization if wanted. It also supports Wayland and lots of HDR features. Overall it’s a cutting edge DE

I’ve installed Kinoite on a few Linux newbie computers and they have worked near flawlessly. I would think Silverblue would be the same

I’ve certainly done that but experimenting with different papers at home is fun

I bought an Ink-jet before I even knew about laser printers. Inkjets had the marketing and I used to be really into photography. Now I would want a laser printer but don’t print enough to justify a second printer

Did you watch GNs video? They go into detail on numerous predatory tactics. What you say makes sense in isolation but when paired with all the other awful things, at that point it’s a pattern

I had similar experiences, if it even started up.

I know Batocera (which is primarily for retro gaming) has a way to launch Steam games. I wondered myself if there was a way to connect GoG too

If you are “insanely clumsy” I’d say save for the Framework as it’s highly repairable. You’ll save money in the long run rather than having to purchase another laptop if you keep breaking them on accident. Plus you can keep upgrading it over time as you said.

When streaming companies continue to give ads after you paid, raise prices, remove content, remove content from your “purchase library”, force you to arbitration when your spouse dies (Disney), and spy on your network or phone, ultimately having crappy ever changing EULAs, then piracy is the way to go

You can use the Polycentric protocol on Grayjay, though I doubt any creators actually read it.

GL.iNet has a mesh router based on OpenWRT and supports WireGuard.

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-b1300/

I have the Flint 2 and like it quite a lot but don’t have experience with this other router.

I personally haven’t ever had it that difficult. My laptop has an nvidia card running mint and is dual booting with Windows with no issues. I’ve previously setup an encrypted Ubuntu on an external drive that can be loaded on any computer without issues. I’ve used Bazzite on an all AMD modern gaming powerhouse, and Kinoite on two laptops with integrated graphics with no issues. Also KDE Neon on a crappy old HP Laptop with no issues.

So you may have done something wrong in the process of installation, maybe your USB drive was corrupted, or maybe you tinkered alittle too much while not knowing exactly what you were doing.

Good points

I suggest Fedora Kinoite. An atomic version of Fedora (meaning it’s hard to mess up and easy to revert if you do manage to f things up) and it uses the Plasma desktop. The kernel is quite up-to-date and everything feels modern. I’ve transitioned a few noobs from Windows and they haven’t had any issues besides learning basics that are just different than what they are used to.

Mint with Cinnamon feels outdated and Ubuntu is a thing of the past with questionable tactics and goals.

People commonly reuse the same usernames and passwords with an associated email. All that must be done is check breach data for matching email and username and then try the password from the list. You’ll likely find more than a few will be a match

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