If you have a computer background already then dive in! For a gaming rig try PopOS or Nobara.
PopOS is Ubuntu based and used Gnome. They’re hard at work on a new custom DE that appears Gnome-like. PopOS is made by hardware company System76 to improve upon Ubuntu’s support of newer hardware they wish to sell.
Nobara is Fedora based and recently switched to KDE Plasma which aligns with the Steam Deck. Nobara is specifically tweaked for gaming.
I’ve used it in a VM just to mess around. I’d like to install it on an old ThinkPad and try to compile some applications.
Edge > Chrome. I use it at work. Much better.
Looks like a great shed TBH.
My experience has been that LibreOffice will not correctly render my .csv files when they are above a certain size. Not talking about big data here either like a few thousand rows. For this reason I use OnlyOffice instead.
What do you want to self host? To learn or experiment buy a cheap old x86 box. I get mine at goodwill auction. Otherwise desktop is good if you want something that needs more compute and that you’d spin up as needed vs always on.
Make a live bootable usb of https://clonezilla.org/
Firefox for personal. I like Edge for work stuff.
Writing by hand with a pen you like on nice quality paper can be enjoyable. The best for me is when I journal on my typewriter.
I am happy with Proton.
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I was also asked this question at 15 while being interviewed by the local Sears. I went on to sell shoes though. Cordless phones would have been cool.
I wish I could get over the learning curve with GIMP but tbh my current workflow involves a windows 10 virtual machine for Photoshop. It works for my needs without GPU pass through.
I’m using Evolution as I prefer their interface. I’m curious to give the new Thunderbird a try when there’s a flatpak.
Please, please, please, don’t be caffeine! 🤞
Oracle’s take on the RHEL news is laughable and frankly disappointing even by Oracle standards.
+1 for Brother. Works great printing from Linux.
Here we go! Congrats to the System76 team!