I’m using Nobara and Fedora. I think Mint is the most popular.

Check out distrowatch.com it explains it well.

You can bypass the TPM requirements for windows using Rufus to get Windows 11. There are tons of videos on how to do that.

That being said, I use Linux as a daily driver and love it. You can always test it out on a USB and decide if you want to install it. It won’t run games well from a USB, but it at least will allow you to see what you like.

Either way good luck with your adventure and if you have questions this community is spectacular and really likes to help people!

Nope. Other than a concussion and some face damage nothing came of it. The driver was a teenager just learning how to drive.

Got hit by a car. Blacked out. I have some scars on my face from being pushed into the road.

I don’t think we will be losing optical disks ever.

If burned properly they hold storage for a very long time without data loss. IIRC Facebook burns optical disks for old photographs and instead of having a hard drive array or tape library they had a RAID based optical disk system.

Optical disks are great, but not for the daily user since most media content is online and most storage is judged on being rewritable.

I’ll PM you.

I don’t want a snake as a pet. But gosh that is cute.

It sounds a bit silly, but I have been there a lot. For me there was thoughts left over from an unfinished day that would keep me up. It took me years to figure out what the underlying issue was. Insomnia sucks.

Honestly, I don’t think it makes a huge difference for desktop users. I use Nobara because it has built in comparatively out of the box. I also run Fedora 42. All work pretty well.

Nobara

Nobara

One of us put a friend’s dead cell phone in a VHS player and we looked for it for 8 days.

This was well into the time of Blu-Ray and DVD players.

Smart.

I first change my information then delete it. So IE say my name is Don Brown. I change it to Jack Thorton, wait a few days and then delete.

Network. Use it as a springboard for my career.

Work from home. It saves you a lot.

Forage for food

Grow a garden

Dried beans are an amazing value.

Buy not rent.

Learn Linux and reuse old computers. Corporations usually lease them and sell off old ones cheap.

Walk when possible.

Get multiple quotes for things.

Always haggle. I’ve haggled at Walmart.

Drink water if you eat out.

Foraging for plants.

Oh wow. That sounds awful

I double down and ask friends to swap pants with me.

Well then