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A lot of apps these days are offered only thru Flatpak.

I dont have any issues with Flatpak overall, but I do prefer installing from the repos. Snap needs to go away and I wish Flatpak would become the go to choice. XFCE is easy to get use to, and I used it quite a bit with Xubuntu, Linux Lite and MX Linux but KDE offers a better experience overall.

I have looked at Chris"s script but I deal mainly with friends and family for support so thats a no go. On my system I prefer to make changes on my own, thru my own devices and honestly Im not as picky as Chris is with his uses of Windows. Most changes I make for myself are related to gaming an...

Many things in Win11 can be disabled now but with 24H2 thats going to be a bit more of an issue. Rufus for many will probably be the easiest way to turn off much of the crap before installing.

Heres the link for info on Endless 6.0 release, https://distrowatch.com/12146

Will give it a look. The Register have some good articles but they also have had their issues with really poor journalism, that got them into quite a bit of hot water in the past.

It will happen with new installs or reinstalls and even with the Home version but its still early, that might change. I hate Bitlocker as you get a 48 number key that youd better not lose or youre stuck. It can be linked to your Microsoft account but a lot of people still dont have one. Its been aro...

I dont have those issues you mention with my mouse as modern mice are stable, accurate , wireless if preferred and DPI can be adjusted. Ive used trackballs for gaming but find even modern ones a bit clunky even though many people swear by them. Im glad you found something youre comfortable with and ...

Im not at the point where I want to use an immutable OS as my daily driver as I want to be able to tweak very freely and use a wider variety of apps/sources. Im presently using Zorin OS and it offers a nice balance between ease of use and overall features.

No tornados here but it rained like a banshee last night but was over fairly quickly. May tends to be a cooler, rainier month here the last 5 years. The real heat usually doesnt come until July and beyond.