Thank you for your insight! I’ve been playing with the idea of getting a retired tower from my workplace to mess around with so it’s nice knowing that’s a valid path. Once I’ve secured some hardware and done some research on set-up I’ll be sure to report back (probably with more questions)!

Why micro over nano or vim?

I respect the minimalism. I’m more of an accent color guy myself. Which editor do you use if you don’t mine me asking?

This feels TOO reasonable, I love it.

What’s the most common aliases you use?

Thanks for the post! Never would’ve known about Starship. Your setup seems a bit feature-rich for me at the moment but it’s nice knowing its an option.

I tried light theme for 0.000000128 seconds, and in that time my eyeballs melted out of my head and onto my keyboard.

I honestly overlooked that when i was trying out Manjaro.

My grandpa had a green CRT. I’m unsure of the make and model, but it’s long since gone.

hey its me ur bruther…

Thanks for the reply!

Zoxide seems cool, typing long paths has been an annoyance of mine so far but I think I’ll keep writing them out for the “experience”.

Thanks for mentioning homelab. They seem quite useful from a quick search. If you remember your first setup, what hardware did you settle on and why? What has changed since? Any pains along the way?

Thank you for the info! That arch install is looking more and more like the next project I’ll be taking.

Thanks for this. I’ve been eyeing archinstall but have held off until i find a cheap desktop to “destroy” testing things out.

I’ve given Debian a spin and honestly don’t care too much for it, probably due to my first exposure to linux being arch-based (I refuse to say “I use arch btw” until i have more than a layman’s idea of everything). My experience with Fedora is limited to flashing Bazzite on my Steam Deck yesterday, so I’m still feeling around.

I have a device running Ubuntu for my PiHole and that’s about it.

This is the first time I’ve heard of TheLinuxExperiment, looks interesing so I’ll be sure to give it a watch on my off time.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to type this out. Cheers!

Not trying to change anything for the sake of change. The intent of my question was to try and get insight from people more experienced/knowledgeable than me on how to deepen my knowledge. So far distro-hopping and initial troubleshooting has been fun… and time consuming.

Currently I’m in surface deep, looking to expand my horizons, and turning to the community for their two cents.

What method/software do you use to create/manage your backups? No need to get into the weeds if you don’t want to, I’ll look up the specifics on my own.

What’s a mistake you made, if any, when backing up your systems?

I’ve actually been on the hunt for a cheap desktop to turn into a media server but everyone around me is overvaluing their 12 year old hardware, might just bite the bullet and make one myself.

Thanks for the insight thus far. I appreciate it.

Thanks for the reply.

I’m guessing systems tend to lose stability over time? What’s something that broke that you’ve had to fix in the past that sticks out in your mind, doesn’t matter the reason.

I have a Surface Pro 7 running EndeavourOS.

Installing was just as simple as installing on desktop. The Linux surface kernel solved some of the non-functional parts (such as touchscreen and auto-rotate). The only thing that doesn’t work are the cameras, but idgaf bout those.

All in all it’s not a terrible experience, but compromises have to be made.

There are DOZENS of us.