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YMMV based on distro. IIRC OpenSUSE has upgrade "pathing" to reduce conflicts during long delays between updates. Geckolinux has an iso released 6 months ago and it will update to the latest OpenSUSE packages.

I honestly think Arch could handle 3 months as well as long as you update the keyring and read the update news from Arch.

NixOS rolling wouldn't give a damn but that's not really fair since it basically rebuilds the whole system :P

The biggest issue is not getting security updates for 3 months.

Just keep breaking stuff! It means your learning and trying new things, for the most part. Eventually you'll just break stuff less and less or know what to look for when something breaks. On that note do try to struggle with something a little bit before rolling back or reinstalling.

Nah, the maintenance guys in my old apartment building a few years ago doused my unit and me with aerosolized chemicals. Fun times. I'm assuming it's much cheaper than heat treating.

Yeah, fair enough, that eGPU solution doesn't seem very convenient

I do see your point but my use case is that I like to play casually in bed, I like that I have the option to bring it on the go, and I like to sit down at my desk and game with the boys or play FPS. I mostly use it in docked mode these days because I've been really busy.

My buddies and I want to play the new Baldurs Gate soon. Which doesn't run too hot on the SteamDeck. Perhaps with an eGPU it could.

I have a gaming PC as well in another room. Which I stream to the SD sometimes. But it's honestly a bit of a chore compared to using the SD.

As a side note I find the SD software pretty decent. Not sure if that was directed to the Ally.

The formfactor, You could dock it and have a full power system or use it on the go. For Valve it also reduces overall SKUs and the need to support a wider range of products/controllers. A eGPU enclosure wouldn't even need new product development. They could probably rebrand an existing unit. It would extend the life of the SD by making it's graphics card modular and upgradable at least in docked mode.

But yes they should release the OS and PCs are great to. I just think it would be a nice addition to the SD ecosystem.

Yup, I've walked into the gym dead tired after work telling myself I don't wanna be here, I should go home. Then I hop on the bike for 10m get into it and it turns into 40m.

Over time the consistency just builds into momentum and habit.

They just need to release a thunderbolt capable SteamDeck with a eGPU.

Depends a lot on the type of games you want to play. AAA or competitive FPS probably gaming PC. Older games, casual, indie, etc. SteamDeck is great.

I have to say that the SteamDeck brought a lot of fun back to gaming for me. Everything's in one package, it's portable, I can play docked or lay in bed. I can suspend it and come back whenever.

I've mainly played the Witcher 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Noita, GC roms, Disco Elysium, Dishonored, and Stardew Valley. Some of those games I've owned for a long time and I never played them until I got the SD.

But it does make a great streaming device/glorified controller too when I want to run more demanding stuff on my PC.

Well all issues except for changing the governor should be fixed by using Ubuntu and Fedora and installing per Framework's install guide. The Encryption thing is a single toggle on install. The governor/TLP is a little more advanced but it's only uninstalling like 2 programs, installing 2 programs, and you can configure it via GUI. And fw-fanctrl is optional.

It's only complicated because I was explaining why.

For me Fedora on the framework worked out if the box and was configurable via GUI (except for non-free media codecs probably). Using a 144Hz external monitor, mixed scaling, Logitech ergo mouse, and thunderbolt dock.

I didn't think it's a massive amount of research but yes there is some learning that has to be done. If you switch from Windows to macOS you also have to learn new ways to do things. I don't think it is unreasonable to expect the same for Linux. Expecting Linux to be a Windows clone with free support will never happen.

But I understand wanting to stick to Windows because it's comfortable and what you're used to. It's how I feel about Linux now that I'm used to it. I'm not trying to proselytize. And I do still use Windows for specific use cases like some class assignments and 2000s era HI8/miniDV video conversion/restoration.

This is a take I would have agreed with 10 years ago but not today.

There's also the SteamDeck and gaming is a very valid use case now. I do admittedly like getting my hands dirty but I use Linux as a daily driver for school and home.

The forum culture has gotten a bit better. It used to be like that more often 10 years ago but now people seem more helpful. It also really depends on what you google. (E.g. my desktop crashed Linux help vs gnome crash error from logs) But you're also expecting a lot of free support from the community. If you need support buy Linux from a company that offers support like System76, Steam, etc.

Ok, and you can also just backup and reinstall Linux?? In fact some distros automatic snapshots of your system get taken and you can roll back from the terminal, GUI, or bootloader.

The last one I just don't get. Windows errors are cryptic hieroglyphics or UX'd to uselessness. At least I'm Linux it tells me what went wrong either on the screen or in logs. Even with visual bugs I've been able to find an exact bug report with the developers response and the version it will be fixed in after some Googling.

I'm also on a Framework 13 with a 144Hz external. These problems do sound like some beginner-level issues you'd run into on a distro that runs behind in updates.

The only officially recommended distros by framework are Fedora and Ubuntu (although I've run a wide range and they've all worked). They have guides here for all sorts.

Issues 1 and 3, you need to use Wayland on KDE or GNOME and both Wayland and the DE need to be up to date. This is an area where Linux is rapidly getting better.

Issue 2, should be adjustable in any DE settings panel. That's a really strange one because I've never run into touchpad issues in my testing.

Issue 4, no idea. Logitech support is pretty good. Does this happen on all distro? I wonder if this is related to the touchpad issue.

Issue 5, they can be. It depends on your governor program. I strongly recommend setting up TLP. There's some good guides out there in the FW forums. However, avoid disabling USB ports. For other governor solutions I'm sure there's a config file laying around somewhere or perhaps it's saving the last used setting.

Issue 5a, if the issue is fan noise. Check out fw-fanctrl.

Issue 6, this just has to be a Mint thing. I've had fingerprint reading working on everything. My guess is that maybe they're missing the fprint package or the UI/UX is rough. You can set up finger print reading from the terminal.

Issue 7, just select FDE on install if the installer offers it. Linux uses dm-crypt for FDE and it has baked in HWE. I would imagine other Linux encryption programs are hardware accelerated by default as well as support for it is part of the kernel. But I may be wrong about that.

All in all your experience of Linux is going to be very distro dependent and yes it may take some work and troubleshooting. But I think it mostly feels harder because it's different from what you're used to.

I run EndeavorOS and like that it's all basic defaults because then I can build it into what I want. I highly recommend it once you become a little more used to Linux.

Nah 10 hours for free and then turn it into a subscription service. Eyeshittification!

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Might depend on how strict you are though there's a lot of fish sauce used in Thai/Vietnamese cooking

I'm the heavyweight MonkeyType champion

I like using Kopia to backup my home directory

That's some pretty solid research! Thanks for taking the time to look into it and correct me. I didn't realize leaded gasoline was still widely used. It will likely continue to poison the soil as well.

It does appear there is some bioaccumulation of cadmium (PDF) though/contamination from the soil during processing as CyberDine pointed out.

mrchampion corrected another comment of mine in this thread that links studies saying the lead might change from leaded gasoline used during the shipping process.

This publishing (PDF) does seem to indicate the is done degree of bioaccumulation of cadmium in the cacao plants though.