https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-m1s-with-4gbyte-ram/

I’ve been using the original m1 running a lineage OS based android TV for a couple years. It’s perfect. I added a nvme drive for a “DVR” in tivimate, but we rarely use it. I use a cheapo 2.4ghz remote from Amazon.

I’ve been daily driving Linux since the early 00s and docker confounds me too, especially the networking. I’m not familiar with bottles. I just play all my games on steam and it’s seamless.

I’ve been a slackware user since the late 90s. I take for granted how easy it is to install today. I’ve been tinkering with a socket 7 build, and nothing is easy. Installing slackware 8 is a pain in the ass. I can’t even get half my hardware working on win95! It’s not like riding a bicycle.

Be your own package manager. Choose slackware.

Like what? (Curious)

I’ve been daily driving linux since the late 90s and have no idea what wine prefixes are!

Mine too! But for a couple days only.

There are tools to download, compile and install packages! Whether or how you use them is left up to the slacker. I use them, but I scrutinize most deps so that I’m not adding support for features I won’t use.

I think Slackware’s reputation for being difficult dates back to the 90s when all linux was difficult. Slackware has evolved just like everyone else, just differently. It’s easy to install, and works like any other kde plasma based distro if you choose the default full install.

The two biggest differences are no systemd and package management. Slackpkg functions somewhat like apt-get, but only for official packages and updates. Everything else can be installed with slackbuild scripts that can be automated with sbopkg. This process is similar to using the AUR with a helper like yay. And I have some flatpaks installed too.

I use a microSD to usb adapter and have 2 spinning rust disks. So it’s /sdc for me, but i still always double check. Dd isn’t called the disk destroyer for nothing.

Plug your usb drive in and run lsblk to figure out which letter to use instead of x in /dev/sdx

sudo dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M status=progress

EDIT: I totally didn’t read your request. This is not gui or Mac based, but it still might help someone.

I should take another crack at sway. I didn’t know about EOS. I started with nwg-shell.

Remember the first time you got a printer working in Linux? Better than sex…

Nope! Everything just works and it’s rock solid. It’s also been my daily driver for over 20 years.

I was doing a lot of tech support when my wife was on endeavouros and my daughter was on bazzite. Tbf, my problems with bazzite were probably down to me not understanding the immutable distro concept.

My other thought was “obnoxious American tourists,” but the bacon thing sealed it.

Arch users are the sanctimonious vegans of the linux world. Bacon is delicious, and you are not special.

I’ve got my wife and 5 year old on slackware. They wouldn’t know how to screw it up if they wanted to!

Install slackware instead! But if you must, yay.

Batocera linux and retro games!

The only problem I have gaming on Linux these days is anti-cheat on a couple titles. Everything else is seamless already. The steam client works just as it does on Windows.