I’d second this suggestion. Very simple to set up with any old android device you’ve got lying around.

The law firm that I work for is has finally decided that we should embrace Linux.

Never thought I’d read this sentence. I don’t have any recommendations, just wanted to say congrats on achieving the unthinkable!

you can just add more DE’s after install

Isn’t this advised against? I was told it was simple to do, tried it, it didn’t work, then I found loads of people saying to never do it!

Good luck with the game!

Why would you need a phone, for signing up to something like GitHub? Have you tried Codeberg?

I’m being a little facetious to highlight that your “operating systems distributing Linux Kernel, therefore they are Linux distributions” comment is a bit silly.

Yes technically Android and ChromeOS are Linux, but that’s not really what people mean when they say Linux. It’s not the Linux kernel specifically that they want, it’s usually the freedom and openness.

Windows contains WSL. It’s distributing the Linux kernel which makes it a Linux distro, right?

While I think it is a recompile, you don’t need the original assets, it just works. I guess it’s abandonware and the original rights holders don’t care?

Something I discovered recently is that you can connect an android phone to wifi, connect it to your computer, and enable “usb tethering” to pass the wifi connection to your computer as a wired connection. Maybe not practical for everyday use, but could still be useful!

Just tested this out, it’s ctrl+shift+r

You can do this on bash too if you add bind Space: magic-space to your bashrc/profile

Thanks, that does sound familiar. Maybe it was the gpg bit that confused me before.

Is there a simple guide to checking checksums? It doesn’t seem like it should be complex but half the time the distro’s instructions don’t work for me!

Here is a good resource for whether you can install another OS on a particular Chromebook

They get what I have so when they have questions I’m more likely to know, and if I don’t I have a machine with me that I can check. It was Mint when I was still learning, now it’s Fedora Atomic. Or for the really tech-averse, ChromeOS Flex.

I have an xbox controller (I think it’s a “series” one, but could be a “one” one, they look the same) and it seems to run fine with a steam deck. There’s probably a little latency, but it’s pretty negligible.

It’s basically what the steam deck does, and that’s very much for Linux noobs!

I’ve only been a Linux user for a couple of years though so I’ve got no excuse!

XFCE is fine, it seems to largely behave and while it doesn’t have any bells and whistles it can do everything it tries to do fine. Gnome on the other hand… everything I wanted it to do required a plugin which had since been broken by a new version. Plasma seems great so far!

I just moved to Plasma from XFCE and my first thought was wow, this runs fine on old hardware, why have I been suffering through the 2010 experience when I could have had features all this time!?