Some do it’s up to you to pick the ones that have open drivers.

Using timeshift would be perfect for this. I run sid and use this all the time to restore back to a snapshot on a bad upgrade.

Lol i see these over and over and the conclusion is always the same. They really are looking for Debian but they never mention it as an option.

If you like debian and just need a newer kernel you could just add backports to your debian install then install the kernel during the install process.

The best advice I can give you is to switch to Linux is don’t right away. Switch the applications you use to open source or Linux compatible alternatives that also run on windows. Then after you get used to those on windows then make the switch.

I would also recommend not dual booting at first since it’s too easy to jump ship at the slightest issue vs sticking with it to figure out the issue just like you would with a problem on windows. It’s a real thing I have experienced it in reverse as a long time Linux user that tried Windows 11 i kept jumping back to Linux every time I ran into issues that caused frustration.

• https://github.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood/refs/heads/master/screenshots/NBC News/Screenshot from 2016-05-16 09-31-28.png

At this point i don’t think any tech article is written by a human

The hollywood package is also great for this

I mean they call it out in the article that it’s free and open source. Hey it might get someone looking for freeware to get gimp instead.

Ah I just thought you needed it for an idle game you want more of a turbo button. If it’s a Logitech mouse does solaar or piper not work for you? I have macros setup in my G502.

You don’t need a maco and a mouse to auto click the following will let you click 200 times where ever your mouse is at time the command is run and you can set the delay and number of clicks to anything you want

xdotool click --delay 5000 --repeat 200 1

The best advice I can give you is to switch to Linux is don’t right away. Switch the applications you use to open source or Linux compatible alternatives that also run on windows. Then after you get used to those on windows then make the switch.

I would also recommend not dual booting at first since it’s too easy to jump ship at the slightest issue vs sticking with it to figure out the issue just like you would with a problem on windows. It’s a real thing I have experienced it in reverse as a long time Linux user that tried Windows 11 i kept jumping back to Linux every time I ran into issues that caused frustration.

I know it’s not but Gaming Pillow just sounds dirty.

Also if you have a spare hard drive laying around you could use timeshift to snapshot your install with an easy restore method to give you some confort

Yeah that is his point he is trying to make at some point you just have to come to terms with that trust since you are right it’s not feasible to build your own hardware.

No worries , but i think I’m not being clear if you build it from scratch. how are you going you going to compile it ?

Your welcome but that’s the point he was making even if you build everything on your own. The backdoor would be in the compiler. So even if you built /bin/login for example he would just inject it at compile time when compiling your code. But then you asked I will just compile the compiler but you have to compile it at some point and he can inject the code back into the compiler at that point.

If you read this you will never trust anything again. If you aee not familiar with him that is Ken Thompson one of the father’s of Unix.

I 100% agree with this what we need is a centralized store like steam that is a non-profit. Where they make it easy just to buy the software. I love distros as much as the next person but having it centralized between all distros gets people paid. My only concern is how do we get the devs of libraries used by those apps use paid. And yes i know it sounds crazy it’s open source how can you charge? Nothing in free and open source says you have to not charge. You just have to given them the source when you do so.

Even if someone can build it themselves for free. If you make the store a great experience to use. People will just buy. It’s likely this i can go out and pirate any games I want. So from a monetary perspective it’s the same. With a little work I could have my games for free but steam is so good i just buy the game.

If you have your requirements try them all couldn’t hurt