So they can blow it on functions they cancel :)

Then they went back to Linux a few years pater

No, but it will mean apps get written for Linux, due to market share

They then switched back to Linux

I will add if you send a proton encrypted email to a non proton user they get like a weblink version that decrypts for viewing. And it has an expiration date.

You could try cockpit, it is webgui for your system, it has an area where you can see what services are launched and enable/disable them.

If you try OpenSUSE their s a GUI made for startup/enable/disable settings

A few for different use cases. NixOS on my wife’s 14 year old laptop because it proved to handle the hardware the best, and she struggles with change so if that system dies the NixOS configuration can be redeployed identical to how she had it with no additional effort.

Debian on my old IOmega NAS.

OpenSUSE on my personal PC and Work computer, since it supports my proprietary CAD software, and nVidia releases a driver specifically for SUSE/OpenSUSE use.

Some of thaose restrictions get stupid. We had a client ship us their hardware and they included Laser Mouse on the manifest. The US border controls would not allow delivery due to a Laser being included LOL. Had they just entered it as a Mouse the package would have been delivered.

Wow that is a gorgeous image

I meant the USB power coming from dock to charge port on laptop. If you mean USB (thunderbolt) out for display then it migtht not be bidirectional for power. My HP has a USB-C thunderbolt but the power cord has the USBC and barrel power in one plug since the USBC can’t charge the laptop.

USB Cable connection, power failing? Is drive set to power down on idle and then falling off the radar?

WSL is fine for doing ssh type stuff or simple things but it is wonky for full distro use experience.

I have an HP zbook. Fan did that a few times, almost like it didn’t recognize power control and defaulted to a higher fan speed. Booting to windows and then back to Linux fixed it. Not sure why.

Is the office and thee charge rated at enough wattage, and is the USB cable a heavy duty power cable intended for the machine or some cheap cable?

I was lucky that my work software had a Linux version, so since 2017 was able to use Linux all day. Recently I needed Windows for a software. It is hell dealing with Windows interface again (it has a terrible workflow), and constant push of nonsense AI in apps, etc

Awesome

Hmm. I did have one machine that would install from USB but would not boot after. Turned outbit was a hardware glitch deb and deb derived distros could not get past, so I found RPM based worked fine as did NixOS (weirdly)

Is secure boot turned on? If so you will probably need to turn that off. EFI boot entries get set in the UEFI somehow, so once you get it booted it should see it. But how old is the PC? Could be a limitation if it is old.

Do you have an option to allow legacy USB boot? My desktop has this off by default so will not boot from a USB drive

We have a 2010 laptop that was useless with Windows. Runs NixOS now. Wife uses it for youtube, zoom calls, email etc. It is super responsive.

I had one laptop doing this, the work around was disabling ipv6