There you go, I’m Italian so my definition of fascism is Umberto Eco’s, seems like this guy falls short a bit, we can use other words.

Yeah, and we have the word authoritarianism for that

He may be an asshole, but calling everyone you don’t like a fascist is just going to make the word useless

Eh at this point it’s easier to download even the stuff you already have on CD

BRB going to dive in the ocean

Fingers crossed but I spun up a Navidrome container a couple of years ago, let Watchtower handle the updates, and never touched it again so far.

I think this assumes piracy

What a terrible website, its hard to understand exactly what this is

Yeah you got me, I’m the worst

Additionally, many have million ad cuts where they repeat what just happened, and depending on where you watch it you may not actually have ads, so it feels like being trapped in a star trek time loop

Lol do you want to deal with a pissed off wife a the smallest issue? At least Netflix’s issues are Netflix’s fault

I have a media server, but I still need Netflix to handle the volume of crap shows my partner watches*

*many actually play in the background while she does something else, but apparently they’re necessary

My gamer Brother-in-law asked me about Linux gaming. Until a few years ago he was all like “Windows is super!”.

Well, I’m stretching the truth a little - she actually uses Manjaro.

I understand not wanting your car windows shattered

RAM is a bit limiting, but OpenMediaVault is a NAS OS with a serviceable docker interface.

Yes, Wine is a compatibility layer that allows you to run windows software on Linux. Proton is a modified version of wine focused on games. Lutris is a game manager that uses wine and proton to run games (and other software if you want), it has several options you can change to improve compatibility with specific games. Heroic is similar, a bit more polished but less configurable.

those are all minor things

The minor things together make a huge difference. Can you install all this stuff on other distros? Sure, but you need to know it exists, first.

In general, I think it’s really unhelpful to present “switch to my favorite distro” as the first step in troubleshooting an issue.

Well, you should use tools that are suited for the purpose. I’ve been a Fedora user for years, I think a decade, but after trying out Bazzite I realised how ideal it is for gamers switching over from Windows. I’ve never been one to suggest Linux to friends, as I don’t want the responsibilities that come with that, but nowadays when a gamer friend complains about Windows, I can dare suggesting an alternative.
I’ve been in OP’s shoes, although in my case the issues were getting my CRT monitor to show anything or my dial-up modem to work with ndiswrapper, and any help reaching some of your goals goes a long way in helping you persevere on the task.

Mortal Kombat Fitgirl repack.

I’d use Lutris for that, it’s a rather automated process, you create a new entry, it asks for the installer, and usually recognises the correct executable for the game.

Literally just setting up docker to then install HA.

Personally, I prefer to run HA in a VM rather than Docker, especially if you’re experimenting, IIRC with docker installation it doesn’t support backup and restore of components and their settings. Virt-manager makes running VMs easy enough.

I opted to install a game, fail.

What game? Install how? Is it from an online platform?

I just want to try home assisstant with a few lights but fair enough it is beyond me.

The installation of home assistant, or its usage?

Bazzite offers a lot that Mint doesn’t for gaming, from dedicated images for nVidia/AMD drivers, to preinstalled steam, easy management of flatpaks (Bazaar blows Discover out of the water), ujust scripts that perform many tasks for you with just a few prompts, a set of programs and utilities uselful for gaming and related tasks.
Sure, you can install Heroic and Steam on Mint, but that’s not all there is to it.