I have a similar machine that was no longer usable after Windows 10 EOL. I installed Mint on it and it works fine.

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My work computer runs Windows 11, but our IT guys have turned off pretty much all the annoying bits, so it works pretty OK.

The standard terminal in Mint is perfectly fine. You won’t ever need anything else unless you become a system operator taking care of data centers worth of machines. It’s definitely worthwhile getting into, even if you don’t strictly need it. Just watch a few introductory videos and get sudoing. The chances you’ll break something are pretty low, if you use common sense. Having said that, always back up your data before doing anything you’re not 100% certain about.

Or Mint. I use Mint because it works with minimal hassle.

It sounds better than surveillance.

Mint is also one of the biggest distros which is a factor in getting help. Any problem you may have, chances are, somebody already posted the solution.

In 1995 I bought 4 MB of RAM for DM 200, which, adjusted for inflation probably works out to about €200 in today’s money. I’d say, prices have come down quite a bit, since.

Check the YouTube channel “PC Builder”. He regularly does comparison videos on most components, including monitors.

Yeah that may take a while. Personally, I don’t mind but if you need something that requires Wayland, Mint isn’t for you.

Anything more than $500 and we riot!

It’ll be fun, they said.

Appimage is perfectly fine for smaller projects that don’t have the resources to support different packaging formats.

Diagnosis: Windows 11

Treatment: install Linux

There. Glad I could help.

That shouldn’t be too hard.

All hail to the GabeCube!

The deck is a bit underpowered for 4k. Most TVs are 4k these days, so the machine needs to be good at that.

Valve isn’t paying retail.

But on the other hand, Valve have economies of scale, so they can build this thing cheaper than a normal person can build a PC. Plus, they don’t need to make a huge profit on this stuff. The purpose of the hardware is to sell games. At least that’s what I’ll keep telling myself until we find out more.

Me too. I’m not really into VR but I definitely want the GabeCube.