I know and was a poor person('s) with a car. Keep in mind me car cost me about €600 a year including tax, insurance and fixing it(somethins I do myself or with friends) now. And I’m not considered social minimum anymore.

So owning a car is expensive(€600 a year is a lot of money), but I doesn’t mean poor people don’t have them.

Higher fuel prices suck, we can me the decision to not eat at a restaurant anymore once a month, but some people can’t. But lowering the taxes for everybody is just stupid.

I hate that I need to own a car. Or anybody for that matter. I live in a village of 6000, no train and a bus one-time a hour (in rush hours 2 times a hour). I can’t make it home when my work ends at 22 and can’t make it to work when I need to start at 8.

The only solution in my eyes would be cheap or free(it’s is still cheaper in gasoline to take the car then the bus) public transport and more. There are a lot of village’s and cities where you are very limited in public transport. So just cheaper train tickets not gonna help a lot of people not near a train stations. We need to invest in public transport (and I do prefer public owned and not for profit in any way)

We and many friends really loved the cheaper ticket for the train this summer. (Bit annoying it didn’t include bus, metro and tram) For some €50 a month was still a lot of money. But we all enjoyed it. Seeing friends and family. So yeah cheap train tickets helps a bit, but especially for work related or medical appointment isn’t practically perfect)

If you want you can self host it according to there gitlab link.

Not really a install guide include it seems

You already got some good recommendation. I’m just giving you some tips regarding your needs.

-Can play steam games(since steam is compatible, this is mostly always checked(I think))

Steam is indeed Linux native, some games also have Linux builds. But most run through proton (this is a lot of the time still clicking install and just run). You can check protondb.com/ if your favorite games run on Linux. (Sometimes the comments recommend a fix)

-Can play other games outside steam(like from GOG where you download the setup. Heard about apps like “bottles” but idk how good it will be)

For Gog games I recommend heroic game launcher, it can manage epic and Gog games and run them with proton. (I think it also does Amazon games, but never tried)

-Video editing softwares (Resolve works but I might want to use another)

Resolve is indeed Linux native. A nice project to look at maybe is kdenlive

-Can run a CAD software(I do like designing and stuff so I do look forward for this(I have used some on windows and don’t know how its will be in linux. I know blender works but it’s more of a modeling than CAD))

I do some 3d modeling myself for 3d printing. So anything web-based works of course, like thinkercad and on shape. I got fusion 360 to run for about a month with wine before it broke. I moved to freecad it’s Linux native and very powerful. It is a other workflow then some other cad software.

-Programming(I don’t think this will be a problem)

I also don’t think this is a problem

-Microsoft like apps(Spreadsheet and stuff, Just need to be able to do work)

There are obviously options like libre office or only office. But if you really need Microsoft office for work you can try the web versions or something like winboat. Winboat runs a full install of windows 11 in a docker container. So for apps like Microsoft office or works better then wine.

-Not sure if this is needed but I do sail the seven seas sometimes

I would look into running pirated software in containers. Keep in mind proton/wine is not a container.

Al software can be installed using your distro’s “app” store. On Linux you first always check your systems software store/packages manager to download and install software. (I see new Linux users download stuff from website’s and then having problems with installing software pretty often)

I would pick something beginner friendly like pop os or bazite.

Yeah same no signal here on signal.

At the moment I’m using echo with the Spotify plugin together with YouTube music and deezer. So if one plugin breaks I have my playlist on another service. But Spotify breaks pretty regularly.

link to there github

At some point I just need to put my music on my media server(most I already own legally). It will be more reliable then Spotify hacks, but finding new music is just better on the service’s

We use Chimera OS for our living room pc. The pc just has some old stuff we had lying around after upgrades. (A i5 4 gen, AMD Rx 470 and 16 gb ram)

My understanding is if you want steam big picture (or how it is called now) with the game scope compositing window manager. Just like on your steam deck. You want to stick with AMD gpu’s (Rx 400 series or higher). There is now some support for Nvidia gpu’s (rtx 2000 series or higher), but it’s not stable yet. On discord some people running chimera os have some success with Nvidia, but also some big problems. I don’t know how bazzite is going on with support for Nvidia. And also don’t follow it all the time for chimera os.

So I recommend at least a AMD card for now.

We have a 4k tv but obviously are playing at 1080p, if you want to play at 4k you of course need a better gpu. But for us playing 1080p on the couch is good enough. (But I’m looking for some good secondhand deals for a upgrade)

At our repair cafe we only suggest Linux Mint. Sure if the person knows something about linux and want/needs a other distro we will help. But it helps us with support/writing manuals and for most people Linux Mint is fine.

I’m know my why around linux a bit, but for alot of other volunteers it also there first time touching Linux in anyway.

We don’t want to scare people away with 100+ options. Just simple, windows like and sane defaults.

I mostly do the same but with heroic launcher.

Damm, for that price you can buy a ds, 3ds, Wii u and a switch (V1) and have money to spare.

I’m in the same boat as you and never found anything for Samsung tizen os. Smarttube is android based only and anything streamed to a Chromecast still has ads.

Edit: okay I thought let’s search one’s more. And there is tizentube did not try it yet but seems promising

Edit a file, writing a quick shell script or whatever in the terminal. Nano is great. I don’t see any use in learning vim or emacs. If I need something more I’m going use a gui editor anyway.

Don’t get triggered anyone it’s just my preference

I use ardour as DAW, but only for recording on Linux. It’s also available for macOS and windows. So you can check if it fits your work flow.

I mostly only use Linux, but sometimes you just need a program with out support. In my case it’s sometimes qlab, Linux show player is great(and I have used it for many shows). But it’s not feature compatibel with qlab

Even if something like proxmox or a Debian install with docker is more customizable. It’s a steep learning curve.

But isn’t something like truenas scale a option? I run Emby(as my media Server) and the arr’s on it. All the apps are already in the “software store” including plex. And setup of the arr’s is just the same as normal. All installs are basically automatic.

I easy passthrough my intel gpu in the config page on the webportaal, but don’t how easy it is for Nvidia or amd. Especially with Nvidia due to drivers. But maybe someone here knows?

2025 is going be the year of cheap hardware. A lot of people will just buy new computers/laptop’s.

I’m helping some people already with setting up Linux. But most average users will not set up Linux. It’s just to scary.

I think that in the Android kernel (for your device) there are binary blobs for hardware drivers. Which are not in mainline and most of the times not even available anywhere.

Of course don’t know how pricing is in your area. But here Wii’s are pretty cheap. 30/40 Euro’s with a 1 or 2 Wii motes. I even picked up one for free (hardware and software worked, but needed some cleaning on the outside).

If you are okay with piracy a Wii is really easy to hack. With lots of homebrew. So if you don’t mind having original disc’s it is pretty cheap.

If you want something more powerful there is of course the Wii u. Wich can run Linux with homebrew. But they are more expensive.

However seems you already have other plans now.

This going be some in time shit right?

As someone how yesterday got home 3 pallets and 4 pallet collar’s in a Twingo. I disagree.

You don’t want to do that every day for work, but in a pinch small cars fit enough. Need more room for a project at home? Get a cart. My Twingo can tow a light cart. That’s 99% of all use cases for me.

Need even more rent a van. We did that with moving houses and it fits so much more then a pickup.

I really think 99% of people will be fine with a small car and a hinge. You get pretty good mileage and a small car that is not a dead trap for everybody outside. Even small ev’s are great for that.

I know some Linux users trash talk Nvidia on Linux like it just a piece of shit. But it’s simply okay. Don’t get me wrong it’s not great. But it works.

But if you have a simple setup it will probably work. My SO PC has a rtx 2060 and one monitor and it works fine.

You can of course always dual boot. I still have windows for VR gaming and just in case. I do recommend a stable os with Nvidia (especially if you just starting out with Linux). Something like pop os. Don’t go with arch just for the meme.

With dual booting you can try Linux and test if it’s okay for you. If not just give the disk space back to windows. If not great keep using Linux.

Just ordered some boards a week ago for meshtastic. Maybe I can find some people in the wild.