Appreciate the advice; I may just follow it considering how positive an experience Mint has been.

Thanks all for the helpful replies! I do have a second ssd, I can probably dump everything there before I format my m2 ssd. I do primarily game thru steam, I’ve got icue software that isn’t compatible but I believe I can use openrgb. Nvidia card also, is it just driver related?

I put Mint Cinnamon on an older laptop just this past weekend and had a lot of fun with it. Are there any migration tips for my main Windows machine? I was thinking of going with Bazzite since it’s my gaming box. What about saved game data and whatnot? I was reading about Putty and SSH ing over to the laptop, but I’m not sure what a good strategy is for my desktop.

Super cool, I’m very interested

My intent was to commiserate and call out how AI is ruining the internet and creating additional friction represented in this thread, and I don’t agree it needs a whole discussion elsewhere. To your point, AI is a crutch for the lazy and will contribute to the further lack of critical thinking evidenced here. But, I can see you’re set on being condescending and pedantic, so I’ll happily show myself out.

Oh sure OK, there isn’t a larger issue here at all, it’s just people being dumb. Sure pal.

When people question if every photo is real or fake, thats a problem, and if you don’t recognize that you’re a fool.

AI is a problem right now, your frustration is proof enough of that. This will only continue to get worse, unfortunately.

Great photo, btw.

Fuck AI