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Intelligence is independent from executive capabilities though. Plenty of dumb neurotypicals, plenty of really smart people with ADHD. A ton of intelligence is useless if you have executive difficulties because you will never apply said intelligence into something beneficial for yourself. Intelligence is also multidimensional and a spectrum. I've met a lot of really stupid people with doctor titles and highly technical work roles. You can be a genius in area A while also being an absolute moron in area B. That's just normal life.

As someone who has had neighbor's children randomly walk into my house and demand things like food, water (I won't say no to children, I'm not heartless), and use of my TV and internet. I'm sorry, but don't let kids be pest is unironic in some areas. Some people haven't socialized their kids properly and we were the ones who had to explain to these kids (4 to 6 year olds) that wandering without permission into other people's houses was not only inappropriate but dangerous to them. We, the strangers, telling these kids that they should be wary of strangers. The parents just didn't give a fuck and wouldn't even talk to us, but they were apparently fine with their kids roaming into stranger's homes. I'm glad we moved away.

Immutable only means the binaries. Config and user data are segregated and perfectly mutable. Any change on '/etc' or anything on '/var' should work.

If it is for distro hopping, you are better served by liveUSB and virtual machines. Just remember the reason a Linux “distribution” is called that, is because of the package manager and the precise collection of libraries and software packaged for the fresh install and available for distribution on repositories. Managing those is 90% of the work of maintaining a distro. Therefore, your favorite software might not even be available on a different distro's repository. Flatpaks will work everywhere that supports them, but you're at the mercy of the distribution's managers including all of the portals required for desktop and system integration. No package manager I know of accepts a file with a list of packages to install. That's what bash is for, learn basic scripting and that should cover your use case then.

Well, if you are still going to be using those exact same tools in 10 years, then realize that it is identical to framing it from one day to another. I'm using X software today (regardless if I installed it 10 years or 10 days ago), how do I get it over to a brand new system tomorrow? Easy, you clone your drive.

Most Linux systems are easily reproducible via snapshots, cloning, etc. There are several tools to do it, since it is the bread and butter of servers sysadmins all over the world.

It's irrelevant how much time has passed, and thanks to update cycles of most distros, your OS will already be up to the point you would want it to be in a different system. Compared to Windows, Linux systems have a far lower library entropy. You won't accumulate registry entries or leftover files from old versions, configurations corrupted by auto-updates or anything of the sort. So your system today is exactly what you would get if you installed a new system and installed the same libraries and apps manually tomorrow.

Most tweaks on protondb are either copy pasting a few settings to a Steam dialog box, or picking a particular option in the compatibility list on the GUI. Mostly old games take a bit more effort, yet it won't be any harder than what you used to do to make mods run on Windows. Really, the only reason anything Linux could be intimidating is because it is unfamiliar. As soon as you start seeing the parallels with tinkering and tweaking on windows, you'll realize that it is actually easier, more intuitive, and more stable than on Windows.

That's not a thing on Linux. I usually have a live USB with a lightweight recovery distro. The basics for partition handling and backup/recovery tasks, stuff like that. But I've only needed it once in over 15 years. When you upgrade the distro handles everything, including flatpaks and applications. A well managed distro has the apps, the config and the user data all segregated, thus the system should be in an identical state after an upgrade. On containerized, immutable distros the user doesn't even notice the entire system was upgraded.

You want to game and you want it to be easy. Just install Bazzite, ignore people suggesting Mint. Mint is the best traditional distro ever made, but it has major flaws and it gets difficult if you try to game in it. Containerized immutable OS are way better for novices and the average user. People want to use their computer, not manage a computer they never use. A lot of us Linux fanatics we tend to forget that fact.

You have plenty of technical knowledge to get it installed. And that's about it for what is required.

Don't dual boot Windows, it gets too hands on and too technical fast. Instead, have Windows on a entirely separate second drive. Boot to the desired drive accordingly. Linux plays nice and can work with windows perfectly, but windows actively hates linux and will fuck up any drive it shares with it. So it is best windows is absolutely oblivious as to the existence of Linux in the machine. For that you'll need to disable secureboot and probably disk encryption as well. As I said, it's a technical challenge. Not worth it in my personal opinion.

Be mindful about the games you play, often if it doesn't run on Linux is not because of any technical limitation on Linux side. It's because of the political will to hurt Linux. This is why virtually all indie games run fine on Linux, it's AAA slop that is designed to stop working if it detects it's running on Linux.

Linux is unique in that all files, drives, devices, everything exists on a single file structure. All bazzite did was automount your drives to specific directories in the hierarchy. Check the documentation but usually the drive manager will tell you exactly where are the drives automounted. The hierarchy filesystem standard (HFS) says it would be '/var/mnt', see there but double check with bazzite docs. There's little reason to deviate from that standard behavior.

As for VPN, the apps all mostly suck in some way, both on Linux and windows. Just generate the keys for the main locations you like to use and use the OS openVPN connection. If you really must install the provider client, you'll have to tinker somewhat. They're usually capricious and don't play nice with flatpak. Layering should be your last option.

Add: as for the auto login, I don't know how it works in GNOME, I prefer KDE plasma and also prefer password.

The keyring issue is usually from lacking a specific portal or a misconfig, with the app expecting a particular wallet.

EDIT: On bazzite mnt is inside var.

Language is natural to humans. It would be hard, but you'll eventually get there if there's no alternative. Think that babies learn how to speak without having any previous language of reference. It's just a thing our brain does spontaneously. Watch or read Shogun, you'll notice how multilingualism is actually more common than we think. And historically people have always spoken several languages. Depending on which point in time you'd get to ancient Egypt (we are talking about a really long period of time, over 3 thousand years), the high class would probably also speak Greek, Latin, or Arabic. Depending on diplomatic relations and pressures. Not to mention the lay people would also probably speak other languages alongside Egyptian, like Domari and Hebrew.

Another interesting thought, if you traveled to late ancient Egypt, learned to speak there, let's say five years or so. Then traveled further back in time to early ancient Egypt, you probably won't understand a single word again. If you traveled to the 800s England, you wouldn't understand the English they would speak.

Cheap protectors suck, no surprise there. Go with a reputable brand and have a shop install it. I've never had any problem and they definitely work. The glass used on modern phones is strong but not infallible, it will eventually scuff and break. You'd be surprised by the amount of stuff you find in everyday life that's harder than even the strongest gorilla glass. Even then, any high density material the glass is resistant to, will eventually wear it out with enough prolonged friction.

All you have to accept is that screen protectors and cases are like car tires, or shoes, you do have to change them eventually. The idea is that they take the wear and tear instead of the phone itself, and for that they are perfect. Just because your feet could take a hike up a mountain barefoot doesn't mean it is not a good idea to wear shoes.

High quality protectors come with microfiber cloth cleaners to keep the phone free of dirt and oil, spray with alcohol or slightly soapy water. You should do it to your phone too, even if you don't use a screen protector, something that is always in your hands and with you everywhere does get filthy and dirty. It's just basic hygiene.

Classic, straight out of the fascists playbook. Everyone who supports the fash is grassroots movement, everyone who opposes fascism is a paid shill from the scapegoat du jour.