Should be similar on most Linux distros.

Can you mount them? If so what does that look like?

I can’t say I blame them when it comes to going with what’s comfortable.

I used Windows and Linux while in school so it’s what I got used to. Whenever I use MacOS I feel incredibly lost

Such a shame. I thought they used some unofficial version of the API. I wonder what other open source front end I was thinking of?

I really think it comes down to the individual. I personally think that Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World was likely derived at least partially from the book We by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin but both Aldous Huxley and my 10th grade English teacher would disagree. I don’t think it’s wrong to take someone else’s work and add upon it in a way you view beneficial. I view it as a natural evolution if anything and if it gives someone something to enjoy or makes the creative processes a little easier I’m all for it.

Yeah in the same remixing a song is considered original

Do you feel like you ever got over the initial setup period? A lot of what you are describing is what I encounter after a fresh install but I don’t typically have any issues after a little bit of tweaking.

What laptop is it?

Have you checked out this page?

I’ve never heard of it. What separates from Project Cartographer and MCC?

It’s /r/MaleFashionAdvice

I feel they might do alright on Discord because of how focused engagement is on their subreddit. I imagine subreddits where users need to respond to a single post like /r/AskReddit or even news subreddits would struggle and get chaotic quite quickly

It doesn’t really matter. You could try a long term support release and you don’t have to worry as much about constantly updating to prevent stuff from breaking

Garuda has a gaming edition you might want to look at if you decide on a rolling release.

Yeah I get that. I wasn’t suggesting Invidious. I was saying NewPipe is a good option because you can port your subscriptions to other platforms.

You don’t need to start fresh every time you start using an open source alternative.

That said it would work in OP’s situation because it’s pretty much platform agnostic and there are available apps to make it easier to use on the Play Store. I still think NewPipe is the way to go though because it’s designed for Android.

Yeah. As long as you don’t make any alterations to the VM like sharing drives for example. If you had enough storage you could also make snapshots on occasion so you have a back up in the event of malware but you wouldn’t likely get malware unless you are opening the files on that VM

Probably the Audiobook Bay

Worth noting you can export your subscriptions on NewPipe so you can bring them to other platforms.

On PC you can you use Individious

Check ProtonDB and the PCGamingWiki.

If Proton gives it a good rating or recommends certain fixes try installing the game and running it without them then move onto the fixes.

If it’s an older or obscure game try the PCGamingWiki. A lot of fixes for Windows games work on Linux. For example game that rely on Games For Windows Live (which stopped working years ago) typically require a tweak or two. Normally it’s a file you just drop into the games directory. Lots of installer scripts on Lutris typically utilize a no-CD fix either because they don’t play well with modern operating systems or they know most people don’t have a CD drive.

If none of that works try searching the game with the keywords Linux and Reddit. /r/Linux_Gaming is a fantastic community. They don’t allow piracy but many of the fixes and “Does X game work?” post translate over.

This goes for pretty much all repackers and DRM-free games like I’ve said.

Plenty of games are on GOG and Itch.io and they don’t have DRM.

OP may want to look at Garuda’s gaming edition. It seems to have a lot of good gaming packages I usually end up installing myself and it’s based in Arch Linux

Keep in mind with some installers such as Fit-Girl you might need to do things like limit the RAM or tweak the settings just for the installer

You should also create a new working directory for each game so you don’t accidentally delete everything by having multiple games installed into one directory

You use Lutris. You can select the executable and run whatever installer then just select the game’s executable and make tweaks as required.

Lots of tweaks can be found by viewing the Lutris install script.

The whole process is like installing the GOG version of a game. You don’t typically use Proton for non Steam games