is it really that simple? I was trying ways to like separate them or block them from each other

Yup that did it. but when I report the errors, nothing freaking happens. it just loads and loads and loads and hangs.

Hmm I always though western digital was pretty decent for hard drives?

Thanks, didn't know about the Broadcom wifi part.

Thanks. I do not want to mess around with virtualization; I went down that rabbithole before and got lost and broke stuff lol. I need to do a bit more research and learning before im more confident with virtualization. So how large should the swap be? and what about a bootloader?? Are all three compatible with grub? also how large should the bootloader partition be? thanks, this is all a bit foreign to me.

so basically if the computer has the specs that meet the distros newest version's requirements, it theoretically should be gold?

oh dude i never do backups each time i start over from scratch its a brand new version of linux. the only "important" files (that I know of), i sync to the cloud.

Docks and dongs! Two things you ought love lol

Wow that is amazing, thanks for sharing.

I have also heard this sentiment, that enterprise/business level hardware is best, even for personal use

Wow wow wow, you guys are light years ahead of me in the equipment department. I plan to learn and utilize a lot of that stuff but I was more interested in the smaller everyday things like chargers, cables, flash drives, adapters, etc lol still great info though. I was super intruided by supermicros server selection when I went down that rabbit hole. Truth is, I'm not nearly ready for a server yet.

It's just that my model is a newer generation Dell and I've heard from multiple people that Dell is getting more and more locked down and proprietary like Apple, so im thinking that's why I haven't had the best linux experience on this darn thing.

Same, I am also a Linux user. What are your favorite brands?

Well that's the thing, I can't afford to buy new where you can just return it and all that; I'll most likely be buying a refurb or used or older but new piece of equipment or possibly piecing together my own, depending on what i can learn about what I need for a smooth and easily fixable linux system

Lol really???? why is that? surely those are of way less quality than others available, right?

Uhmmm so it would be interesting to learn about rolling releases and thats where my choice of manjaro could fit in. Sometimes I simply get bored of debian/Ubuntu but its what I'm most familiar with. The goal is to learn and USE other distros. Not just browse or hop around but I want to use the three main distro types all on one system. I want things to remain in tact like a normal workstation installed on your desktop. Idk much about virtualization, but I'm under the impression that they wipe your disk or a certain distro clean after each use. I do NOT want that.

Thank you! Pfsense is one thing I'm confused about... Its a software, right? Does it matter the type of router you use it on? Or do you buy routers that specifically have it installed?

Holy crap thats crazy! Are simple things like surge protectors pretty much equal? Is there a point in researching brands for such a presumably simple thing?

This is the info I needed to know! So I dont have a server; I should probably leave them alone then huh?

Yup my dell xps 13 had kaby lake processors, not all cores though.

Ahh good to know. Adding to the list lol I've heard the name mentioned a few times but never really looked into their stuff. Thanks

Sorry, over my head on what a binary blob is lol does it have anything to do with proprietary stuff?

That's always a recommended brand. Never had much luck with their laptops, but had a real old Asus router that I liked.

thanks, good to know. I dont use bluetooth anyway, so not a problem

I gotcha, that makes sense. I'm really at the beginning of my homelab or self hosting journey. I've been exploring alot of random aspects and keep forgetting to think about the basic things first. My problem is figuring out how to start and setup things properly, but that's a whole other thread/story lol

Wow thanks for the info, sounds like some hefty stuff to learn lol. So I'm kinda broke and can't afford new hardware ATM. I only have a tp Link archer ax1800 WiFi 6 router and a belkin rt3200 because I read its great for openwrt. Wellll openwrt completely overwhelmed me so I never got a chance to properly implement it. One of these days I'll need to sit down with more patience and try to understand the firmware better

Man thats shitty to hear. At least they fixed it! I'm having similar issues with my two usb c ports on my laptop and its been solo annoying. Just a ton of random disconnects and reconnects. I had one port completely replaced but I still have the issue from time to time.

So would a router running pfsense then also become my primary WiFi routers too? Or is it best to keep pfsense strictly as a firewall and have a separate router strictly for WiFi?

I will look into this, thanks

Gotcha. Never explored Gnome boxes yet; probably just waiting for the right time. I've been trying to learn a whole lot of other tech stuff, so I sorta put virtualization on the back burner for now. Definitely wanna learn about KVM, lxd and lxc and even gnome boxes. just not right now

Perfect! Thank you

Ok, I think I had to enable monitoring service in the settings. Haven't received any calls yet to see lol but at least when I open yacb, I now see the added business names and ratings and reviews

Well its more than just trying them out, in want to learn and actually use them too. Like as work stations, not just like a live image where you can browse around. Sometimes in get bored of my debian distro and I dont want to just delete it and reinstall another type, ya know? I'd rather have all three where I can actually use and work on them and they all stay in tact and keep all my settings and files and programs, like how a normal desktop installed distro does. More of a learning and adventure thing than anything. One day I could focus on manjaro and then the next work on fedora or if I get bored and just want to casually use my computer I could just hop on my more comfortable debian distro. Idk maybe it seems weird to others, its just how my brain works. I want to be proficient in the big three, plus opensuse eventually too.

Thank you!

Never heard of this one. Some more research to do! Thanks for all the info

Hmm koler sounds interesting... Any experience with it?

Thank you

Thank you so much

I have HEARD of Bedrock but never really read about it. I will give it a check out now. Not too interested in VM's ATM

I was running debian bookworm but was having issues with random Freezing And loss of touchpad and keyboard and also was having issues with my WiFi firmware or drivers idk. I mean I liked debian, but I couldn't fix the problems so I aborted