Be prepared for your router to not work until you figure out how to set stuff up. So hopefully this isn’t your only router. I converted a router to OpenWRT and my knowledge of networking was super basic. It was very confusing but I did get it working in a few days. However, I couldn’t get some things working like a VPN or updating without wiping all my settings. OpenWRT is router firmware, not NAS software. You’ll need to run something like CasaOS, OpenMediaVault, TrueNAS, etc for that.

This website is a great starting point for router configurations: https://routersecurity.org/#StartHere

I like Bleachbit but I’ll check this out

I find Polychromatic to be a great UI for OpenRazer

Thank you. That’s incredibly insightful. When I get the cash I’ll setup a PiHole

Fair

That’s a good point

Why would someone pick PiHole over say a customized NextDNS on your router?

This is really neat. I’ll be trying it out for sure

Glad to hear you’re on Linux, living a more sovereign life and having an easy time with it. Mint does indeed work very well for me too. I put Mint XFCE on a ~2015 laptop that Windows was bloating down to dysfunctional. Now it works reasonably well.

You’ll hear other people say Linux works well until it doesn’t. Well so does Windows. It has many issues too that people tend to not mention. Don’t get discouraged by those people. Most of the time Linux is totally fine for normal users, it’s people trying to do abnormal things that then causes issues.

Use a fork of Firefox that doesn’t do that. For example, Ironfox

That’s exactly right

Don’t forget UBlock Origin and being smart on the web and install programs through the software center

I always encrypt my computer SSD as well as my external backup drive. I just wish that when installing a Linux distro and when selecting encryption that it would work with multiple drives

Maybe Mint XFCE. It should be really nice after 22.1 releases. I always suggest the Crucial BX500 as a cheap SSD upgrade. It’s fantastic for the price.

I think they’re great. I’ve got two Linux newbies running some Ublue variant with no issues

Well said

I’ve got two people on Kinoite no problem

Get it on Flathub and set it to auto start on login in Kinoite settings, then auto connect on application start within the program.

Mint has been the most particular distro for bluetooth for me. I noticed there is a difference between “connecting” and “pairing”. I have to “pair” the first time my device is connected and then “connect” every subsequent time. If I pair the device to another computer I have to re-pair on Mint.

Have you also tried using Bleachbit to free up storage space?