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Cake day: August 19th, 2023

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  • Since there’s no lack of solutions here I’m going to add one more. If you manage to create bash to update the containers then you can have it run with a systemd service that’s easy to set up. It’s very easy to set up and it’ll work the same as running the command no your computer.






  • First pick a desktop environment, currently KDE, Gnome and Cinnamon are the best.

    • Gnome: Opinionated design like apple
    • KDE: tons of options.
    • Cinnamon: A bit fewer options than KDE but still a lot.

    All of them are very robust and have a massive user base.

    Then pick a base to operate on. Fedora, Ubuntu and Mint are all good options.

    • Fedora and Ubuntu are good for newer hardware and 99% of the time just works.
    • Mint just works all the except for newer hardware.

    Nvidia GPUs are not a big issue but you have to install the proprietary driver yourself for best performance and fewest bugs.

    My pick for you is something your friend uses if you have a friend on Linux otherwise Fedora KDE or Kubuntu.















  • My tip is rice for calories, veggies for nutrition, dry beans/chicken for protein. Frozen veggies can get very cheap.

    Potatoes are also super good and allow for a lot of variety. To make something tasty like mashed it does require butter and milk.

    Side tip for rice, rice cookers are pretty cheap and save you plenty of time. You just toss in rice, water and salt in the correct quantities and good rice comes out. You can also make whole meals with it by putting some oil and frozen veggies.

    For taste spices are key and big quantities of spice don’t cost much per dish. It takes some experimenting but once you get a hang of it it becomes very nice and easy. Garlic/onion powder, cayenna pepper, salt and pepper improve almost every dish.

    One caveat is that seed oils are just not healthy so if the budget allows for olive oil, butter or coconut it’s better.