Thanks, I'll keep openSUSE Tumbleweed in mind. I think I'm going to try this after two weeks of Mint

Thank you all for the many replies!

I'll summarize it as followed:

• Ubumtu: one does not use Ubuntu any more
• Linux Mint: always a good start
• Fedora: also always good and would be good for a Thinkpad
• Bazzite for gaming
• Gnome really is not for everyone

Since I already tried Fedora, I'm going with Linux Mint for the moment.

(In fact, the installation of Mint is running right now and I'm using the whole SSD, no windows boot manager partition will survive!!!)

Since Mint is Ubuntu-based: do you know if Mint will have the same AI crap in the OS?

AI backed into the OS? No thanks, that's really a reason to NOT go for Ubuntu. Edit: corrected typo

Thank you very much for pointing that out. Highly appreciated. That's exactly the VPN case for my setup. I'll keep that in mind.

what made you decide to use Fedora and not Ubuntu. Or Linux Mint?

I'm not a big fan of Gnome on Fedora either. Everything is just so big and needs so much space. CachyOS is a tad to new for my taste for using it as a daily driver.

and sorry for the ragebait. I'm just a little bit frustrated and had to write it down

obviously not you ;-)

unfortunately, I've already watched the series. I was not aware that the story originated from a book (well, books). Is this a problem? Do the books have substantially more story than the serie?

OMW is just very easy to read (because Scalzi writes easily and funny) and it has a lot of action in space. However, not all books are equal good. I think the first one was the best.

hmm, interesting. I've only heard that Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is the only story where the movie is better than the book. Therefore, I've never considered to read it. Maybe I should give it a try nonetheless...