I can also recommend EndeavorOS, mostly seamless install even with a Nvidia Optimus GPU (well that one took a bit of research on what to install exactly, not that it’s easier on other distros)

It is. In Germany it’s pretty common to have little plastic Keychains or coins to use instead of money.

No no, I’m sure my box of IDE Hard Drives & CD Burners will be of use to me at some point…

You can do the same on Windows (mount ssh shares), there is an Fuse like project for Windows: WinFsp.

Agreed. And then there is the combo of the most recent NVIDIA driver and Debian Kernel that doesn’t work together. First time I actually had to downgrade a Kernel update though.

But I guess this could happen with every driver