Probably need one, just for the benchmark comparisons.

One if somewhat temporary.

Both if I want 1-2% increase in performance.

“You’re not good for much, but you do a damn good vacuum.”

-60yo lady to 20yo me, bookshop job.

La la la (puts fingers in ears) I’m not listening!

Not smoke.

I tried it and was underwhelmed, but also overwhelmed.

I love the idea of choosing everything I want, but Arch also meant the pain of learning to install everything I actually need first.

Is there a minimalistic distro that installs all just the essentials (drivers, services like DHCP, a package manager, desktop GUI), and then I choose from there?

You don’t have to have children, don’t feel pressured by friends & family.

You don’t need to be in a relationship, don’t feel pressured by friends & family.

Go travel. See things, eat food, drink wine, enjoy yourself.

Cause you’ll also need to create apps that will be compatible.