My desktop ran out of memory five times in two days, once killing 29,082 processes at a stroke. Two files that were each sensible on their own had made a loop with no way out.
A fresh container refused my SSH key with Permission denied (publickey). The key was right, the sshd config was right, and the account had a single exclamation mark where it needed an asterisk.
My ZimaBoard had been running an eight-month-old alpha since January, and the built-in updater said there was nothing newer. There was. Getting to it meant learning what 100% on the root filesystem actually means on this box.
The scan half of my HP OfficeJet had never worked from this machine, and I'd filed that under driver problems. No driver was needed. There was no scanner software installed at all, and the real mistakes started after I installed some.
My 144 Hz panel ran at 60 from the day the machine was built, and again after a graphics card swap. Different cause each time, and nothing reported a problem.
Ubuntu, Zorin, CachyOS, and now Omarchy. Why the hopping stopped: keyboard-first everything, apps that earn their keep, and a distro built to be made yours.
A short guide to getting Hugo running on Windows Subsystem for Linux, and why you want the extended build.
