CachyOS has been working issue free for me so far. Update the system once every few days and no bumps at all.

If you were only gaming I’d recommend CachyOS. I made the switch about a year ago with no hassles or tinkering. I will say though when updating it is important to pay attention to any warnings and keep a backup with something like timeshift to rollback to in emergencies!

Since you have development as another use case I’d be more inclined to use a fresh install of something like fedora and customise it yourself. I’d imagine it’s less likely to break a new install rather than a customised fork if you try to change something.

I thought this would’ve been the case almost 10 years ago. Especially when streaming wasn’t littered with ads.

You should install the latest 570 driver for nvidia and try again. I’m not sure how much of a difference it would make but I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt.

Personally the attraction here with the boox is the e-ink screen. I also use my phone for reading pretty much everything but e-ink would be easier to look at for longer sessions.

Playing on a 240hz monitor at 240hz or is it at the default 60hz? Could be as simple as a click of a button!

Glad to hear things are improving and you haven’t given up!

If you haven’t already check ProtonDB for compatibility on your steam library! Anti cheat is usually a no go but some games will work. Non steam games you’ll have to check something like Lutris/Heroic for support.

Thanks for linking the guide, totally slipped my mind!

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but if you’re using stock Pop_OS it uses xorg by default as the compositor which iirc has issues with multiple monitors on different refresh rates. You can edit your .config file to enable the Wayland compositor and give it a try and see if it works!

I mistyped my bank website at an insurance office and locked down the computer. Lady had to call IT to unlock everything again. 16 year old me learned to carefully check the address bar that day.

I think you hit the nail on the head with diminishing returns. I’m usually on a 5-6 year usage period too. I can understand the battery swap helping out but my last few phones have felt so sluggish after 4+ years so I start looking at new phones around year 5. I have a Pixel 7 now and I’m going to wait until end of support and then we’ll see what the offerings are then!