Linux

I recently started using Fedora with btrfs, which I think was the default on install. So far all I've noticed is that backups and restores are really fast and easy.

Are there any important things to be aware of, like speed, drive lifespan or energy efficiency?

Hello! I just went through the process of getting PopOS onto a chromebook. It went pretty smoothly and appears to be functioning which is great news. However the drive is soldered to the board, there are no slots for a second drive, and it's only 30gb in size.

Depending on how my friend wants to use it this may be fine (like if it is going to be a glorified browser). I'm trying to figure out a good way around it though. My current thought is to get one of those really small USB keys and basically use it like a semi permanent hard drive.

Any thoughts on potential other solutions, or suggestions for USB keys that would work well for this? Is there anything about Linux/Pop that would make the USB solution a bad idea? Or maybe a good beginner friendly distro with lighter requirements than Pop that still works well with chromebook hardware?

macOS has a bunch of apps which can do so, including SketchyVim. Basically you would have all the vim modes motions and operators, inside any text box in the OS / in any app. I just did some looking up and asked LLMs, but didn't find any linux equivalents of that. Ideally they would work on wayland and have app or window class exceptions.

One of the strongest points of Linux is the package management. In 2025, the world of Linux package management is very varied, with several options available, each with their advantages and trade-offs over the others.

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Back in August 2024, I discovered a linux distro called Dragora GNU/Linux. Dragora has a unique package manager called qi. For package instalation, Qi feel like installpkg from Slackware. For building package, qi takes some similiar approaches from PKGBUILD (Archlinux) and APKBUILD (Alpine linux). Qi uses a recipe as alternative of PKGBUILD, APKBUILD or slackbuild file to build package. Qi seems universal to use across distros, I’ve been actively using it on Ubuntu, Dragora, and LFS.