I'd say distrobox is the easiest and safest way to do that.
Great post! Not silly at all, I should do the same, but right now EndevourOs is just so convenient for me.
Using heroic to play avatar. Just add uplay as a game and download anything there.
For me it would be nobara or endevour os. Garuda is too messy imo. I run endeavour, but I don't know how much gaming is possible on a nuc.
The 545 drivers are very buggy, at least for me. I downgraded to 535,hopefully we get an usable 545 soon. Also, if you feel like it you can report the issue in the nvidia forums, it might get some visibility there.
Not a fan at all of apple, but isn't the shift to arm not a "safe" movement at all? Like, they are breaking basically all the ecosystem of apps, legacy, etc... Also, from the outside, it looks like it went well? Sincerely asking, as I don't know.
I use endeavour os. Is arch made easy, while still being arch. It fills your needs, you can install any DE you like (kde myself) and a zen kernel with basically one command line. Also for nvidia if you go that way you just do "nvidia-inst" and are good to go. Another nice one that checks those boxes is nobara, a fedora spin focused on gaming.
Yeah. Well I have 2 + tv. I get some flicker on some xwayland apps, but right now my only remaining xwayland app is Reaper, afaik, at least the only one that flickers. No flicker on native wayland apps. Also, this workaround is worth at least trying to get rid of visual artifacts in kde:
- Search in krunner or similar for "Plasma renderer", under "rendering loop" select "Threaded". Then reboot, not relog, reboot.
Check gourou! Also if you use arch there is a bin there on the aur for knock.
Endeavour is great. Running that too. I sometimes think of distro hopping (nobara, cachyos?) but endeavour just checks all the boxes for me.
As a workaround, you can press esc after locking the screen and it will turn off.