DuckStation is the recommended one these days.

Much easier to setup than ePSXe used to be back then.

Nice. Glad I could save you some time and effort.

Combine this with Windows 10 or 11 LTSC for a much better, less BS Windows experience.

Try KDE Connect for connecting to your phone. Works on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Also available on both Android and iOS.

I want to preface this by saying I’ve never owned or used a Macbook.

But most of what I’ve read online regarding Linux on Macbooks ends up with Linux Mint. And most of the time, peoeple specifically mention it because of Wi-Fi issues being resolved.

I’m not sure if there’s any additional steps or anything, but I hope this can somehow be useful to you.

Just to add to this:

Linux Mint is popular, because they are what Ubuntu could have been. They give you Ubuntu without all of Canonical’s anti-user decisions. They also have a version based on Debian if you really want to avoid Ubuntu completely.

Bazzite is also a very popular recommendation for gaming.

I’ve heard that KDE on Mint can be a bit temperamental. I assume because most of their stuff is focused around GTK instead of QT and adding KDE somehow messes with stuff.

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, but removes or otherwise avoids most of the problems with Ubuntu.

It doesn’t come with KDE, but it’s a solid option for those not quite comfortable with Debian or Linux in general (or people who prefer Ubuntu as a base).

There’s also LMDE if you want a Debian base.

I’m familiar with two:

• Thunder
• Voyager

I’m pretty sure both allow multiple accounts, but I’m not sure how smoothly you can switch between them, because I don’t use multiple accounts.

Lol, no worries. Glad to hear it didn’t all go to waste.

Holy shit, sorry to hear. Hope you found some kind of use for all that hardware.

How do you know?

/s

From what I’ve tested (in VMs) Bazzite was a decent performer while Aurora was quite a bit slower.

Edit: My testing was very basic. I was just curious to see what they were like and how they were different from traditional distros.

Came here to recommend Greenshot as well. Been a happy user for a while now.

Crispy Doom is a fork of Chocolate that just ups the resolution a bit so the game doesn’t look horrible on modern displays.

Anna’s Archive is great if you know what you’re looking for. No pirating or VPN needed.

To simplify this you might also try something like topgrade.

It does system updates, flatpak updates and other stuff all at once.

Any recommendations for a good Android app that would ignore things like this?

I’m currently using the Bluesky app because the ones I tried didn’t want to auto open Bluesky links.

So, if I understand the whole Bluesky thing correctly, there are apps that don’t respect Bluesky’s limitations (like having to log in to view certain posts).

Would those apps skip this as well or is this an actual geo-block?

I’d recommend starting with either Linux Mint for a solid general purpose starting point or Bazzite if you’re focused on gaming.

Edit:

You can always try other distros later if you want. Make sure your starting point and foundation are solid first.