I guess I’ll use Make MKV Beta as it seems to work well and VLC can open the MKV files. Thanks for your help!

But then would I be able to read them on any computer without burning them?

I think it should be possible to still run Linux on almost every 25 years old computer.

If the computer is older than this, it really becomes a piece of history and I can accept that it’d take efforts from the user to keep it in use, just like a collection car.

I only hope no bricking update is gonna be proposed to the people running such old hardware. The distribution should check if the hardware is compatible with a newer kernel before updating.

Still I think it’s important that Linux remains the OS of choice for old hardware and that the some distros remain deficated to these museum pieces.

Well I think Tuxedo computers would work easily with any other distribution. It’s not based on anything factual but I guess we would have heard a lot of bad things about Tuxedo if they were acting like this.

From the little I know, they have some aditional stuff with Tuxedo OS, but they are also trying to get it added to the Linux kernel.

If course I would want to be corrected if I’m wrong as my knowledge is kind of limited.

Franework isn’t even available in my country (switzerland) so I guess it’ll be difficult to find refurbished ones in the EU.

I remember being stressed when I deactivated the S mode on my Surface Go 1 as if I was about to make a big mistake😅

That was way before (re)discovering Linux and installing Fedora on it.

Oh I love Gnome too. It’s 95% perfect and I ain’t sure I can find better.

Yeah I should clearly wait more before upgrading. I kind of know it’s, but I keep repeating the same mistake😅

Still, at one point, I might try to reproduce what I love about Gnome (1 window per workspace and the ability to switch between them) in KDE.

This is really annoying.

I’m trying to use as little extensions as possible so I only use 4. 2 out of them haven’t upgraded to 48 yet and aren’t usable for now.

This is especially annoying because I’m trying to respect Gnomés philosophy with my extensions…

I’m curious about your experience with a M1 Mac on Linux. Are you using Asahi Linux then?

Because it took me a few years to create my perfect Fedora workstation installation.

If one days it becomes bricked, I’d probably switch to an immitable distribution, but I’m sticking with workstation as long as it works.

Also there is no real upside to switching for me.

The article was really interesting and made me appreciate everything Valve has brought to the Linux ecosystem.

It’s also why, once I’ll have a Steam Deck in a few months, I’ll probably buy my games on Steam instead of GOG even if game preservation is important to me.

For image backups I use Clonezilla.

It works well but I don’t know how easily you could take an image from one computer to a different one. I tried once and it didn’t work because of Legacy Bios issues…still I guess it works between two modern computers.

I’d love if something like this was implemented directly in a distribution for ease of use.

I have a Surface Go 1 and I’m really happy with it.

But, I have to admit it was tricky to boot Linux on it and the blutooth doesn’t always work. The cameras too, but I don’t care.

Still, it’s a great device that you can attach to a big screen to get the best of both worlds (easy to transport and useful at home).

My experience with Linux sounds way easier than yours even if I agree with a lot of your points.

I never had to save an OS except when I tried to have two DE installed.

Otherwise it’s been pretty smooth except for minor issues related to my hardware.

Thanks I’m gonna have a deeper look into this then😇

Thanks I’m gonna have a deeper look into this then😇

I didn’t know red hat was working for the US government. Can you tell me in what way?