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Install EndeavourOS KDE Plasma with swap file, btrfs, btrfs-assistant, snapper-support, and btrfsmaintenance with grub bootloader. Never look back! Iām using it with Wayland which i thought i would never do on both my Nvidia and my AMD desktops. Rarely any issues.
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Now all we need is a laptop optimization guide. Maybe some want to get some good battery life without following the hassle of what that arch linux battery optimization guide isā¦
That is a challenge. There are so many different hardware variations and software configurations to consider that it ends up looking just as complicated as the Arch wiki by the time you are done.
Thank you that make my evening .. 
There me think post about āstress freeā your system your rule. nice see you back
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Speaking of battery life. I have reurned my Lenovo twice now because the bttery drains when off and not being used. Last time they replaced the motherboard and battery. Itās still the same so i returned it again. Not sure why as i have another Lenovo Thinkbook and an HP that hold their charge. As far as battery life in use both are acceptable but this K14 isnāt which inst as big of a concern as holding a charge when not in use an powered off. Donāt think it has anything to do with EndeavourOS.
Excellent article and great advice.
About number 2; are you recommending to uninstall the eos-notifier? I have had no issues so far.
Just wonderingā¦
Thanks!
I am recommending that you not update your system constantly. If you only update periodically, there is no need for a notifier.
However, the notifier itself doesnāt cause any problems unless it causes you stress or you feel the need to update every time it tells you to.
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This is rock solid advice! Thanks for this write up. I must say having abandoned Linux Mint somewhere around 19.2, EOS has been a rock solid experience. Have there been some things that I broke ā¦ Sure (I like to tinker 
)ā¦ But Iāve found it way easier fixing issues in EOS in comparison to fixing my mint system that crashed in dependency/repository hell. Also, the EOS forums have some of the clearest community write-ups Iāve seen for any distro. They are written ā¦ Wellā¦ For humans. This post being a perfect example. Clear, concise, technical but not overly so where it is impossible to follow. Thanks EOS team and community!
(Also running older hardware with an Intel/Nvidia hybrid GPU 
)
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Even though Iāve enabled SysRq REISUB, and successfully tested it (more than once), when an actual āsystem freezeā does occur (it has, twice, while using the LTS kernel), it hasnāt worked, forcing me to long press the Power Button on this ASUS L510 laptop (2022 release date, so relatively new). Anyone else experiencing this?
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And use different USB flashdrives for Linux and Windows. As the last one abomination of OS somehow often makes drive unopenable on Linux until you use some terminal command to ārepairā it.
Iāll take your word for that I havenāt used windows since 7.
Same, the problem is that thereāre family members, friends and coworkers who still use it. And each time simple file sharing with usb stick causing a mess.
I use drives to move files from linux to windows without issue regularly. Format them as exfat and be sure to safely eject them on Windows and Linux. If you just pull them out while they are mounted they can easily get corrupt.
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Most of the problems occur for me when drive is formatted into NTFS. Sometimes thereās just no options to format it, especially if itās someoneās else external harddrive.
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Yeah, ntfs is a pain sometimes. To be careful to safely eject them on Windows or they will be marked dirty.
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I thought you were referring to installation disks for Windows and Linux since Windows has a quirky way of formatting the flash drive.
I would also add that do not let your /home get 100% full. It will cause problems.
When I was using Garuda, the root partition was getting full constantly. With EOS it hasnāt happened yet. There should be automation to prevent this from happening. Of course, easiest way to prevent is to assign enough space for the root partition. Mine is 40 gigs and hasnāt filled yet.
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When using Garuda you have to take into account that Garuda takes snapshots. So, of course you have to make the root partition larger.
If you decide to take snapshots in EOS as well you also have to make the root partition larger.
It wasnāt snapshots taking up the space. Frankly, no clue what it was, kept cleaning pkg caches and everything regularly, but the partition still kept filling up.