I'm going to pistol whip the next person who says shenanigans

Won't anyone do something about the plight of the beans!?

Can I feed my cat an all-bean diet?

There is no rum in space

I literally could not figure out how to get my GOG copy of Fallout 3 running on my Steam Deck, nor could I find anyone else online discussing what would make it work. I'm sure if I'd wanted to put in the work that I could have gotten it running. I was feeling lazy though, so I bought a copy on Steam. It works without any configuration.

Valve has taken a Linux PC and given it a handheld console form. I couldn't be happier with it.

Are you literally here to proclaim that Windows is the better OS because Linux gives you the freedom to screw it up?

My brother in computing, that's on you if you're having problems with fixing problems you've caused in Linux. As a former professional system admin, I've run into issues with Windows that Microsoft's own support team could not figure out and had to refund their fee. I have never, not once, had an issue in Linux that I couldn't fix or find someone who knows how.

So basically this is where I've landed on this after rooting, moding, etc. all of my electronics for the last 30 years: for devices where I want to customize everything, it's going to be done with a Linux computer to begin with because there's absolutely nothing standing in my way. For other things that I just need to work reliably and not become yet another chore, I buy some product. So I would buy a thermostat, but build my own NAS (with a 3D printed 7-bay case).

I'm beyond sick - as I think you might be too - of all the extra stuff I have to keep up with whenever I jailbreak/root/whatever a device just so I don't fuck it up with some careless action or update. I just don't have the same amount of free time and mental energy to dedicate to this stuff anymore. I wish I did though.

I can relate. I'm getting tired of having to do this kind of thing for all my devices just to make them work. I'm even probably going to switch to iPhone because at this point I just want my phone to work reliably, and my OnePlus 8T never has.

My advice is to go to the XDA forums and find your device there. You should be able to tell from replies and view counts of the threads which of the ROMs and mods are the most popular.

With respect, you can screw up Windows by doing things in a non-standard way too. That's not the fault of the OS.

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