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@mcc and one other, other consideration would be some blue loctite. You can get it in a bottle (which you have to poke with a needle when it clogs), or the stick, which is annoying to shmear on the tiny laptop screws.

I got sick of finding a random screw on the floor a month after opening my laptop.

@rotopenguin wait, what does this do?

@mcc when you open and close back up a laptop, no matter how much you tighten the screws some of them always find a way to back off again.

Blue loctite glues the screw threads tight enough that you can undo it manually. (Red is way too strong.)

@mcc @rotopenguin it gunks the screw a bit, so you need slightly more force to unscrew it, it can't come loose by itself

good stuff, if you have it around, wouldn't get it just for this. rarely needed needed it, same for a screwdriver with specific torque

other tips all great, any single-sided 2280 ssd will work just fine, never regretted any samsung evo, Pop!_os great choice if you want to move away from Ubuntu, Debian often too limited - for good reason
good

@count @rotopenguin i have been having a lot of problems running the newest ubuntu because i get bleeding edge stuff that has bugs or incompatibilities. maybe if i can get a slightly outdated base OS and install new stuff via FlatPak that will work well for me.

@mcc @rotopenguin yeah my fun with the 24 series was limited as well. if you need stability, any of the LTS editions should be just fine, and the 22 are still supported for a while. you can also always pin apt releases while already listing and optionally installing new packages from newer ones, but usually will need to install a bunch of newer dependencies as well, then.

@count @rotopenguin yes, but also i'm tired of ubuntu for other reasons, mostly the fact that every time i file a bug they're like "you're running the weird ubuntu version— we can't act on this bug because we don't know if ubuntu and/or snap introduced the bug themselves"

@mcc @rotopenguin yeah that's their easy cop-out ... I tend to use community support or help myself out, but that's a tall order, usually.

linux mint might be a worthwhile alternative for you, even if I myself would be picking ubuntu or pop!_os.

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@count @mcc if you also have *one* piece of furniture around that keeps on loosening up (and it's a screw-into-metal thread), the loctite will pay for itself.