d3Xt3r

I tried the same prompts as OP, it didn't generate an image at first instance - had to ask it to generate one. This is the image I got:

@[email protected]

it's quite difficult for me to get things working for now. [...]

Where do i learn more about linux system so i can get more familiar with it?

You said it was difficult "to get things working" - identify what exactly is it that you're finding difficult, then type that into Google/DuckDuckGo and check the results. If there's anything in that results you don't understand, Google/DDG it further. Keep doing that until you understand everything that you want to about that topic. Then proceed to the next topic.

There are also IRC, Discord and Matrix chat rooms for most Linux distros out there, so if you're unable to find an answer, feel free to hop into one of those channels and ask a question.

ChatGPT is also a decent resource for general understanding - but don't type any commands it suggests (unless you know what you're doing!).

All come with a browser, a PDF reader, and some word doc/spreadsheet program.

Strictly speaking, "All" is a bit of a stretch - Arch doesn't come with any of those by default, neither does Gentoo, or for that matter, nor do any of the minimal/netinstall/server variants of other distros.

Yep it does restore application state as well, but it's a bit of a hit-and-miss. Notepad is restored surprisingly well - including unsaved text and multiple windows; Firefox and Edge browser tabs are restored; unsaved Word docs are restored as well but oddly enough, Outlook's state isnt restored (although it does save any unsaved drafs).

I'm guessing some sort of resume/restartable support is needed from the app as well for this to work properly. I imagine modern "UWP" apps would just work, but some additional coding might be needed for traditional win32 apps. Like Adobe Reader for instance, it doesn't get restored at all.

This is incorrect..ish. Windows, yes even 10, has had a feature for a while now called Automatic Restart Sign-on (ARSO). You can enable this feature by going to Settings > Accounts > Sign in options > "Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in".

After enabling it, a reboot will restore.. some apps (hence the 'ish'), these apps being mostly Microsoft apps (Edge, Word, Outlook, Notepad etc) + some third-party apps (I know Firefox gets restored, not sure about others).

You can also use the shutdown /g command to test this (after enabling ARSO):

/g Fully shuts down and restarts the computer. On restart, if Automatic Restart Sign-On is enabled, the device automatically signs in and locks based on the last interactive user. After sign in, it restarts any registered applications.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/shutdown

Seconded. I s2idle my ThinkPad Z13 (running Fedora Bazzite) multiple times a day, every day, and have zero issues. It sleeps well with very little drain (I actually leave it in this state overnight), resume is instant, and it works perfectly.

Get a system that's been designed with Linux in mind (and a sensible distro), and there should be no issues with sleep, @[email protected]

I wouldn't recommend Linux to my dad or any of my friends.

Actually, you'd be surprised how well Linux works* for non-technical folks who don't have any specific computing requirements (as in, wanting to run Photoshop or use nVidia gfx etc). I've installed Linux (Xubuntu and Zorin) on several of my elderly relatives computers, including on my own parent's PCs. Some of them have used Windows all their lives, some of them don't have much experience with computers (my dad had ZERO experience), and none of them had any prior Linux experience at all.

Pretty much most of them had the same common requirement - Facebook, emails, banking, browse random sites, open and edit random documents, occasionally print stuff, occasionally scan stuff. You know, basic computing tasks. And guess what, Linux worked perfectly for them. I only had to explain them the basics - like how to save/copy files, how to print/scan etc, and that's it.

I set up a scheduled task (cronjob) to do automatic updates, and they never had any issues. Needless to say, none of them are gamers (unless you count Mahjong) and none of them had nVidia cards. They never once had to manually run a command in the terminal. And all of them were happy that their "new system" runs so much better than their "previous one" (some of them don't even know they're running Linux).

I can count on one hand the number of support calls I received in the last 5 years.

So yeah, contrary to popular belief, Linux is actually a good choice for non-technical folks - it's the technical folks, who have their own requirements, custom workflows and ingrained habits over decades of using Windows, that have issues.

* - This is of course assuming you're using a sensible, newbie friendly distro, like Xubuntu or Zorin.

I was there, and it didn't "come from" WoW. Mtx were already popular in South Korea and China, with games like MapleStory (2003) and ZT Online (2006) being early examples, which predates mtx in WoW. Farmville also had them back in 2009, around the same time WoW started selling pets. And back then Zynga were making like a $1mil a day from Farmville mtx, and this was before WoW pet sales really took off.

Yes, WoW did play a role, but it wasn't as big as you think - after all, it had a very niche audience, whereas games like Farmville, Candy Crush, Angry Birds etc had a much wider appeal that reached out to several age groups and audiences, whilst simultaneously being a lot more accessible - which made them so much more dangerous (in terms of addiction).

WoW appealed to the hardcore MMO gamers, gamers who were used to paying for virtual goods, whereas games like Farmville normalized mtx across for the general and wider public. Paying for virtual items was no longer something that nerds did, it was a completely normal thing. And then Candy Crush tweaked the formula even further. WoW's mtx was a lot more benign compared to some of the shady psychological designs games like Candy Crush implemented.

It had nothing to do with WoW, smartphones were basically to blame. 2007 was when the iPhone came out, Android followed next year, and by the early 2010s, smartphones became ubiquitous. Both the App Store and Google Market exploded exponentially in the number of apps and games. Mobile game makers soon figured out that microtransactions brought in more money than upfront payments. All the popular games started exploiting this model, such as Angry Birds, Temple Run and of course the infamous Candy Crush.

King, the company behind Candy Crush, generates over a billion dollars of revenue per year - their turnover exceeding that of several traditional PC/console game makers. In 2012, they staggering 1000% growth in just an year - and that was the trigger. That was when everyone looked at them going, "tf, why the hell are we wasting so much time and money developing AAA games, and making way less money than some cheap mobile game?"

And the rest as they say, is history.

This whole thing reads like the precursor to The Terminator.

• November 17th, 2023. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is fired over growing concerns of safety and integrity of the ChatGPT program.
• November 18th, 2023. Several key developers of ChatGPT resign in solidarity.
• November 19th, 2023. Sam Altman announces a new startup called Cyberdyne, with a revolutionary new AI called Skynet. In three years, Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes online August 4th, 2026. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

Skynet fights back.

Why is toolbox preinstalled and not distrobox?

Because Toolbox is a Red Hat/Fedora project and Distrobox isn't. Also, Distrobox is a much more recent project (2021) compared to Toolbox, which was developed back in 2018. When Silverblue came out, there was a need to make it easier to install apps, and thus Toolbox was born.

Since Toolbox is a Red Hat/Fedora project, it means that it's officially supported, whereas Distrobox isn't. Not that it means much from a community support/home use case of course, but that might matter if you're an enterprise and you want support from Red Hat or official Fedora communities.

But both use podman behind the scenes so internally they aren't that different, but you can think of Distrobox as a more distro-agnostic and user-friendly version of Toolbox. If you're a home user then stick to Distrobox.