I used Nextcloud for both files and my PortableApps for years but it always had a hard time managing all those tens of thousands of small files. Lots of sync overhead. So I found Seafile and couldn't be happier. I don't just have my PortableApps in there now, I sync my Windows Documents, Pictures, Videos and Downloads folders. Seafile is very good at tracking partial changes in files so it doesn't always need to sync an entire file when just part of it changed.

Also: It's just a file sync service without any auxiliary features.

Basically the only answer that takes the question seriously and brings facts to the table instead of an opinion.

What downsides though right? "We" object to Ubuntu over matters like Canonical being a for-profit company or their choice of Desktop Environment. At the end of the day, who cares? If it works it works, right?

Yes @upriver4458@sh.itjust.works please save yourself dozens of future headaches by listening to this person.

Guess the share of sane people among the totality was gravely misjudged.

I think if you're talking wider demographics your model OSs are (obviously) Windows and macOS. People buy into that because CLI familiarity isn't required. Especially with Apple products everything revolves around simplicity.

I do dream of a day when Linux can (at least somewhat) rival that. I love Linux because I am (or consider myself) intricately familiar with it and I can (theoretically) change every aspect about it. But mutability and limitless possibilities are not what makes an OS lovable to the average user. I think the advent of immutable Linux distros is a step in the right direction for mass adoption. Stuff just needs to work. Googling for StackOverflow or AskUbuntu postings shouldn't ever be necessary when people just want to do whatever they were doing on Windows with limited technical knowledge.

However on another note, if you're talking a home studio migration, not sure what that entails, but it sounds rather technical. I don't want to be the guy to tell you that CLI familiarity is simply par for the course. Maybe your work shouldn't require terminal interaction. Maybe there is a certain gap between absolutely basic linux tutorials and the more advanced ones like you suggest. Yet what I do want to say is that if you want to do repairwork on your own car it's not exactly like that is supposed to be an accessible skill to acquire. Even if there are videos explaining step by step what you need to do, eventually you still need to get your own practice in. Stuff will break. We make mistakes and we learn from them. That is the point I'm trying to get at. Not all knowledge can be bestowed from without. Some of it just needs to grow organically from within.

They'll see him rollin' etc.

Will definitely check to see if I can work OpenSuperClone into my workflows. Haven't had failing drives drop out like that before so I can't speak to that scenario. I imagine if it drops out why would that software have a harder time to recover under SATA?

If only deductive logic was applicable in the US justice system.

2500 miles sheesh. That shit's nuclear war proof then.

Could you share that script? Sounds like a nifty grassroots tech solution.

I can't chime in on that specific angle but on exactly the opposite. I'd call myself an Arch guy, or Manjaro and Endeavour more specifically. But recently I started hearing more and more about Nobara, I own a Steam Deck and use GE Proton on there which is from the same guy so I said I wana try Nobara and I immediately felt at home. I'm not a big KDE fan but really the out of the box Nobara experience when it comes to gaming needs felt and feels so complete to me I really couldn't complain about a single thing.

It obviously wont replace Arch in my homelab but I don't think I'll ever consider anything else besides Nobara for my desktop again. Point being I had next to zero practical Fedora experience up to that point. I tried Garuda before which is also Arch based and supposed to cater to gaming needs but with that direct comparison I now feel like Nobara is the only distro that truly gets gaming. It's SteamOS for the KBM based Desktop.