I’ll be honest, I’ve always tinkered with ubuntu and even older versions of linux (Anyone remember Mandrake? Yeah I’m old lol), I had even built my own HTPC at one point many many years ago.

But I always encountered problems that frustrated me forcing me to eventually abandon the OS in favor of something new. For example, installing programs or drivers that weren’t in the software manager GUI, checking USB and device connections, etc.

I was a windows guy and I hate to admit it. It was just “easier” so I usually took the path of least resistance to getting things working efficiently for my productivity needs.

But ChatGPT has really unlocked things for my novice self.

Everything from simple questions to fun ones. Like I had an SD card showing as empty, but I thought it had been formatted, so I asked ChatGPT how to recover lost data on the card, and it walked me through every step - I recovered a ton of data off that card.

I just installed Linux Mint on an older Lenovo laptop and it’s awesome to have a fast portable laptop again.

I’m excited to dual-boot my older HP Envy AIO computer in the near future, windows 10 has become too buggy for my tastes lately.