This! I after two years of Debian out of habit from the past, I switched to cachyOS last year and am pretty happy with it. Completely agree that updates feel easier to manage (so far).

However, I guess hygiene also plays a role here: dont “try” multiple audio drivers and this sort of things

I’ve tried Kodi on librelec, the old Xbox launcher. It has an app called kodi remote: your phone is the remote.

Currently I’m using an old 2013 laptop with Debian and xfce. I’ve installed KDE connect on it, and it also has an app KDE connect that turns your phone into the remote.

The main advantage of the remote on your phone is you can type text, copy/paste URLs, passwords and whatnot

Ctrl a and e are same as bash

I started with pirates of the carribean, so…

blackpearl: main PC Redpearl: raspberry pi Purplepearl: refurbished laptop. The router is … router

The phone is zizidane (“donkey dick” in French, also playword on Zinedine Zidane).