cinnamon, lxde, kde, and mate are all desktop environments that mimic the basics of windows ui like the taskbar, start menu, and windows with minimize, maximize, and exit buttons at the top. and all can be installed/selected during install on pretty much every popular distro. there's prolly some others i've forgotten but those are all solid choices.
edit: whoops had mint listed but that's not a de that's a distro
sounds like maaaaybe too little ram and no swap? what is your ram size and do you have any swap or zram enabled? i kinda doubt it because multiple distros should have a swap space or zram on by default on a fresh install but maybe not or you explicitly chose not to and it's running out of memory.
fighting for bitcoin to get an emoji is stupid, but fighting against it might be even stupider. surely there are more important things to spend your time and energy on. it's a fucking emoji. who cares?
google communism
yup, and both bluesky and threads will be/are exactly as bad, too.
prolly genocide denial.
sometimes a hangup in a widget or other taskbar or desktop customization can freeze up the menu. right click on the taskbar, enter edit mode, and resize the taskbar height one up and back down to where it was. if that doesn't fix it maybe remove any widgets or other customizations.
i mean, it depends on the cpu and your workload. i have a 1st gen ryzen 1500 and amd rx580 gpu, so yeah, my cpu is the bottleneck in this build. i do have it slightly oc'd and it def helps a bit keep it smoother gameplay especially when travelling fast in game and new areas need to load up. the pop-in and small frame dips are a bit more noticeable on stock clock speed. did i really need to oc it? nah. but i like to squeeze every last bit of capability out of my hardware just for the fun of it, too.
watchdog error, sleep and lockscreen freezing, and stable under some load tells me either the cpu isn't getting enough voltage if it's manually oc'd, or there's some bios or os powersaving thing malfunctioning.
reset bios settings, especially if you've done any overclocking. turn off any core boost or other variable core clock powersaving amd/intel specific 'features'; these are almost always unstable in my experience.
if that doesn't work, double check all power cables are properly seated in both mobo/component side and psu side if it's modular. make sure ram is seated properly. if you're on windows make sure you're on high performance mode. i can't think of much else to check without more info. good luck!
i use revolution (selamectin) from the vet and it's like a fucking flea nuke. if you're getting it soon i wouldn't worry about fleas getting in the house because once you use this stuff it'll clear all of them out of the area in literally hours. fantastic stuff.
also, don't trust any over the counter flea sprays or treatments at stores, they all use neurotoxins that they claim is safe for cats, but some cats are more sensitive and it might cause neurological damage or even death.
Permethrin is toxic to cats; however, it has little effect on dogs. Many cats die after being given flea treatments intended for dogs, or by contact with dogs having recently been treated with permethrin. In cats it may induce hyperexcitability, tremors, seizures, and death.
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