You’re right, the texture is different, but I hate both. I also hate fried potatoes unless they are fried very crispy.

Interestingly, I like peeled, raw potatoes. (Just because I don’t like mashed potatoes doesn’t mean I won’t make them for others on occasion.)

We do sound similar. I love onion powder and add it to most things when I cook. I can tell why people like onions, I just hate them. I do kinda wish I could stand regular onions as well. But yeah, something about them lingers in food and just taints it.

Also, I only like oatmeal when I make it. Most other oatmeal is gross. I use the rolled oats, and I don’t cook it particularly long. Raw oats are edible, actually, so you don’t have to worry about undercooking. Might be worth a try if you want to like oatmeal. Cheers.

I’m a picky eater, but it’s mostly because of texture-related issues. (However, I am also picky about flavors.) Wrong textures make me want to gag. I don’t actually gag, because I’ve learned to suppress it.

I have no problem trying new things. I just often immediately hate the new things. However, I will try it again after enough time had passed. Sometimes, it will be prepared differently enough to be appetizing. Other times, I will start to like a flavor that I once hated. I have never had my texture preferences change.

Which texture do I hate? I call it the “wrong kind of mushy.” It’s hard to explain, because I do like some mushy foods. Mashed, baked, or boiled potatoes? Almost always gag inducing. Oatmeal? Wonderful. Hiding small amount of wrong mushy foods among foods with a better texture sometimes helps, but only if I like the flavor despite the mush.

Edit to add: I hate onions with a burning passion. Every way except powdered. Onions induce the strongest gag reflex, and many people think I’m weird for hating onions. I’ve come to hate the flavor of (anything but powdered) onion by association, so I often can’t eat foods that once had onion in them even after being completely removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field_of_Mars?wprov=sfla1

Mars does have some magnetism. However, we have already measured Mars with (at least two) satellites and determined that there is no magnetosphere.

Rimworld. Does have a native Linux port. It’s a colony simulator in space. 2D. It you have a lot of control over your colony, you can micro manage everything. I have over 1000 hours in the game.

Very nice!

Well I just checked and only Linux Lite actually has an official torrent. Sorry about that.

It’s one of the ones I only have indirect experience with. A YouTuber I like reviewed it recently.

https://youtu.be/sJGf8zVt3MI

Off of the top of my head: DSL (damn small Linux) recently made a comeback, last I checked. There’s also Tiny Core Linux, which I’ve seen working even on old pentiums on a YouTube video. Puppy Linux of course. There’s so many flavors of Puppy Linux.

Now, actually referencing Distrowatch: Linux Lite, Peppermint OS

I know there’s more, but I have direct or indirect experience with all of these.

I used to, but I’ve settled into MX Linux with KDE everywhere except my laptop. It has Ubuntu Studio so I can try out the software it has for my Midi Keyboard.

Hey, friend, I believe I was the first one to reply to your original post.

I’m glad you got your system into a working condition.

I wanted to suggest something that I used to hear suggested a lot but don’t hear much anymore: perhaps you should get a cheap, second-hand laptop just to use for experimenting with Linux before you try installing it on your main system again? I know it worked for me when I first started using Linux, circa 2013.

Personally I like MX Linux with KDE. It’s been the most stable OS I’ve used.

My husband (and by extension me, since I am kinda his tech support sometimes) uses Linux Mint, and he’s found it to be stable. It’s based on Ubuntu, the most popular distro, so it’s easy to find support.

Good luck!

Look up how to access the BIOS menu on your motherboard. (Should be able to look it up using your phone.) And then you should be able to change the boot order of your system so that it boots into your Windows drive. (If you don’t know which drive it is, just keep changing the order until it works.)

Usually, all you need to do is just rapidly press F2, F10, F12, or Delete after turning your system on. But like I said, look up your motherboard’s manual to be sure. Your motherboard model number will be on the motherboard itself.

When you spend the night with your friend and his older brother wears his boxers around the house.