Who I am

My name is Torben.
I was born in 2003, and I do programming, animation, electronics and much more.

Links

Pixel Brush	80Bytes

Thank you to

@AGoatOnAHill for being a very inspirational goat
@Pikamon19 for being my first and last painting commissioner!
GitHub for hosting this website

My Setup

OS	Linux Mint 22
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
RAM	32GB DDR4
VR	Meta Quest 2 via ALVR + SteamVR

Some background

I first tried Linux via hosting a Minecraft Server with Ubuntu in 2020 or so. It was a very sucky experience, especially without port forwarding, but it worked decently enough considering I was running it on a 2009 Prebuilt.

I tried again in the Summer of 2023, when I installed PopOS on a Windows Tablet I used for school. It turned out to be too much of a hassle, due to all the Microsoft Programs being used by my school.

I gave it another shot in Spring of 2024, when I dual-booted Linux Mint 21.3 alongside Windows. Here I realized that dual-booting would always result in me going with what I'm comfortable with, which was Windows.

In Summer 2024 I finally decided to wipe my M.2 completely and did a clean install of Linux Mint 21.3.

Recommendations

• The Linux Distro you pick doesn't matter. They all perform about the same, though I do have some personal preferences.
• Linux Mint (great all-rounder, especially if you're coming from Windows)
• Fedora (same as Mint, but for the RPM ecosystem)
• EndeavourOS (haven't tried it, but looks promising for the Arch ecosystem)
• It doesn't matter what Hardware you have. Linux support is pretty good on most stuff nowadays.
• SSDs are your friend. Only use HDDs for long-term storage that you don't intend to access frequently.
• BACK STUFF UP. DATA ROT IS REAL.