Psynthesis

You may be out of luck for now. https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/1399

There is a section here on dual booting using systemd boot. Never used it, but it will hopefully work in your case, or at least point you the right way.https://ostechnix.com/dual-boot-windows-and-pop-os/

Bodhi Linux. Lightweight and beautiful

Fantastic!!!

What laptop is it? On some, not many, you can remove the dgpu. If you can access the bios, it wouldn't hurt to see if you can set priority order for the gpu used. What do you mean you can't get past choosing the installation medium? To me that means the usb, iso, etc you are using. I'm probably misunderstanding you, but do you mean selecting the medium in the bios boot screen? Or have you gotten to the part where grub shows up and you can select install. If it's the bios bit, have you turned off secure boot? If it's after selecting install arch in the grub menu, wait a tiny bit for everything to load and try pressing ctrl-alt-F3. Doesn't have to be F3 you can try all the "F" keys. This will switch to a different tty to try and see if the default one is being weird Though I doubt that will help, but worth a shot. If you can get to grub have you tried to disable the kernel module that loads for the dgpu? You should be able to press "e" to go to the bit you can edit stuff in grub. Check out this and see if it helps https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_module#Using_kernel_command_line_2 Best of luck!

Check here if your hardware is supported https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=io If it isn't you might be SOL, but can always look up answers specific to your hardware and esxi version. I assume you're running Esxi 8. May have to change your hardware. If this is for learning esxi for work/job stuff you need to invest in compatible hardware. If it's just to have a host, try proxmox or something compatible with your equipment. Anytime you install something like this, you need to check compatibility. Also, for future reference, when asking questions of this nature you should provide more info. Like hardware you're using, version of the installation, exact error message, where in the process this error occurred,installing to bare metal or in a VM. A solid answer will depend on the information given. A lot of people don't even want to interact with someone who gives so little information to the problem. There are too many variables.This isn't a dig at you, you probably didn't know, just trying to help you out in the future. Good luck!

I never thought of that before, but I agree. Also, now all I can imagine is Riker walking up behind a bicycle and just effortlessly gliding onto the seat, swinging his leg gracefully.

I'm sure you'll find something in Seattle :) I'm from a different state so I don't know how helpful or nice they are, but https://www.gaycity.org is the website for an lgbtq+ center in Seattle. Maybe try reaching out to them. Good luck!

That depends on where you are. How have you looked for anyone? I don't use facebook but I know a lot of lgbt groups have stuff in there. Where I live we have a thing called the rainbow closet where clothing is donated for folks. Maybe there is something around where you live. You could always try to reach out to one of the groups and ask.

I have never used those tools, I usually just dd the iso to a usb. I am assuming you are on a linux distribution already. I would download a fresh iso and verify the checksum. Then use dd to write to the usb. I use this format, and of course replace the path to iso bit and /dev/sdx (your usb)with what is relevant to your situation. Just open terminal and type

sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/your.iso of=/dev/sdx conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress

You probably already know but you can find the usb's specific /dev/sdx with sudo fdisk -l

I still use one. I like having a small device for just that purpose. It doesn't have a touch screen, which is how I prefer it. I despise touchscreens. I like to interact with my phone as little as possible, especially while driving.

You want bleeding edge but are moving to Ubuntu 20.04, which was released in 2019 with a 2025 EOL? No DE from that release's repo will be bleeding edge. You can manually install the newest releases of software you want, but that's not really a "just works" solution either. You'll run into dependency hell at some point. I'm not really sure what you're going for. But as far as a stable DE goes, and if that is the main concern as implied in the title, XFCE has been pretty darn solid for me.