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Helldivers works fine on Linux, I play it from time to time.

Ms office windows apps are kind of great compared to libreoffice

Did you give OnlyOffice a try? https://flathub.org/apps/org.onlyoffice.desktopeditors

VS Code (i know it’s still MS but I do C# .NET work and rider is too expensive, I don’t want a subscription for an IDE)

VSCodium is a thing too if you want to un-Microsoft even further.

https://vscodium.com/

I use it for C# development on Linux and it works well.

getting a password manager

Bitwarden and Keepass are usually the go tos, depending on your use case.

then a new browser

Firefox or if you want to decouple from Mozilla as well, Librewolf works pretty well.

potentially a Google pay replacement

I’m not aware of any open Google Pay replacements other than taking a card with you.

As soon as you get rid of Google on your phone, you get rid of Google Pay.

You had me at “No Java”.

That’s a shame. Do you know what’s broken?

Thanks, that’s exactly where I bought it from.

Always got a notebook handy for my puzzle game needs.

If you enjoy games like Outer Wilds or Return of the Obra Dinn

Definitely right up my alley then.

I have been going back and forth on whether to buy this one. Looks like it is right up my alley but reviews seem to be all over the place.

Since it runs well on Deck I might just give it a try.

Valve told me to kick rocks (the unit is 18 months old/6 months out of warranty).

I assume you are from the US? The EU and some other places have 2 years of warranty.