Use flatpak for anything newer. Most things are already available as flatpak, only things I haven’t seen available are terminal based applications as Flatpak.

Though maybe in a future version we might get that capability. I’ve always been told you can’t install terminal based applications like neofetch or bpyTOP as flatpak. Which is kind of a bummer but not that big of a deal.

Keeping home on a separate disk is the best way to go. A different partition is okay, but a different drive is even better.

Reminds me of the Thorn bugs from Rain World. nasty little buggers who will attack and carry you away without a chance to fight back.

Here’s what the thorn bugs look like if you’re curious:

VLC should just work with everything needed to play DVDs. Like other commenters are saying there’s probably something else wrong if VLC isn’t working to play your DVDs.

The main Reason I’ve done it is to install KOreader since it handles other formats, especially PDFs better than the stock Reader. Though you can also run your own homebrew apps as well like other people have pointed out. I personally don’t bother though since Ereaders are usually best for a single purpose, reading ebooks on an eink display, and mediocre at best for other applications. The eink display tends to be its Achilles heel when it comes to anything that isn’t reading ebooks, at least in my opinion.

Stone is nowhere near as permanent as people think it is anyway. I mean look at the Appalachians, they were thought to be once as tall as the Himalayas but they aren’t anymore, and they are much smoother. stone isn’t permanent over long periods of time. But in case you think that’s permanent enough, stone can weather and crack, even completely crumble in timescales comparable to a human lifetime. It’s really not as permanent as people think it is.