It's Time to Wipe my Desktop

I said before it’s a good idea to wipe your personal computer, and I stand by it. Starting fresh is good, but the ability to do so when you need to, and having the confidence that you know what to do and where your important files and configurations are, is priceless. Restoring from backup is an option and it’s good if something happens and you want to continue quickly where you left off, but I’m talking about virtual house cleaning. It’s not about restoring everything so it’s the same, it’s restoring the things you need while letting those you forgot about decay into dust of 1s and 0s, designated as empty space, until they are overwritten again with useful information. There are also other reasons for the wipe. Kubuntu’s next LTS, 26.04 is out, making my current one obsolete. I now have a countdown notifying me how many days of supported security patches I have left. It comes with Wayland, which will give me more control over my new screen, and supposedly some gaming improvements.…