I really think you have conflicting resolvers running on startup, which would explain this. Double check your systemd units that are enabled on boot. If you don’t see anything like networkmanager, reboot the machine, get the status of systemd-resolv to make sure it’s actually running after a fresh boot, check the logs and see if you see anything interesting there, then restart it and check the logs again once DNS works. Something is different between those two actions.

See if this helps at all:

sudo systemctl revert systemd-resolved
sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved

Also, what does ls -lh /etc/resolv* show?

What’s happening in journalctl -u systemd-resolved?

Well only your DNS is broken, so that’s all that needs to get fixed. Are you POSITIVE you’re using systemd resolve and not networkmanager?

1. Check if the CPU is overheating. You didn’t mention anything about cooling.
2. Are you sure your installed RAM is frequency compatible with the new CPU?

Did you insert the sysctl values and reboot?

Yes, PSK will work.

No

No

Add it to /etc/fstab. Tons of guides everywhere online.

No, it can just affect the boot record in some cases. This is not that case.

• Can’t find anything: everything is meant to be searchable in lieu of having a programs menu and such. Hit your meta key (Winkey) and start typing to find or launch something, use URL bar in your file manager to search for names or content of files…etc. You can also just set icons for things if you wish.
• Instability: there is almost zero chance of you being able to destroy your environment so bad that it would require a reinstall of the OS. Since it’s just flat files on a disk and no central registry like Windows, everything can be repaired quite simply, you just need to be familiar with how.
• Capslock: unfamiliar with your intended behavior as I’ve never used Capslock like that before, but I bet there is a solution for this if you just search around. Input behavior is totally customizable.
• Desktop icons: no idea what that could be, but as mentioned above, most DE’s have or are moving away from desktop as a launch source.
• Firefox: ‘about:config’ has these settings
• Software center is just one GUI for finding things. You can install whatever you want however you want, and that’s just up to you. If you find some piece of something you want to run, the preferred method is also using a package for your OS’s package manager, but that’s just for convenience and not a hard rule. There is no “best” solution, just good habits.

Good luck!

Logsplz

https://github.com/snyball/Hawck

VLC? Been a long time since I’ve ripped a CD. Looks like most tools are no longer maintained.

Been liking Amberol lately, but it’s extremely simple. Nice UI though.

All distros have security vulnerabilities. It’s the nature of software. Minimizing the risk is the best you can do.

Huh?

Well the Gentoo community felt it was good enough and made the effort to write that doc for you. Unsure what you’ve asked here.

This seems like one of those questions where the source of truth is telling you it’s not going to happen, but you want a world in which it exists and for help in making that happen.

Maybe dig in and learn about snapshots and partitioning.

Well if it’s just a preference thing, there is a Gentoo guide for using it: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Snapper

It describes the locations of what needs access to what in Gentoo to work properly.