On the one hand, I feel your pain, on the other hand... You could have just reinstalled Garuda and chosen a password using characters that exist on a US keyboard to get it all set up before switching your keyboard layout to the one you want and then updating the password.
I just got a HIFI Walker G7 and I'm kinda loving it. It runs full android, is made to be an mp3 player, but operates more like a phone without the phone parts. It has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but apparently has no location services, which is inconvenient if you want navigation, but great for privacy. It even has a camera.
They have non android mp3 players too if you want something more simple.
For me it was that all you did in your email was talk about how you didn't want to compromise your ideals. All that stuff your told us about how hard you tried, how much you compromised, how many times you were blocked then reset aren't there. Those are the things that make your experience actually meaningful and relatable.
It would have been a lot better to send your preamble and wrap up with, "if you are able to provide a functional setup with the required environment for me to continue my application, I am happy to continue, otherwise I am afraid I must withdraw."
Washington State refused the request because the feds wanted socials, license numbers, signatures, birthdates, and other information protected by state law. They happily shared the general info like name and address, but the feds are trying to sue to get the protected parts too.
Anyone have experience with Garuda? It's where I landed after Bazzite and while I think it's great, I don't have a lot of experience. I'd love to know how it compares to cachy.
Look, I'm not going to study immutable systems for other potential problems just to argue with you. I'm just pointing out that sometimes you can't predict what will cause a problem for someone and there are other easy to use options out there, so people can make well-informed decisions.
I'm sure Bazzite is great, I liked it well enough while I was using it, but it wasn't until after I switched to something else that Linux started making sense to me. Bazzite may be harder to break, but for me as a Linux newbie, it wasn't "better" and it felt weird to use in a way Garuda never did.
Immutability is a double edged sword. I bricked my drive permissions trying to get Bazzite to let me change my login screen background. Everyone assumes that immutability will prevent these sort of things, but for me, switching to a non immutable distro (Garuda) meant I didn't have to muck about in the more touchy settings because I didn't have to fight the restrictions in the OS anymore.
This isn't about standing up for a dictator or not, this is about a few questions. Trump just suggested the following answers.
If a country doesn't like the leader of another country and how they ruin it, can they intervene? YES.
Does a leader need any sort of approval before they intervene? NO.
What sort of intervention can they do? BOMBING AND KIDNAPPING ARE JUST FINE TO FORCE REGIME CHANGE.
This implications of this internally are big enough within the US, but internationally we are setting precedent for these same answers to be used against any country at any time. What would be different about Russia or China doing the same to any country they disprove of? What's to stop them from using it as a flimsy excuse for imperialism?
On the one hand, I feel your pain, on the other hand... You could have just reinstalled Garuda and chosen a password using characters that exist on a US keyboard to get it all set up before switching your keyboard layout to the one you want and then updating the password.
Sorry the journey has been so rough.