I've tried several dotfile managers, but after adding my files I interact with them so infrequently I forget how to use them.
The thing which finally stuck is this method from Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles
Your entire home directory is a bare git repo which ignores untracked files. It's just plain git so there is no additional tool to learn or forget.
I've put my vim plugins as git submodules so they're easily and efficiently tracked and updated too.
I am a huge Vim nerd, but I do a lot of copy-paste with one-off minor formatting in between. Sometimes Vim is more efficient at this, but often it really isn't and I'm quicker to use a dumb Notepad-like.
I've previously used Gedit in Gnome 2, Pluma which is MATE's equivalent, Xed which is Linux Mint's equivalent, and currently on Mousepad which is XFCE's equivalent. That's also mostly the history of my desktop environments over the last two decades.
Use an open source 2FA which lets you export
You can store your recovery codes as files in KeepassXC
The first Dune by Cryo Entertainment.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dune
A unique mix of real-time grand strategy over the planet, with a point-and-click adventure component which unlocks more of the game as you progress through it. It works well and is enjoyable to me.
The art style is wonderful, that gorgeous French Cryo feel with some visuals taken from David Lynch's Dune film.
One of the ScummVM developers is currently reverse engineering all the animations on Mastodon and it's fascinating to see.
https://mastodon.social/@madmoose/110844905171293166
I got into casually speedrunning the game when the Upper Memory Block podcast covered it all those years ago. I managed under 100 game days, another podcast listener got under 50 days, and someone on YouTube has something like a 24 day completion.
The music is also great. Remi Herbulot's HERAD music system used parts of Yamaha's OPL synth which literally nobody else did, it is easily the most advanced FM synthesis engine for DOS, and composer Stephane Picq took advantage of it to make a beautiful soundtrack.
Stephane released a CD quality album version called Dune: Spice Opera which is my favourite album of all time, of many musician ever, and is one of my most prized possessions.
I have just made the switch from Ubuntu. Now I have a trustworthy stable base, plus selected latest apps with Flatpak and Distrobox. It's the best of both worlds.
I've had a Racknerd VPS on a LEB special for a couple of years. It work works and is always there when I need it. The control panel is good. If you want to pay less than US$1/month for a small VPS they're great.
you don't even need Obsidian to open them because they are in Markdown
This is crucial for me. I have existing sets of notes in Markdown and still want to edit in Vim or other editors, but sometimes in Obsidian too.
You know that killer soundtrack right?
One day Kenny Chou was browsing the internet and randomly thought "I wonder if anyone remembers that game I did the music for?" and was surprised to find his OMF2097 music has a huge following.
To celebrate he re-constructed the main theme in modern tools here: https://youtu.be/UvlVaQl7kEk
I prefer whatever codec my hardware supports. Currently Pi 4 does both your options so I don't care which. x265 has slightly smaller file size for the same quality wish is nice.
I have a Sony Discman I prefer to listen on with nice headphones, for that full retro 90s experience.
But honestly I rip them to FLAC and listen on my PC or phone.
I love XFCE but I use MATE's Caja file manager on mine.