CTT had a video about it I found quite nice: https://youtu.be/hnNjFysodRo In shortv

• if you want to game: bazzite
• if you are a power user: cachy
• for office/regular computer usage: mint

They did, and then I put linux on it, so I created the problem I guess. (But struggling a but with office every now and then is better than dealing with windows always)

I really dislike microsoft office, but the unfortunate reality is that it is used everywhere and it is such a disadvantage not to have, onlyoffice works great for me but the risk of things not looking right when sharing with someone with office is quite big. So I really like this progression, needing to run a full windows emulation to get office is a pain.

He did actually, even after losing whomever the greeks were fighting (Persians?), they send some boats up river to Athens, presumably to tell the city they won and extort whatever they could. So it was important that the Athenians knew the battle was won before the boats arrived.

Source: an ancient history podcast I listened to like two years ago. (So I am vague of the details)