Clonezilla can also update grub. Last time I upgraded system drive I had to do nothing.

I understand the vinegar, but why baking soda?

HP Zbook 15" G7 working out of the box but not great detection reliability (might be an unfortunate specimen). Lenovo Thinkpad T580 much better although not working out of the box on LMDE

You can try with libreelec https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/13250-testing-8-9-004-x86-acer-aspire-one/

Me too

I have LMDE on my T580.

Unfortunately many require 2FA with their app to log in via web browser

Sorry but I haven’t got the tape drive yet. I found an HP lto-5 ultrium 3000 on ebay but I’m not sure if it’s a good choice

I just found a dell h200 for 27€ shipping included on aliexpress. It should be already flashed in IT mode, right? This screen pic is in the description:

Me too, on floppy disks, kernel 2.0.something… I remember I struggled to get X11 running, so I tried with redhat next

I fail to understand your reasoning, could you elaborate?

Rock64 had 4GB max

Pretty standard with Mexican manufacturing plants

You could have just done a little search https://orgmode.org/

IMHO need of GPIO and space constraint.