I resolved most of my issues by purchasing a new computer for $100 from my room mate. He bought some black-friday google chrome for $150, didn’t like it and tried to sell it to another roommie for $100, who wasn’t interested. So now I have 2 computers. I can surf the net on the chromebox and do other stuff on the useless 4-processor HP box.
“and do other stuff on the useless 4-processor HP box.”
Now a Linux box??? :)