Framework has endorsed a Linux distribution by a developer with controversial social views.

Every online space is filled with furries, especially the most furry-hostile spaces!

It’s a rolling release, but more stable than arch. It has a lot of features for customizing your software (useflags, custom patches, etc.) and is a great way to learn a lot about Linux.

Gentoo is the way.

What video adapter is in there?

Have you tried dmesg over SSH? Sometimes you can get an extra message or two if the display freezes before the entire kernel does.

Guess it was a bad time to download more RAM

See zram and zswap.