The best part of using an external drive is that you can save files across multiple devices. You can also keep using it long after you've upgraded to a new phone. Generally, HDDs last three to five ...

If you use Flatpak apps on Linux, do yourself a favor and install Bazaar to make your app management life a bit easier.

If you need to run Windows apps on Linux, Winboat is inching ever-closer to full release and will make your life considerably easier.