I still run into things in the installer that I forget how to do on some installs.
Me too.
PCpunk overall I think you are doing ok with learning stuff, You persevere where others would give up, so you get a big 
from me.
+1!
I second this, most all whom has ran across the many roadblocks along the way would have given up at the most in the first couple of weeks. That's tops, likely less time is the case.
pcpunk has always been one whom has hung in there, no matter how many times it took to reinstall, get something going, whatever, that type of intestinal fortitude is rare, like none that I've seen otherwise. I'll be honest, don't have it in me to hang in there as tough as pcpunk has.
Yet learning Linux is not the only thing that pcpunk has excelled at, and perhaps why 'throwing in the towel' was no option. Anyone whom can ride bicycles from Florida through the tough mountains in the state where I live & more to come all the way to Colorado, using rocks as pillows to catch a nap along the way, that's determination in the genes, DNA, whatever one wants to call it.
pcpunk was one of the few from the XP forum that we were able to convince Linux was the way to go & if he can do it, so can anyone else. It's all about learning something new, going on a new journey, and no one has promised this would be easy. Yes, it's very easy to install & use as is, or to add a piece of hardware, yet learning more about the inner workings of the OS is something else altogether. That would apply equally to Windows, as with Linux Mint, most users are using at best, 10% of it's features & that's giving the benefit of the doubt, most less than that.
He has been one of the few whom has expressed desire to learn more than just how to run the OS out of the box, and though started with the MATE edition, is now running KDE, so has learned two OS's during this timespan of a year to 14 or so months. Plus has jumped out there & tried a few others.
I'd certainly say that pcpunk's progress is an exception & by no means the rule, especially given the very rocky start he began with & has been assisting others along the way as of recent times. This has not gone unnoticed my myself & likely other long term members of this forum. 
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