I’ve been looking more in depth about the issues on my Linux desktop, and so far I managed to fix two things.
First, there was the issue the computer would take about a minute to shutdown. Systemd was waiting on a process to respond, and it didn’t. It seemed that disconnecting from my old Mac Mini, which I keep online mostly for storage, resolved this problem—no more hang-ups.
The second issue, which is Emacs-specific, was the result of my laziness: I installed Emacs from a flatpak (I know, I know, what was I thinking). As a result, a few things didn’t work right. After installing it from savannah.gnu.org as I should and building it, it works as it should… kind of. There’s still the odd font issue where it doesn’t pick up italics, but I think I have a workaround.
Next, I need to clean a couple of libraries that are taking up space on my hard drive, and probably a few more games I’m not really playing. First, I need to have a good backup.