i was hoping for a few insights before I make an offer. (After the offer Im planning on doing all a full survey on the building)

i despise plastic and i want to minimize it where possible.

in this particular case the components will be exposed to the sun and that will degrade the plastic over time, and that is something that wont happen to wood :)

i edit it with a link

the x230 is great but the plastics are crumbling so I thought it is a good chance to get something with a better screen.

the framework feels cheap, even though it costs a lot, Im pretty sure it wont last for as long I bought it to last without the need for replacement parts.

No but I rebooted the system after the change. do still need to update it regardless the reboot?

no, I just removed them with the live cd and repartitioned it (Im assuming its doing the same thing under the hood?)

editing the /etc/fstab didnt work (I just changed the path but not sure if the uuid plays any part) but ill give the rm/mkdir part a go

the command returns my user dir and a lost+found dir

yes it is a symlink to /var/home

do you encrypt them?