What was it that you did not like especially? Dis you think of selwcting whar to install?

Was all the creation club content gone? fishing pole too?

I'm not a fan of the AE either.

This game is not playable for me due to excessive bugs, is playable on STEAM though.

I am wondering if a clean SE install would make this run better.

I have Anniversary Edition, but am playing Special Edition (at least for now).

The creation club content that is supposed to be included with Special Edition (including the fishing pole and survival mode) is present, while I have not seen any sign of the content that is not supposed to be in SE.

I have not encountered any crashes, and the only bugs I have encountered have been bugs that are documented on UESP.

Specs of the device I'm using that are relevant:
* CPU: AMD 3500U, with integrated GPU
* GPU: Integrated only
* RAM: 8GM (with 2GB allocated to the GPU)
* OS: Debian testing (bookwirm, I think); game is being run through Lutris (yes, this means I am using WINE rather than native Linux)

Thank you for the clarification.

I am using a Ryzen 7 5000 series, this machine is relatively new but it has about 300 hours in skyrim in steam on it or roundabout anyways. This is a HP Envy model, basic Win 11 (I Know, that's a problem);

Too bad they aren't giving LE with it. Would be so much better if everyone got to see the real skyrim, with the original mods that caused the villagers to flee fights and all. was a much better game IMO, that one single mod made the rest of the stuff tolerable, all it took, 1 single mod.

Doesn't running the unofficial update disable achievements? I know it did on STEAM.

If you're talking about the mod I'm thinking of, it's available for Special Edition
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2272

Yeah, it is a mod, but it disables achieviements on STEAM, don't know about the GOG Version.

That's part of the reason why i stayed playing LE so long.

could do most anything with LE and it wouldn't complain or care.

The Villager running away from fights mod was enough to disable acheivements on Steam SSE, let alone the bug fixes, which were all done by players not bethesda.