Wires:

• Ethernet over preferred over WiFi for non portable desktops
• Audio gear : wired will sound better. Bluetooth headphones have batteries that almost certainly aren’t repairable.
• Peripherals, in the sane vein. I just don’t get having to charge a keyboard or mouse that sits on my desk all day.

Ah, okay. I thought OP was referring to a thinkpad/thinkcentre

What’s a thin client?

Not sure if niche, but I use Arco Linux instead of the alternatives like Endeavour, Manjaro, or plain arch.

Why? Its easier to setup than straight Arch. Manjaro was all over the place when I tried it a few years back. Arco, right from the ISO stage, let’s you configure exactly what you want, with a handy guide on their website.

But the thing that keeps me loyal is the excellent community. The maintainer himself responds to most of your queries on telegram / discord (not FOSS reeee) and he’s very active on YouTube as well with no nonsense guides and walkthroughs. Shoutout Eric Dubois

As an audiophile, I’ve tried these at an event and they sound pretty close to audiophile grade wired headphones. They have the Focal house signature (slightly warm but not bassy or boomy)

Focal Bathys? They are expensive and delicate though

I use cloud flare tunnel for my home server too. Are there any viable and somewhat easy alternatives?

Xnconvert for some of these tasks

It’s been 2 decades since grandma bought a pc

Oh damn. It was at auto, which I assumed was 100% (the lowest value)

I set it to 100 manually and it looks a lot better, thanks!

The UI is horrendously large on my 14 inch 1080p display too

A good general rule of thumb is to avoid the E and L series, and stick with the X, T or P series, or the X1 Carbons. Depending on your use case, choose one with the processor and display you want.

I have a T460 with linux on it that I use for work and it has been rock solid even when I spilled coffee on it.

I’m losing it in the hospital corridor lmao

Honestly straight arch was more stable for me. I barely knew anything about the AUR back then, I didn’t break it installing or tweaking anything. I just customised KDE a bit. I didn’t even have a dedicated GPU - I was using Intel integrated

Manjaro. It just breaks itself randomly, and performs poorly. Endeavour / ARCO Linux are more stable

It’ll buff out

Sean Lock, Bob Saget, Norm MacDonald, Gilbert Gottfried, how many more did I miss?

Studio 3T over MongoDB Compass. Despite the comparatively dated UI, S3T is way more capable

Thomas Middletooth

hes like chili jam on fried rice