n2burns

That sounds awful. We already have trackpoint to use a mouse in a compact device.

The printer would add so much bulk that it would no longer be a compact laptop anymore. I know you personally want one (from your recent post), but just carry a separate device or velcro it to the back of the laptop.

I assume by "on mobile" you mean "iOS" since on Android it's super easy to redirect YouTube links to a 3rd party app.

Yes, NFC the technology works. However, certain applications, like Google Wallet can be problematic and require workarounds (not because of technology itself though)

I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah

Not everyone using a custom ROM is doing it for privacy reasons. I see privacy as a perk but I mainly use custom ROMs to keep my devices around longer and to get new features.

Even for those who are concerned about privacy, I don't think NFC is that big of a security hole. I know some people who turn it on only when they're using it, but that's pretty painless.

Is that a limitation of the destination filesystem?

Now I am faced with needing to replace my SSD which gives me reason enough to install a new distro.

Replacing an SSD is pretty simple on Linux; just copy over the data, adjust the partitions, select the new drive in UEFI/BIOS. If you want to try a different distro, any time is good, but a new SSD doesn't require a reinstall.

My advice from my distro-hopping days is to dual-boot with potential new distros (unless space is at a premium). I just made sure to share important folders like /home/. That way, if I didn't like my new setup, I could quickly fall-back to the old.

If you're new, IMHO you should be looking at the distro as a whole, not the DE specifically. Yeah, if you find one you mostly like but want to try other similar distros, it's probably a good thing to stay with the same DE. However, it's not something to get hung up on as distros often tweak the DE.

And to answer your question, Cinnamon. After years of distro-hopping, I've spent most of the past decade on Linux Mint.

There are levels of bad. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good (or in this case, only slightly better).

If you’re getting 650 Mbps, all of your hardware is definitely capable of running 1 Gbps

Just to clarify, this means there aren't any 100 Mbps bottlenecks, not that the hardware can run at 1 Gbps. When Gigabit was new, a lot of hardware was rated for Gigabit but couldn't actually get 1000Mbps. I know this is less of an issue now Gigabit is mature, but there's still a possibility something is bottlenecking just due to the hardware not being able to keep up.

Those restrictions seem good, no? You don't get subsidies to build out your manufacturing just to sell it off.

When I open your link for radiotray-ng, it says, "ebruck released this 2 weeks ago." You'll also notice if you go to the Releases page, it doesn't show the year for the current year, but does for past years.

Because you’re using an external device to extend the capabilities of the port. It can’t do that without the dock, so now you have two things to carry around.

Maybe that's what the previous commenter meant, but they were bemoaning the number of ports, not dongles, etc. Even then, if you are using those ports, you are already carrying around extra accessories/dongles which might be replaced by the dock (or in my case, moving between stationary docks).

If you look at the comments on this, there are two distinct camps of people who will never agree: those who expect their laptop to be a self-contained unit that doesn’t require anything that wasn’t packaged with it to meet common use cases (which requires more ports), and those who are okay with docks and dongles and adapters.

Sure, and other commenters are pointing out that manufacturers are serving both groups.

I'm not sure why you think that's untrue, but it is true. I literally have a dock that provides power to my laptop, as well as connecting it to my monitors, keyboard, mouse, etc. all over one USB type C cable.