You can add a package to your ignore list, although that is not recommended for the longer term.

Yeah, but ask a stupid question get a stupid answer!

In the private sector, I once was asked to come up with 12 uses for a kettle. I said make 12 cups of coffee. I didn’t get the job.

I have no rituals, but I do have an anti-static band.

It runs on generic hardware so you don’t have to pay the Apple tax.

I was trying Linux because I was curious (back then it was Mandrake) and I realised I hadn’t booted Windows for 6 months so I reinstalled Linux giving it all of my hard drive and never looked back.

~/Projects - for my coding projects

~/Qt - which holds the Qt framework

~/Torrents - For torrents that I share

No, but then I have quite an old graphics card. Even for my card, the open source drivers are recommended.

It’s more about their practices, the same for Microsoft and Google. I still have my trusty Nokia 8110 4G but I know it’s going to die one day and then I’ll have to choose between Google and Apple :(

But you’re using a Mac and my conscience won’t allow that!

Yes I do. It’s pronounced th.

I’m sure it’s all buried in their licence agreement.

Qt 6 - https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/mobiledevelopment.html

…Extend

True, but not things you will use day to day. With such a little machine, I would go with EndeavourOS with i3 or sway and build it up from there.

The only disadvantage is that you have to manually update, unless you’ve installed it from the aur.

The very first computers were programmed using physical switches and buttons. Punched cards came later. Being a programmer in those days was a lot harder than it is now!

Isn’t Zorin very out of date?

If you’re supporting it, then one you are familiar with would be my recommendation. If you’re both beginners, then Mint.

You could say they got ahead of the game.