Still gotta be careful since some manufacturers have started auto-connecting to open access points when they detect them.

Have you considered giving your linux install a little caffeine?

https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/caffeine

Replaced the fan with a bad bearing on one of my proxmox hosts today. For a short while I figured I was going crazy because it seemed to stop making noise when I actually got close to the server, but it finally fully gave today and I was able to identify and swap it.

Welcome to like… 40-80% of the global food chain my dude. So few things are made ethically.

Jokes on you, dude is rocking Qubes /s

I think they should at least do an annual “Year of the Linux desktop!” episode!

I wouldn’t say it has anything to do with the financial affluence of the gamer, but I agree with you that the vast vast majority of gamers simply do not care. Like with a lot of things, that same majority would be better off if they did.

It’s abstraction all the way down?!

Easy way to get yourself banned in online games just an FYI. Most online games will detect and ban virtual machines now since they’ve become commonplace in cheat/hack communities.

Yeah… That type of brainwashing is so commonplace now though. Just look at how the US is treating striking dock workers, people keep talking about how they make xxx,xxx and not how the ceos make xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx like it’s the workers being greedy… 🥲