I'm seriously considering replacing my Internet-facing server with a RPi 4 and an NVMe SSD...

Main thing is that I want a distribution that starts out minimalist and lets me add only the exact packages I need, so I don't have to remove massive piles of stuff that aren't necessary. If it's not installed, it can't be cracked. I'm currently running Gentoo for that exact reason, but I'm not sure how practical building the world from source would be on a Pi.

*rimshot*

Amen to this. I refuse to watch video documentation. It runs too slow and requires that I bother my roommate with the audio. There are far too many people who think that it's a substitute for written docs, especially in the world of graphics programs; most fo the docs for two Blender add-ons I use regularly are video, and it drives me batty. Give me a written doc or GTFO.

The last time I went to upgrade my laptop, about 18 months ago, I made that call.

I needed to replace my MacBook Pro that wouldn't run Mojave. First machine I looked at was the current generation MBP...$2700 in the configuration I wanted, and no upgrade.

Then I looked at the System76 Oryx Pro. Nearly identical configuration, $2300 - and fully upgradeable (well, as much as a laptop ever is). Linux didn't bother me; for the things I do with a laptop, there wasn't anything that would be a problem.

I bought the Oryx Pro. Never looked back.

Pop!_OS Just Works on every system on which I've installed it. No driver hacking, no command-line fiddling, no endless tweaking needed.

Eh, Blender and Visual Studio Code work great on Linux. I do agree about the others you mention, though.

Whole he's right about marketing, there's another issue: application compatibility. No matter how good LibreOffice is, it's not going ot substitute for Word unless and until the same document turns out exactly the same way in both programs and can be edited equally well in both. If I hand someone my carefully formatted resume that I did in LibreOffice and Word shows it differently, then I've wasted effort and looked stupid to the hiring manager. (And yes, I've taken a Word resume and tried to edit it in LibreOffice, and got hash as a result.)

Similarly, the GIMP simply will not cut it to an experienced Photoshop user. I gave it a serious look earlier this year when I was getting ready to upgrade to Catalina on my Mac. (I have two Mac Pros, one running Linux, one Mac OS.) Just as it always has, it drove me nuts within minutes. I said the hell with that and bought Affinity Photo for the Mac.

Linux geeks say choices are good. The problem is that the average user doesn't want choices. They want an OS and applications that are easy to install and upgrade, and Just Work without a lot of fiddling. System76 has accomplished it for the OS; Pop!_OS is fantastic in that regard. But the apps just aren't there yet. Until they are, Linux on the desktop is a pipe dream.

I've always said that Blender is the most user hostile program I've ever worked with - and I'm a former IBM mainframe systems programmer. I hope 2.80 is easier to deal with, and that they quit making the user interface a moving target.

Now if they'd just update the Avastar plugin for Second Life so I could use the new version... Yes, it's being updated, but it's not ready yet.

The stock was fully vested. SEC regulations prohibited him selling it for a period of time after the IPO. After that time had passed, so had much of the stock's value.

As for the difference between open source and so-called "free software", ask a Stallmanite. Then duck.

RTFA and the comments. He discusses this in some detail. Hint: the procedure did not involve drilling a hole to anchor the cartilage into.

No, national health care systems pay less than Americans for the same medications because they can get away with it, because the manufacturer can fob off the R&D costs on Americans.

I'm not particularly jealous of anyone....and Theo de Raadt is not known for being easy to get along with.

And yes, I'm very well aware that while ESR is famous for what he's done, I'm famous for how I look in tights. There are other things I'd much rather be famous for, but I've learned to live with it.

Greetings, program!

VA Linux stock was worth a lot of money when it was first issued. When he could legally sell it, it wasn't worth so much.

No. He's not a full-time employee of anyone.