One of the following:

• Ignore, do nothing.
• Fast forward. An ad break is around 15 min so sometimes we start watching a program late so we can fast forward ads later.
• Change channel. Sometimes half the ad breaks are at the end of the program so by changing channel you don’t lose anything lol.

I tried that, printing worked like %20 of the time.

Trying to avoid using my PC at all costs was a bad idea, I changed my mind because I had to print stuff😅

Alright I am installing this

Journal won’t be helpful in case of kernel panics.

Linux will have an equialvent of BSoD soon. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DRM-Panic-QR-Codes

I upgraded mom’s PC from HDD to SSD, no regrets

This is my experience but I have never seen it mentioned anywhere.

If there is a pending update Windows will allocate ~2 GiB additional RAM

Just uninstall cups-browsed, how are you going to print w/o CUPS?

For YT I’d recommend enhanced-h264ify for best performance. Also FF with real ublock but that’s personal preference. In my experience on low end YT is slow no matter the browser.

Spotify app is OK. I can listen to music on background with no problems. You said you listen to obscure songs, Spotify is lacking in that regard and YTM has the best library.

Spotify on mobile is a torture test if you do not use a mod or have a subscription.

WSL: If your friend is a dev and needs Linux cli utilities, use this. Dual Boot: If your friend wants to daily drive Linux, use this. Shrink Windows NTFS partition within Windows then install Linux to blank space. Virtualbox: Testing ground for dual boot, your friend can familiarise themselves with Linux safely using a VM.

I have 8723be, not only it randomly disconnects but also it sometimes drops to 30 KB/s requiring a reconnect and has bad signal reception even on Windows. Ethernet 4 life.

In my case I am not using the phone but hotspot is on with 5 clients.

When I plug in my phone but it drains faster than it charges.

I used it like 10 minutes ago lol, it is indeed useful and just got an upgrade.

Sharing a file to your device via KDE Connect no longer breaks after the first time you do it until the app you shared the file from is restarted

Yeeeees!

I blocked a few US politics related communities. I still see US politics but to a lesser extent. I am satisfied with the results.