The same amount of money in fewer hands creates a choke-point that they can squeeze later.

Although I agree with you…

That’s how the vast majority of software has been built for the past couple of decades. LLM’s aren’t different in that regard, just faster.

I do enjoy programming, but I prefer “getting stuff done”. While I enjoy programming, I’d rather just get it done and move on. I like the results of having programmed.

Productivity is my problem, because I build stuff for myself, not just for my boss.

Wow, good on Ubisoft. I usually don’t trust them, so I do wonder if they are trying something shitty, but this seems cool.

The “hype” is just marketing

I ran Debian on one of the surface pros a few years ago. It took a bit of hardware hacking, but it was great.

I use a TWM and spend most of my time in the shell, so I didn’t get to utilize a lot of the OS features. But things like reading comics, and surfing the web were pretty cool.

I always wondered if Gnome would be a better interface for it. It seems like they’ve been leaning that direction for a while.

Yup, it’s hard to justify supporting Lenovo, but work buys mine, so I’m not gonna complain too much about it.

Thinkpads are awesome. They aren’t as good as they used to be, but they still work great for linux.

Why mint?

I use mint as my “TV room” OS. It’s worked pretty well so far.