Did you make this or are you just promoting it? Your post history seems to suggest you just spam links but don’t actually contribute to the posts you share. Why here on self hosted? Is this self hosted by you or someone you know?

It’s so smart. It’s a wonder why no one ever thought of it before…

This was Zorin for me.

Dual screen worked without issue on live USB. Installed on metal and dual screen no longer worked…

Never got it figured out. I just moved to a different distro.

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Security did an audit of everyone’s usage into our network and determined that no one was using Linux, so no reason to keep it unblocked. Most users used Windows and some used macOS, but no Linux usage seen, so why not just block it to close off one possible vector. If you try to connect using Linux, even with the right credentials and MFA, you’ll get a block message that your device is not allowed. I had been planning on switching full time to Linux, but hadn’t yet otherwise my usage would have showed up on their report and they might not have blocked it.

The security at my job is very tight. Most things are blocked unless there is a specific need or use for it. The head of security is very strict on access and keen to block things until multiple people cry for it to be unblocked and for a reason he agrees with.

As part of the larger project of blocking access, he blocked most personal devices to access our systems. My team was excluded with some heavy deterrents to it and an agreement for us to use company managed cloud PCs for all the work we do. Myself and others don’t want company devices while we work from home and prefer to use our own devices so this was part of the compromise.

I honestly probably could have made a stink about it, and maybe not even that much effort since I have a friendlier relationship to the head of security than others, and we may have kept Linux unblocked, but I decided to just go along with it and get a Mac instead. The policy has helped in ensuring unauthorized access is kept to a minimum. We routinely get targeted by malicious parties and our users are often getting tricked by phish and malware campaigns (even with training and routine simulation tests on the users), so I can’t exactly blame him for choosing this.

TL;DR: Just one less thing to worry about.

Oh that’s a good point, I see the concern there. Thanks for the clarification, I’m going to edit my comment with that part.

They don’t care. Their job is solely to provide you with access to their cellular network. As long as you keep that tied to one device (and don’t phone clone, meaning share that access with multiple devices), they don’t care.

Same thing I’m feeling watching this.

Also got a MacBook Air for work because my company recently blocked Linux. Ugh…but I’m loving the MacBook more than I thought. Haven’t gone to Windows for non-work reasons in over a week now and been gaming on Linux with few issues.

128GB are even cheaper, some in the $10 USD range.

If all you do is web browsing and word processing, that’s more than enough.

Framework has a few options now so you’ll need to be specific on the particular one you’re eyeing from them. And whatever choice that would be, you can do some benchmarks between their core hardware like AGPU, etc. to see how well it would stack up based on paper statistics.

But as much as I love my Steam Deck (LCD), it is starting to show its age for newer titles out there. I want to say this started with the Liberty DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 where I began noticing it. The base Cyberpunk game plays very well on the Steam Deck but any interactions in the newer parts of the map shows a decrease in frame rates and increased fan speed.

If you’re mainly playing older titles, emulating older games (can go up to Xbox 360 and PS3 with most issues in that era), or for streaming from a more capable computer, then the Steam Deck should be a good choice.

Though, I agree with someone else here that productivity can be a bit difficult on the Steam Deck unless you go for a keyboard that folds up and is made for it and feels comfortable. It’ll be more clunky to haul around like from class to class, for example, than a standard laptop would be. Though be aware that you’ll probably be using a Bluetooth keyboard, so that’s one more device to ensure is charged up. And speaking of batteries, the Steam Deck’s battery life is something you’ll want to consider and compare to another laptop like the Framework if you plan to take it with you on mobile like class to class or for studying in the library, a coffee shop, etc. My Steam Deck’s battery life has significantly decreased since using it, but I can’t exactly say what the life is like for productivity since I’m usually gaming on it and that takes a lot.

And on that note, USB devices like a keyboard do work with the Steam Deck with no issues, but you’ll want a dongle and that is going to add to bulkiness and more to carry since it only has 1 USB type C port which it also shares for charging.

Also, the choice of SteamOS could be a problem depending on what you want to do since it’s an immutable OS. If you’re just gaming and word processing, then it should be fine. But if you hope to do some tinkering in the system, you’re going to have problems there than if you went with a non-immutable distro. Of course you can install any other distro on it, including going to Windows, if you wished, but you lose out on the superior, made-for SteamOS gaming features and modes built for the Steam Deck.

Emulation is top notch on it too. I go back and forth playing Steam games and emulated games.

I’ve been replaying a ton of games I played as a kid. Even stuff I was playing as a teen/young adult in the 360 era sometimes works on this thing!

Ours are now limited to 15 items or less in nearly every store.

Pisses me off I have to wait in line with everyone else and be behind the social butterflies who want to carry on a conversation. I’m just trying to get my shit and go home.

I go through the “oh for real?” “Damn that’s crazy” “lol wow” “I get that”

People say I’m really good at listening and a great conversationalist 🤷‍♂️

Problem is being on autopilot and then someone asks you about it later or something specific and you gotta zone back in and play it off.

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All my life and I never looked it up to see why they were called that.

Also always wondered as a kid about that Italian guy in the California Raisins VHS I watched on repeat and now that makes sense too https://youtu.be/aPCOfuXYRhs at 13:08 mark. The full thing is still great to watch, if anyone is interested. I apparently busted a few couches dancing to this as a kid lol

We get it too when using virtual desktops in the cloud at work. It’s hilarious.

I just wish I had a way to block them. Sometimes I’m troubleshooting or researching and a Reddit thread pops up. It’s a waste of space since I can’t even visit the damn site.

Biggest downside is Windows always rebooting after updates, and if I don’t sit there, it boots back into Linux as it’s the first option in Grub.

This is why I edited Grub to not timeout and instead wait for me to make a selection.

Can be done by running

sudo vim /etc/default/grub

Can also use nano or some other editor than vim too.

And changing GRUB_TIMEOUT=X to GRUB_TIMEOUT=-1 or a larger value to give you more time if you prefer to have it timeout eventually. -1 disables the countdown to auto select entirely.

And then run

update-grub

To have the changes confirmed.

I do this because I use Windows about half and Linux the other half so letting me make my decision works best for me.

Microsoft, ironically. The one time they were right.

Granted, it wasn’t in anyone’s best interests but their own for not wanting anyone else to have kernel level access.

Thanks! Just tried and yeah, no noticeable difference lol.

Collectors editions don’t even include physical items anymore. At least you got something cool to keep. Now it’s some worthless download you get once and never again.

I still have those cheap night vision goggles from one of the Call of Duty editions. They’re subpar quality but still pretty cool.