I can report that the HP ENVY X360 15-eu0013ca has a Wacom display and pen and it works perfectly under Linux.

Yay go Alice!

It’s a libre implementation of RDP. Regardless of who pioneered it, it’s still open-source software, and Microsoft needs to keep RDP backwards compatible so it’s unlikely they’ll break it.

Worst case, FreeRDP can just go and do its own thing regardless of Microsoft

They’re over 10 years old at this point, Windows 10 released in 2015, 9 years ago.

Unfortunately, yes, we are old!

“bloat” = it has features I don’t like

Pro

Definitely, he should try using Linux in a typical Microsoft-driven corporate environment with a regular laptop for a month and see how it is.

Microsoft is in bed with Canonical though, so Snaps are their preferred method of software delivery.

You do make a good point that there is a decent selection of proprietary software on Linux, but some of these are half-assed attempts (Discord, Zoom, Proton), and the vast majority of vendors are not thinking about Linux at all.

Vendors don’t give a shit about Linux.

Beggars can’t be choosers.

This does indeed directly solve OP’s original problem, but it does not answer the question of why GNOME Software isn’t working as it should.

Some cases let you mount the GPU vertically, especially SFF cases. This would display the fans of the GPU through the glass.

I’ve seen some people paint their GPU backplate.

Is OpenZFS what Ubuntu uses?

Uhhh, RHEL, Ubuntu and Pop!_OS, respectively?

Brendan Eich is a piece of shit

https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/issues/2930

I have a feeling most of these people are either NEETs or never used a work computer.

Oof that sounds hella unprofessional though

You mean the KDE spin and Atomic KDE variant have no X11 anymore?

You can try JetBrains Rider for .NET, but it’s only natural that you won’t be able to write Windows applications outside of Windows.

I’m personally impartial to JetBrains for my IDEs on Linux, they work really well and are well supported.

That’s a different topic, you’re moving the goalposts :P