They may, as do morons.

Gentoo’s my daily driver.

Switzerland is one of the least shit so I fail to see your point.

I like to dish out advice without actually following it.

vim but i use VMs all the time and have to tolerate Windows.

Ubuntu or one of its variants

Even Mint? Seems to be the go-to recommendation for newbies.

Linux From Scratch or Slackware too.

OK

It’s an at-scale company, orders came from way above. As did RTO after 2 years full-at-home, etc, etc.

Atm main sys is a ZFS RAIDZ1 on 3 SSDs
Weekly-ish backup onto 1TB external HDD.
Sync encrypted important stuff to Cloud.
Syncthing some stuff to smartphone.

Meanwhile the dev gets an i5.
Can’t really complain on an i7 with 32 GiB though, but had to struggle for those extra 16 GiB and to get an 1TB SSD.

Was Minority Report a documentary too?

As legally required. Any company that wants to operate aboveboard needs to comply with local law - that includes Proton.

Proton’s CEO seems to be a right-wing jackass.

Tuta. Regardless of email provider, chose one that lets you use your own domain - that way it’s easier to change providers.

I would quit, immediately.

Pay my bills. Thanks.
I’ve been dusting off the CV, for multiple other reasons.

So Kobo and Calibre FTW.

Thanks for the reply, i’ve seen those patterns as well, kinda sad.

being run by one person on the edge of burnout. See curl, xy, etc.

While Stenberg is the main developer, he’s not the sole developer not does he seem to be on the edge of burnout.

Tanna is relatively fortunate – his employer gives him four hours a month to work on the project.

4 full hours?! Wooooow, what a benevolent employer! _/s