Linux is really a superfamily of loosely-related OS’s (called distributions). Arch and Debian are 2 of the more common ones. Arch in particular has a reputation of being really beginner un-friendly, particularly in that, to my understanding, you have to build the OS yourself.

There’s also the caveat that many Linux distributions end up sharing/copying code from each other, so you end up with a kind of “OS lineage.” The most common distribution, Ubuntu, is copied from Debian. And then the most beginner-friendly distribution, Linux Mint, is copied from Ubuntu. Arch, to my knowledge, doesn’t copy code from elsewhere, so much of the advice given from users of other distributions won’t apply to Arch (hence the meme, “I use Arch btw”)

Anyways, the real advice for a Linux beginner is to stick with a beginner-friendly distribution: either Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Pop!_OS. Most or all distributions have various “flavors,” which are basically like how the OS looks. I think the real difficulty is picking a flavor that you like. I personally like the look of KDE Plasma (IMO resembles Windows 10 the most), so my personal recommendation is Kubuntu, which is the KDE Plasma flavor of Ubuntu

I don’t think it’s true that people don’t care about the Ryzen AI chips. Stupid name for sure, but this is really Strix Point, the laptop chips. What that really implies is that any AMD laptops going forward will not support W10, which will affect quite a large number of people

I have no idea why tablet was considered an option. I’ve never heard of anyone using a tablet, and you are the first person I’ve heard who is considering a tablet.

Just go with a monitor. Get a high refresh rate 1080p. You might be able to drive a 1440p if that’s what you’d prefer.

Also you won’t be able to use the computer without an OS. I would recommend deciding on what OS to use while waiting for the monitor to arrive

The screen size matters significantly. More specifically, what humans care about is pixel density. A 24 inch 1080p screen does not look the same as a 27 inch 1080p, which does not look the same as a 32 inch 1080p.

A 24 inch 1080p screen is perfectly fine. A 27 inch 1080p, you can start to see the pixels more clearly. A 32 inch 1080p IMO is unacceptably bad.

I would say the standard should be 1080p for 24 inch or under, 1440p for 24-27 inch, 4K for 27 inch or above

I personally run a 24 inch 1440p screen because I’m pretty picky with pixel density, and the monitor was relatively good deal.

The question is designed to be as divisive as possible. It categorizes large swathes of people into just 2 groups - man or bear. The man group contains mansplainers, but it also contains regular people who simply view humanity as naturally altruistic. The bear group contains people with concerns about men overpowering women, but also contains people who earnestly believe that most if not all men will try to do it if given the chance.

The problem is that people either are unable to or unwilling to acknowledge that these categories are not monolithic. And in claiming that all people in the man group are incels, you are inadvertently insulting everyone in that group. Likewise, in claiming that all people in the bear group are misandrists, you are inadvertently dismissing everyone in that group.

It is not productive to make claims about people based only on their answer to the question. In fact, it appears to be entirely the intention of the question to divide even rational people by exploiting the general human inability to see subgroups within larger categories

I would agree with you, but there was apparently evidence that specific patches were made that allowed TOTK to work. And then if you take a look at the link, there were screenshots of the Nintendo documents to suggest that TOTK apparently was not the Yuzu team’s first rodeo when it came to patching for pre-release games

I tried looking for it, but all my searches are flooded with articles about this current takedown wave. I did find a forum post talking about it, though, so I know I’m not crazy.

I might try searching again later, in which case I’ll edit this comment.

Also, I know this isn’t really relevant to the question, but the Yuzu team was doing some really shady stuff, even ignoring the development kit usage. For instance, they were collecting telemetry data from all of their users and were using illegally obtained roms to optimize Yuzu, to the point where the Yuzu team was able to get games to work before the game’s official release

So, I agree with your general points, but I think part of the reason Nintendo is so harsh towards Yuzu is because, as far as I’m aware, Yuzu does actually contain proprietary code from Nintendo.

My understanding is that the Yuzu team used a Switch development kit instead of reverse engineering the Switch as they had claimed, so the entire code is essentially tainted because it’s unclear which parts came from the development kit and which parts came from true reverse engineering

Extremely disappointed. They had some very passionate people on the project and I was hoping that they’ll turn things around over the next several years.

I’ve switched to W11 on my main rig, since Linux doesn’t have the sort of compatibility that I can rely on for my work. I installed explorer patcher to restore W10 start menu, task bar, and right click menu. I combed through the settings to deactivate all the data collection settings.

On my laptop, I dual boot W11 and KDE Neon.

It’s the best that I can do given the circumstances

It’s like boiling a crab - people don’t realize how much they’re getting shafted if you enshittify slowly enough. And frankly, I fully predict that it’ll continue to get worse. Social media execs have proven themselves to be brazen enough (and dumb enough) to so openly exploit their userbase

It says

Bocchi za rokku Arigatou gozaimashita!

Bocchi za rokku is the name of the series (Bocchi the rock)

And the ri/i thing is just a handwriting thing. You can tell it’s meant to be ri because the right side is much longer than left side

Edit: also, warra wouldn’t be translated as laugh. The stem of verbs can’t stand on their own. You will only see warau (laugh) as warai, waratte, warayou, etc., but never as just wara. It also wouldn’t really make sense to make wara into warra. Some people will add the tsu to emphasize certain syllables, but in this case, it would just end up sounding weird and unnatural. And plus there’s no real reason to emphasize syllables in this case

People here can’t seem to understand sarcasm

Didn’t expect that, but what a welcome surprise

Nobody here seems to have read the article, so to clear things up: Onerep’s CEO is the one running the people-search networks. Mozilla’s CEO was not. (As far as we know.)

Mozilla dropping Onerep is a good thing. It shows that they respect user privacy.

Bought it when it came out! Great game. The antialiasing is really funky, though. There’s a lot of ghosting no matter what antialiasing option you use. I suspect it’s probably a software bug. It does kind of detract from the visual quality aspect of its marketing.

Regardless, I don’t think puzzles sell well in general - bit of a niche genre

Don’t you mean carchy tuns?

Sounds like there’s incompatibility of some kind. My first thought is to check to see if your CPU is compatible with the RAM. Maybe XMP is on and the CPU can’t handle that RAM speed? Just a shot in the dark here

Alternatively, I’ve also had that happen if things aren’t seated properly. It sounds like you’ve already tried that, though. So if it’s not incompatibility, then I think the next most likely is that the CPU is defective

Pretty good build. For CPU’s I basically always recommend getting non-X variants if it can be helped. They are only like 5% weaker (and many times less than 5% weaker) and tend to be significantly cheaper. So in your case, you can shave off cost by getting a 7600 instead of a 7600X.

IMO I would get a 6800 instead if a 6750XT - it’s 380 dollars instead of 330, but you get 16 GB VRAM and it’s just more powerful. A 6800 for 380 is a good deal, and it should be a deal that you can find relatively easily.

Everything else I really have no complaints about. Everything looks well balanced

Good start. Here’s the things I noticed:

1. You don’t have a GPU. The CPU you selected doesn’t have an iGPU, so you’ll need to have a dedicated GPU for the computer to work. Otherwise, you’ll want a CPU with an iGPU. I believe you can get a 5600G for roughly the same price. Its CPU power will be slightly weaker than a 5600, but it’ll come with an iGPU, and for $20 less cost. And it should be compatible with the rest of your build.
2. BIOS shouldn’t be an issue. Older models of motherboards come pre-flashed with the compatible BIOS now. You only have to worry about flashing the BIOS if your particular motherboard was manufactured before the CPU came out (since the manufacturer obviously wouldn’t have been able to flash the BIOS for a then-nonexistent CPU). The actual process of flashing a BIOS is really easy, but you’ll need to install a compatible CPU first to flash the BIOS. Just follow the instructions on the motherboard manufacturer’s website (or manual). It’s pretty idiot-proofed
3. You’ll want to buy speakers or headphones. Modern computers don’t really need sound cards unless you’re doing audio work, but you’ll still need a way to hear the audio. (You’ll also want a mouse, if you don’t already have one)
4. 8 GB RAM is really not enough these days, even if you’re using Linux. 16 GB is really the lowest acceptable amount nowadays. Doubly so because DDR4 RAM nowadays is really cheap. For just 20 dollars more, you should get 16 GB, DDR4-3200. It’ll save you a ton of headache later.
5. You should get an SSD. SSD’s are getting cheaper. Granted, hard drives are still cheaper, but it’s getting to the point where the increased speed of an SSD easily offsets the increased cost of an SSD. SSD’s significantly improve things like time it takes to boot up, time to open video or picture files, time to open programs, etc. It’s really kind of a no-brainer nowadays, even if you don’t game. I would not recommend a hard drive-only build nowadays, simply because the performance-per-cost is no longer viable. You should either do a full SSD build (more expensive) or an SSD+HDD combo (less expensive, but requires you to know where to put files). I would probably recommend getting a 1 TB SATA SSD (Samsung 870 EVO, $40) and a 1 TB HDD (WD Blue 3.5" 1 TB 7200 rpm, $30). This combo should get you the same total storage space, but it’ll be much faster, and for just $10 more. Alternatively, you can consider if you even need 2 TB in total, and just get a 1 TB SSD. A solid 1 TB NVMe SSD goes for $60 nowadays.
6. Have you tried using that keyboard before? My personal experience with membrane keyboards has been generally negative. They feel really mushy and they cause a lot of typos because you need to press all the way down for an input to register. Perhaps it’s not an issue at your current price tier, but I would recommend at least considering a mechanical keyboard. Despite all the stereotypes about mechanical keyboards being loud, there are many types that are designed to be quiet, and many more that are designed to do all sorts of things. I personally can’t stand the clacking, so I use a mechanical keyboard with red switches (quiet). Keychron sells high-quality mechanical keyboards for relatively cheap. I would recommending giving their catalogue a browse.