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You could build Debian from scratch and use your preferred compiler settings.

https://github.com/scottwilliambeasley/debian-from-scratch

The question is even more fraught than you might have considered.

What if you report them to your rideshare company and they do nothing?

As a passenger of a private vehicle where you observe or experience dangerous behaviour, are you required or obligated to report the behaviour to the police?

What if that driver came to collect your teenage child?

I don’t envy your situation, but their income is not your responsibility, your personal safety is.

It goes well beyond bother.

In my opinion, the biggest issue is that software with a GPL licence is not permitted to be distributed without making the source code available, which Red Hat restricted to only paying customers, and in doing so added a licence restriction which is not permitted by the GPL.

They are now profiting off the work of every developer who ever contributed to the software they’re selling and none of those people are getting paid.

That’s a big question, but I don’t trust Red Hat after the stunts they’ve pulled over the years. Here’s a taste.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/23/red_hat_centos_move/

I’m still a “native” pendant and use Docker to bridge the gap.

I use Debian for anything that matters. The release cadence means that stuff just works and keeps working. You cannot beat the documentation and I’ve been using it for 25 years.

I’m not touching anything Redhat / Fedora with a barge pole.

Not sure what the attraction to Mint is.

Never used OpenSUSE.

PSA to disable Google Assistant:

1. Launch Google.
2. Tap on your user icon in the top right.
3. Tap on Settings.
4. Tap on Google Assistant.
5. Tap on General.
6. Tap on the Google Assistant toggle.
7. Tap on “Turn Off”.

Black Friday is a marketing exercise to get you all riled up about the massive savings you will receive if you buy something RIGHT NOW.

Suffice to say that the actual bargains on the day are far and few between.

If you actively track pricing you’ll discover that the price goes up before the event, then drops to the same or slightly lower pricing on the day. The “bargain” is notional at best.

Then there are the “pre Black Friday” sales, and the “Cyber Monday” ones afterwards. It’s all just marketing.

If you want an actual bargain, find what you’re looking for, set a price watch on it and track it for as long as you have patience. When you’re ready, buy it from your preferred supplier and get them to price match the amazing price.

As far as refurbished goes, ask yourself what is the upside for the supplier to give away any bit of return on their spend to refurbish the item in the first place?

That’s like asking for an elephant stamp for wiping your butt after going to the toilet.

Voting isn’t an accomplishment, it’s your duty and the reward is the society you live in.

Seriously? From the README:

I would like to first fix the kernel headers issues that break the UAPI for C++ compilers (because they use C++ keywords that break C++ code) and the Windows filesystem (Windows filesystem is case-insensitive, so some headers cannot be stored on Windows filesystems).

I can’t wait to see this kernel become dependent on .NET

If you’re wondering, this is what embrace, extend and extinguish looks like.

There is not enough information in your post to help you. Here’s a preliminary list of questions that need an answer before anyone can give you a meaningful contribution.

Where did you get “Davinci resolve” from?

What instructions were you following to install it?

Did the installation finish?

Have you attempted to login using a text console?

Which version of Kubuntu were you using and which version of “Davinci resolve” were you attempting to install.

Last time I looked at this, the answer was Calibre.

https://calibre-ebook.com/

Turn it off.

If you can afford the hardware, stop being a schmuck and pay for the software.

I use Docker and (currently) VMware and host whatever I need for as long (or short) as I need it.

This allows me to keep everything separate and isolated and prevents incompatible stuff interacting with each other. In addition, after I’m done with a test, I can dispose of the experiment without needing to track down spurious files or impacting another project.

I also use this to run desktop software by only giving a container access to the specific files I want it to access.

I’m in the process of moving this to AWS, so I have less hardware in my office whilst gaining more flexibility and accessibility from alternative locations.

The ultimate aim is a minimal laptop with a terminal and a browser to access what I need from wherever I am.

One side effect of this will be the opportunity to make some of my stuff public if I want to without needing to start from scratch, just updating permissions will achieve that.

One step at a time :)

I think that this reflects “real life”.

You can go to a pub, spout some nonsense and cross the road and spout it again. Each time you are likely to have a different audience, but there’s no guarantee that someone else crossed the road with you.

In the fediverse the same is true. Each community is distinct, even if they’re called the same thing and have shared participation.

You can choose to participate in whichever one you want to, or all of them. There’s no karma associated with voting, it’s about visibility in that community.

If you think it warrants a vote or comment, then do. If you don’t, then don’t.

There’s no right answer here. Do what you think will improve the community you are part of.

Sure glad that my company doesn’t run Windows…

Well, if Harry says it’s so, it must be true…

Seriously, what are your credentials in this space, why is your bio empty and why are you linking courses to your article, and are you getting paid for your referrals?

I’d ask the manufacturer this question, point out your extreme allergic reaction to poison ivy when you do.

You might find that there is a procedure for specifically this situation.