Oi, we already have a (copy of) the Bayeux Tapestry at home

Digging the new record but nothing beats Pursuit for me

Techno is the obvious one for sure, like this excellent tune from one of the masters, Oscar Mulero: https://youtu.be/FAqfA6UEIVQ

My vote, I remember my dad playing me that and DsotM and I preferred the more psychedelic vibe for the former

Went with EndeavourOS instead so at least I have more than an ice cubes chance in hell of not borking my install

Initially thought this was about the Proton Foundation product before I realised which community I was in

Nonplussed and forbearance. Got the latter into a work email earlier, easily the highlight of my day

But of course, such heinous basic decency must be punished

I hate this pathetic species sometimes.

I think I actually like it more for the memes than as a song at this point

Old U2 is actually pretty decent, I quite like The Unforgettable Fire

This isn’t the smallest you can go per se and isn’t a laptop but I’ve happily run PopOS on my Surface Pro 8 for over a year. You lose the front camera due to the proprietary blobs, and there’s some tweaking needed such as to get the keyboard working for LUKS decrypt but it’s pretty damn good for those tasks you mention. I read a lot of comics and RPG rule/corebooks and it’s perfect for that plus some light browsing and media consumption. Biggest downsides are the battery life which isn’t great compared to on Windows (around 5hrs or so, up to 7 with light usage) but that’s Linux for you, and ofc it’s more awkward to balance the folio keyboard on your lap. But for all that, it’s pretty convenient to take around plus you get the benefit of that bright, Surface Pro display

🥹 it’s so clean and beautiful

Well, they’re getting Stormy McStormface from me, in the (now) grand tradition

same for me with EndeavourOS, comrade

I could imagine a lighter version of this on an actual wipeboard in a tube station; they do write pretty fun stuff up there sometimes

It’s a good topic to raise, laptop battery life is definitely still a weak point on Linux. I’m not sure there’s any distro specifically geared towards extending battery life, but maybe choosing one with a light desktop environment would help? I’m no expert myself but it also depends on the device you’re using and it’s platform.

For example, one common power management tool tlp https://linrunner.de/tlp/index.html is not recommended by AMD or Framework for my FW13. There are steps you can take, like ensuring your browser is using the GPU/iGPU for videos/hardware acceleration is enabled and working, but Linux as a whole does not seem to have prioritised improving battery life. It’s understandable to a degree, with it being dependent on so many factors

It has it’s place but if a choice between that and raw raster within the same power envelope give me the latter every time

My home town is famous for having a copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, which of course depicts another famous battle in our history but I wasn’t aware of this battle in the English Civil War not far away in Newbury: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1904/first-battle-of-newbury/

Assume you mean the 13, I’ve had mine for a few months and love it too. Also really dig the refinements they’ve done with the 12 like the pogo pins and even more easily replaceable display

Got to say, Marc Alaimo and Louise Fletcher (RIP) two of the best recurring guests Star Trek ever had… Both on the same damn show, both as villains no less