NaibofTabr

China's not interested anymore. The PRC is "encouraging" companies to buy locally developed chips.

On the other hand, a government organization might do a better job of keeping track of development goals over time. It might be slower than independent open source projects, but it would probably also be more stable than most Linux distros. Enterprise-level software has different requirements and different development cycles from consumer-level software. Having a competing option for Red Hat could only be a good thing.

I’d bet it would take a planification similar to building a nuclear reactor or an airport: over budget, blown over scheduled time, fulfilling specs on paper but not in spirit, and used only when people have no other option

It's not as if they'd be starting from scratch, it would most likely still be Linux. But they might bring more focus to long-term stability and especially cybersecurity implementations to meet government security requirements.

ah, well then, RedStar OS is for you!

Sure, but I mean a distro developed/maintained/curated officially by the EU or one of its member governments.

I look forward to EU Linux.

Oh, you're right, there are plenty of other ways to acquire enemies. They're just mostly stupider than self-interest. Being nice will also not help you with those people.

"Computer says no."

Added salt? ultraproccessed.

Added sugar? ultraprocessed.

Pasteurized? ultraprocessed.

Packaged for shipping? ultraprocessed.

People should only eat raw unwashed vegetables straight out of the ground, as God intended.

You don't have any enemies because you don't have anything that anybody wants badly enough to take from you by coersion or force. Acquire some wealth and it won't matter how nice you are, you will have enemies.

The best thing about this is that eventually these organizations are going to want features and fixes that don't exist yet in the open source software they're using, at which point they'll have to invest in development. If this becomes a trend I think it will mean more stability and more functionality in open software in general.

Yeah it sounds like you've eliminated all of the most common possibilities. All of this narrows it down pretty far:

Both when actively using it and leaving it idle when I'm away doing anything else.

The screen freezes the last shown image on it.

Every time the computer is on it will eventually freeze.

Yes both windows and Linux.

Haven't tried booting a live OS.

It's likely not an SSD issue because I have booted from two different ssds.

If you've already swapped the SSD and reinstalled then the live OS would probably be a waste of time, it really just verifies that the fixed disk is not the source of the problem (although it could be something like the SATA bus, in which case swapping the drive would be irrelevant - low probability on that though).

The barebones test is definitely a good next step. The only other thing I'd suggest is checking the socket real carefully with a flashlight and a magnifying glass (I know you said you checked it already, not clear if that was just a quick look or a full examination). Also make sure the socket itself isn't cracked or damaged in some way that might cause it to flex and not fully contact the CPU when you lock it down, and that all the pins lift up like they're supposed to when the lever is folded down.

You do realize that unstructured gathering only provides a subsistence diet, right? And also typically requires seasonal migration? And basically all of your time every day?

Which is to say, rather than being "free", gathering costs the time of almost every person in a society, and also requires that society to be regularly mobile, and also shortens lifespans due to malnutrition.