do they even offer any?
On non-LTS releases? Almost certainly not.
You're 100% on the money, if a broken non-LTS release - which you can still upgrade to from an earlier release with do-release-upgrade, or install from the server ISO then apt install the UI - something has already gone horribly wrong, and a couple of days wait for a re-released ISO is by far the least of your problems.
100%. W goes like this \/\/. M goes like this |\/|. For like, forever.
But also
mysterytool --help
mysterytool: unrecognized option: '-'
ok then...
mysterytool -h
mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'
Not OP, but genuine answer: because I loathe being forced into their way of doing things. Every little thing on the Mac seems engineered with an "our way or the highway" mentality, that leaves no room for other (frequently, better) ways of achieving anything.
Adding to that, window/task management is an absolute nightmare (things that have worked certain ways basically since System 6 on monochrome Mac Classic machines, and haven't improved), and despite all claims to the contrary, its BSD-based underpinnings are just different enough to Linux's GNU toolset to make supposed compatibility (or the purported "develop on Mac, deploy on Linux" workflow) a gross misadventure.
I just find the experience frustrating, unpleasant, and always walk away from a Mac feeling irritated.
(For context: > 20 year exclusively Linux user. While it's definitely not always been a smooth ride, I seldom feel like I'm fighting against the computer to get it to do what I want, which is distinctly not my experience with Apple products)
Happened to me once.
I hit the home button on the headunit to dump out of Android Auto back to the headunit's UI, went back into AA, and it reappeared.
Hasn't happened again since.
Agree with all these points about the Nexdock.
We bought a bunch of them at work to be KVM consoles for computers without network out of band management, and at that they excel.
That said, I don't think I actually knew it had speakers, wasn't really part of my use case :)
It also makes me wish that USB-C connectors on GPUs hadn't been such a short-term deal, the one-cable hookup is definitely a great thing.
I'm curious if this $69 watch turns out to be any good:
https://intl.cmf.tech/pages/watch-pro
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23891328/nothing-cmf-buds-pro-watch-charger
Claims more than a week of battery life, and while not offering 100% of the features of a Wear OS device, if you're used to a Pebble it might be a comparable feature set.
I thought it might be sensible on Linux to use MS Edge for Teams (the PWA version).
Nope, it's just as shit in Microsoft's own browser. There is apparently no saving it.
I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a pcie card that will not function at all unless it receives it’s required lanes
One of the few things that'd be problematic would be the x16 -> quad M.2 cards which use PCIe bifurcation.
Lanes 1-4 from the socket are wired to the first M.2, 5-8 to the 2nd, etc.
It would still work (by some definition of the word), but in the sense that the first M.2 drive would get 1 lane and any others wouldn't be connected.
(Quad M.2 boards with a "PLX" or other PCIe switch chip would work fine with 1 upstream lane serving all 4 drives)
Frankly even if (4) was your only goal here, that feels like more than enough reason.
Not sure how it goes where you are, but where I'm from (New Zealand), FTTH is widely available but the exact locations within houses where ONTs get installed often leaves a lot to be desired.
If you don't want your router in one corner of your house where it only provides WiFi signal to half your rooms, you either have to have an installer who'll tolerate your request (due to the way they're paid for installations if you suggest something that takes more time you'll often meet some resistance), run cables of your own from the ONT to a better location for the router, or go with better access points.
That's great, unless the store you're in is a giant concrete bunker.
Mobile data barely works in my neighbourhood supermarket; even text-based communication is frequently dicey, but you want to send someone a photo of something as a "should I buy this"? Fuhgeddaboudit.
You monster! It's clearly "gif".