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I make $40k in a major american city

I hope you have healthcare, because that sounds terrifying.

I still remember the good old IBM Thinkpads, most of them were indestructible tanks. But with Lenovo, those times are long over. My last machine was a TP L390 Yoga. It overheated frequently, the cooling system was inadequate for the 4.6GHz Intel CPU, one day the logo sticker came off because the glue turned into sticky liquid, the passive Micro-Ethernet dongle cost 50€ and the cable turned into glue after a few months...god, what a shit machine this was.

I was able to work with it for a while by limiting and undervolting the CPU, but one day a Windows update came out that disabled the functionality and it worked like crap on Linux for a long time due to bad drivers.

I switched to GPD now. Never going back, although I miss the Trackpoint a little bit.

I have a GPD Win Max 2 2024 and it's such an amazing device. Everything works ootb on Fedora, except the FP reader (but that's already being worked on). Raytracing on a 10" device, what a time to be alive.

It's also very easy to disassemble, clean and repair.
So GPD definitely wins in my book.

Web development in North Germany, for a small agency. We mainly work with WordPress and Typo3, which is used by the government, clinics and other "bigger" institutions a lot here.

I actually like PHP (most people seem to hate it :D), so it's a good job.

30h/week since 2024, I am never going back.

Instead of working, I am just playing Oblivion Remastered all day today.

Well, you have a point... :(

Going with Fedora KDE is a really solid choice, been rocking this for two years and it's stable as fuck and quite similar to Windows, so the ~~incompetent~~ ~~elderly~~ stubborn people in the government might be able to work with it, too.

Can't wait to get fresh baguette here in Rostock over the next few decades.

You just put the fabric between the cheeks, I don't see the problem.

Username checks out.

There's only one real Proton.

Reasonable shipping to Europe, even!
Shut up and take my money.