I want a machine that's entirely USB ports with maybe one or two lil laptop features on the side.
@yaelwrites I'm obviously biased, but if Linux is an option, the Librem 14 has a lot of ports.
@kyle then I would have Linux problems lol
@yaelwrites Possibly! But then you'd also get to try out Qubes if you wanted!
@kyle then I'd have linux AND qubes problems
@yaelwrites But the beauty of Qubes is that all your problems are compartmentalized.
@kyle linux and qubes are on the very very long list of things people tell me to try, most of which end up with a massive headache and me not doing whatever it was I originally set out to do, thus not solving whatever problem I had in the first place. (I also have an abandoned RasPi and a WireGuard setup I don't use, a broken watch, and many other projects). I may just stick to cross stitch from now on lol.
@yaelwrites Well if you ever decide you want to take the plunge, let me know. The main pain with both are having hardware support everything, which we do out of the box.
@kyle I had an editor who used a Linux box for a big project, which meant that he couldn't use the search feature and his formatting was always all fucked up. So he was basically just outsourcing the work to everyone else (who wasn't hourly or on salary).
@yaelwrites Sure, if you use something that isn't mainstream, whether it's a game written for Windows on a Mac, a website written for Chrome on Safari (or sometimes even Firefox), or some web app written for Windows on a Linux desktop, there's a chance something won't work.
That said, modern desktop Linux, like the PureOS we ship on our stuff, is easy to use and works well with a lot of things.
@kyle I feel like it's just adding friction and times I feel dumb to my day, IDK if any benefits would outweigh that