As someone currently deep into Nix (even contributed to nixpkgs), I'm currently in the process of migrating away and am planning on just running good old Debian stable with docker compose for my home server. I wouldn't waste your time learning Nix, it isn't a transferable skill and totally locks you into the ecosystem.

Yes, if anything it seems easier to handle on linux. Just bake golden images that already have a static list of required packages.

I'm a little surprised that they are planning on testing downstream distros like bazzite. It would make more sense to just stick to the biggest upstream distros like Arch/Debian/Fedora for benchmark purposes in my opinion.

I find my uncut wood a little too big to fit in the fireplace, so I think I will say cut.

I'm actually thinking of buying a gun, which is crazy because I've been opposed to them my whole life.

Just use open source software?

I'm currently switching all my computing/cloud stuff over to Canadian and/or EU providers. I'm going to move my domains to Easy DNS and try out a VPS from LunaNode.

I have been reading about this since the news broke and still can't fully wrap my head around how it works. What an impressive level of sophistication.

What a great looking release. I'm most excited that we finally have proper caldav/carddav support built in!

Probably using ddcutil. There is a popular gnome extension for the same thing: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-control-using-ddcutil

Framework. I've run Debian, Fedora and for a while now NixOS, all of which have worked flawlessly.

I did have to replace the heatsink/fan part on mine because the fan bearing started clicking, but I'm sure that was just a first generation product issue (I was one of the first batches). I was glad to be able to do the replacement myself at relatively low cost and the process couldn't have been easier (took about 30 minutes).

My previous machine was a 2013-ish ThinkPad X series and the Framework absolutely blows it out of the water. I'm looking forward to upgrading mine to a Ryzen motherboard sometime in the not so distant future.

Grand Theft Auto.

All of them, but especially V. I have tried a few times to play them but never get more than a few missions in before losing interest in the story. I think I have to like or identify with a protagonist to enjoy a game, and most GTA characters are pretty unlikable.