Its a great extra! Glad to be of help

I personally had issues with AdGuard as a DNS with quite a few websites breaking. I use Quad9 instead.

Same with a VPN at router level, I play games that are harsh on VPN usage and don't want to get banned on those so can't use it network wide atm.

I personally just learned automatic (had a deadline for my work, less risk this way) and the only downside is people complaining that I don't have a manual license. "What if" is something you'll keep hearing from people. I tried manual and it'd require me to do quite a few extra lessons and do ANOTHER exam so I'm just not doing it.

Honestly if you can, do manual. If it stresses you out too much, do automatic. Cars will go towards automatic/electric anyways so in like 10 years it really won't matter anymore.

Even if you're not pirating as ads from google can be dangerous as well: Ublock Origin + Privacy Badger + Decentraleyes + VPN

Maar een tegenstander van een ban stelt: „Boycot liever alle nutteloze rommel die uit China komt.”

(Someone against a ban says: "Boycott all the useless stuff from China")

Why not both?

No clue honeslty, I'd assume those repacks are targeted towards windows mainly but honestly I think you'll find your answer on the FMHY discord by asking there.

Its 100% just not playing kernal anti cheat games. Its just valorant left, and I just cannot drop it as its the main game I play with a really good friend of mine that I enjoy hanging out with.

I just hope windows 1 day also doesn't allow kernal anti cheats, and that makes it so games can suddenly run on linux as well.

I have a steam deck but dunno why I would use it at home just to not use windows. A steam deck IS linux and doesn't support kernal anti cheats and its a lot less powerful than my pc.

I do use it on the road, vacations, etc tho and its a great machine!

It might be slow but its happening. Linux just has 1 more barrier for me to switch: games with kernal anti cheats.

"Dual boot" - I'd have to switch so often its not funny, I value my time at least a little bit ok "Don't play those games" - I have friends, those friends want to play those games, I want to hang out with those friends because they're fun people

First of all try accepting donations on your free software to get a bit of side income!

Secondly, look for companies that offer traineeships. I work in QA and basically any consultancy takes even non-IT people for their traineeship cause of the shortage we have.

Maybe something towards electrical engineering could interest you? Check for certificates/bachelors depending on how far you want to go.

As a sidenote, just try to get some sort of job even if not in IT. Being active in the job market makes you much more interesting to hire even if people tell you its not.

Man clicking on that link was like getting a flashbang thrown in my face ;-; but good to have 2 sources!