I’ll blame the drivers (and some of that blame lands on MS).

I’ve never seen an ad on Windows. Not sure what people do to get ads.

1. Just installed Debian, no wifi

2. Lots more stuff just like #1, such as my 10 year old and 3 month old Logitech wireless mice weren’t detected, and support for them is (fortunately) only available from a third party, which I found by searching the web for an answer.

I could give you pages of why Linux doesn’t compare to Windows for the desktop, which I’d follow with where it really shines - as a server for all kinds of things. It’s so good for specific tasks that even VMware replaced their own Workstation virtualization with Linux KVM.

Unhinged or older?

Which one? 😁

Are you looking for selective sync, and just over the LAN or over the internet too?

If just LAN, there’s many Windows sync tools for this with varying levels of complexity and capability. Even just a simple batch file with a copy command.

I’ll often just setup a Robocopy job for something that’s a regular sync.

If you open files over a network connection, they stay remote and remain remote when you save. Though this isn’t best practice (Windows and apps are known for having hiccups with remotely opened files).

Two other approaches:

1. ResilioSync enables selective sync. If you change a file you’ve synchronized locally, the changed file will sync back to the source.

2. Mesh network such as Wireguard, Tailscale, Hamachi. Each enables you to maintain an encrypted connection between your devices that the system sees as a LAN (with encryption). If you’re only using Windows, I’d recommend starting with Hamachi, it’s easier to get started. If mobile device support is needed, use Wireguard or Tailscale (Tailscale uses Wireguard, but easier to setup).

Policy doesn’t count for anything. So what if they claim they won’t sell data about you? They still can, and companies do.

Or they sell the entire company, like 23AndMe just did.

Ah, yes, another person who goes through life smelling like ass and foisting their stench on the rest of us.

Deodorant isn’t Axe, but nice strawman.

I feel like this would do better in Dad Jokes

Me too

And if you can’t be bothered to proof read your own work, deliberately ignore the software telling you something is wrong, then why should I bother trying to parse it?

Hahahahaha, omg, awesome. Wish I had more than one upvote to give.

Damn you, I’m having to stifle a laugh here.

If you don’t like socializing, you won’t have friends. Those things go hand-in-hand.

Maybe examining why you feel this way about socializing would help. Do you really not enjoy all socializing, or just certain things?

Socializing is a major part of life, you could almost say it’s “The Thing”. I’m not saying you need to go throw on a lampshade every day, just that we’re all engaging with each other every day. You may talk to a sibling for a while, then a friend, have lunch with a coworker, take a walk with someone from a class to discuss what you’re not getting.

Without socializing, we may as well go live in a cave, and that’s not good (nor realistic).

Spot on.

Only thing I’d change is when turning down an invite, act like you wanted to but can’t (even if the reason is you’re tired).

“Oh, man, I’d love to go, but I’m wiped. Need to get some sack time”. This may seem disingenuous, but it really isn’t - you’re not going because you need that recharge time, just phrasing it in a way others can understand, and making it clear you’d like to do such things in the future.

I don’t believe the ISP would have legal standing to take you to court, as they don’t hold the copyright.

They’re in the middle, being told hy copyright holders that someone using their service is violating copyright, and they must “do something”.

Eventually they may shut off your service, but I haven’t heard of it happening since the early 2000’s.

I refuse to subscribe to apps. Devs doing so for no good reason get 1 star, and I delete the app.

Screw em.

Now, if an app has a back end, or has to host a resolver (Resilio Sync, Tailscale, etc), or provide other necessary services, that’s different.

Anything in a can is not going to be good for us

More seriously, why not run a real OS on it. Windows/Linux?

Android no longer shows a real advantage these days. Laptops now run all day with real use, touch screens are available, etc.

Self-centered? Hahahahaha

While it’s the extroverts that never “shut their pihole”.

FFS, being self-centered (in the selfish sense) occurs in both groups/all along the spectrum.

What maroon wrote this drivel?