Bannanable

Thinkpad t480, they can be found pretty cheap second hand, then install libreboot. Can be upgraded with 64 GB of ram and a 4K screen.

My laptops are encrypted in case they get stolen or someone gets access to them at uni.

There is a config option that doesnt share passwords, “as marked by password managers” idk how well it works but it might block that behavior. On the PC side in clipboard configs in kde connect.

Just windows, I had windows 10 installed on my laptop and was constantly fighting with windows update so when the system broke (wouldn’t boot) I finally installed Ubuntu. These days I use arch BTW.

I’d just like to say that if something says Ubuntu support it will very likely work on all Debian based distros unless its something really low level and your running one that swapped out systemd or something. They normally just mean that they ship their software as a .deb file and even that can be installed on non Debian distros if your willing to do some special stuff. Also as for drivers/firmware I’ve never had any issues except when trying to use a distros that doesnt include non-free firmware.

Mint is my go-to recommendation.

Come sail the high seas.

factorio, the factory must grow.

“ls” sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends.

Openvpn is a protocol that other vpns can use, the speed and quality would still depend on what provider you use. A provider would provide a config file that would include all the info required by openvpn to create the connection, as long as they include that then you could use openvpn.