And yet I never have USBC problems, but had multiple I phones that started failing to charge via the wired port.

Yeah but if the truck is free and better than your current car…

Depends on how new your hardware is - distros with new kernels work much better on many brand new machines.

PopOs Nvidia version is amazing for common gaming laptops.

It’s like watching my parents try to meme and I’m here for it.

I see – arch just seemed like a huge management pain to get all of my different software stacks working and playing nicely together when I last played with it. It’s also pretty easy to switch desktop environments regardless of your distro, but I don’t mind gnome (plus gnome-tweaks).

Did you try the Nvidia version of PopOS? IME the “out of box” experience is loads better than Windows, and the install/configuration takes like 1/4 of the time.

The Revolutions podcast had a good series on the Russian revolution if that’s a format you’re into. It includes the birth of Tankies as a name and phenomenon.