exceptionally hostile to new users

What kind of hostility have you seen? EDIT: You wrote all that lol, my bad

Smart Switch needs drivers so it doesn’t run on Wine.

Had to literally compile C code just to change my touchpad scroll speed.

I can change that by moving a slider in KDE Plasma System Settings

It may have estimated location data with IP from Wi-Fi. Location Services turns on GPS but that is not the only way of getting location.

Use a custom DNS and/or hosts file. You can cut them off the grid by blocking data upload to SSP. Don’t install many apps, for games that can be played offline, play them offline. EDIT: AdGuard DNS doesn’t block the 1st URL (o.isx…) in the page. 2nd URL is blocked.

It can get even wilder with Yamaha or Samsung

Correct me if I am wrong: If you use steam console to download an old version of the game, regardless of currently installed version, steam downloads the whole game. Let’s say I was on v2.1, the game received an update v2.2 and I downloaded it normally through Steam, this downloads only the difference between 2.1 and 2.2. Let’s say I have 2.2, the game doesn’t use the “betas” feature and I want to downgrade the game. Steam ignores the current 2.2 install and downloads 2.1 in its entirety.

I don’t have gigabit network or a lot of disk space.

This downloads the whole game. He hardest would be waiting for download to finish for me.

This needs to be the top comment. Yes, you can use it on both Windows, Mac and Linux.

Are you teaching in university? Also you said “%99 of students uses ChatGPT”, are there really very few people who don’t use AI?

Hearts of Iron IV

Looks like bluestacks

Nvidia has joined the chat

Ok, ok, you can supposedly use waydroid on nvidia with hardware acceleration thanks to nvk driver, but still.

Oldreddit + Oldlander extension is way more convenient on mobile browser.

Mine is Cantarell (GNOME default font) even though I use KDE Plasma.

You may be interested in Wine compatibility of DOpus https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=7453

Some TVs require connecting to the network to set it up

Change Wi-Fi password, connect to Wi-Fi and complete setup, restore old password.

Same here, one of our “smart” TVs needs Ethernet for networking, the other needs a Wi-Fi dongle. Rest aren’t even smart. All 1080p.

EtherNet over HDMI

Then block 8.8.8.8 and use 1.1.1.1 or Quad9