This is hilarious coming from Linda. She’s the cuckqueen wife of a prolific serial rapist.

Which means you just did four things to help the AI which the AI can’t do itself. That makes it a tool: useful in some applications, not useful in others, and constantly requiring a human to properly utilize it.

You don’t even need to use the command line in Mint. There are at least 3 decent gui package managers that I can think of if the top of my head.

Which is why I moved to Debian/Ubuntu based and haven’t looked back. But functionally, nearly every distro has a different strength and purpose, so go with whatever piques your interest.

I’m a recent convert from Mint Cinnamon to Kubuntu. I would definitely recommend it for being user friendly.

This sounds like the set up for an ancient Greek tragedy.

If the company you work for is bought by Alpine Investments, get a lawyer. Especially if you’re a woman or expect severance when they ditch you.

“Trade in” like theres a dealership willing to give you some kind of fair value for your old computer. That said, if you’re willing to be extorted by Microsoft, then you get what you have coming to you.