Pros:

• Easy to manage firewall rules (UFW)
• Different distros based on need
• in conjunction with the above, it's also easier to customize the os (I would say this is depending on the distro) to do exactly what you need and nothing else.
• Terminal usage to handle certain tasks can be much quicker than using the GUI under some circumstances.
• Choice of DE (KDE, Gnome, etc)
• Way less resource intensive with a stock build than a generic windows build (sans maybe an enterprise build but even then those still use more resources on average than most distros).

Cons:

• Distro hopping for new users can be confusing due to different package managers and just overall differences in them. Pick one and stick with it for a little bit to get a feel for how Linux works (unless it is just absolutely not your thing) so you aren't getting confused/overwhelmed by how different they can be.
• Certain tasks can be a bit more complicated for new users (mounting drives on boot, file shares over network)
• Solidworks. I know there is freecad and blender and openscad and onshape, and they do work. But swapping over is painful. Onshape is super similar and browser based but you're also limited by their terms for free use.

This actually makes sense, it would be reasonable if they laid out that information when they send out proposals for using it, especially with more transparency.

Something like "Hey, we would like you to use this advancement in technology but currently the adoption rates are low, and due to that we are financially limited in our ability to update our infrastructure to support this new technology, so the rates are going to be slightly higher to offset that cost which will enable us to update the infrastructure at an accelerated rate so that we can provide electricity to you at a lower cost. Here is our current financial standing and this is what is required for us to be able to completely support the grid in your area. Once this project is complete then your rates will go down to x amount"

At the same time though, they could slightly increase the cost of fossil fuel usage to match the increase they are charging for renewables in order offset the cost of upgrading the infrastructure at an accelerated pace.

I'm quite pessimistic when it comes to things like this, because I believe even if the infrastructure was there the rates would still be as high as using fossil fuels simply due to capitalism. Charging less for electricity (or anything for that matter) due to cheaper production, maintenance, or other factors impacts the money that the rich are getting and it has been shown time and time again that the rich will not accept that.

Then why is it more expensive when I opt to use renewable (including solar) energy with the electric company?

Oh wait, that's because none of them actually want people to use it because they make less from it and/or are already so invested in fossil fuels that they don't want to lose money on their investments so they jack up the costs intentionally to dissuade people from using it.

That's just my opinion on the matter, I don't have the data to back it up outside of the electric company here giving you the option to enroll in renewable energy at a higher cost.

I've been fiddling around with ALVR for two weeks now and couldn't get it to run decent at all, with or without a cable. I'm running a Ryzen 9, 7800XT, and 64GB ram.

I tried WiVRn yesterday and it just works. I've tested Moss, AC Evo, Competizione, Beat Saber, Dirt Rally 2.0, HL: Alyx, Air Car, all of them run smooth as butter on 150%, 120hz. Except for AC Evo, but that game is still in early access so probably not quite optimized yet.

Thing is, having to run a startup script to "remove" it means it's not being removed. It's being hindered at each boot.

Fighting against copilot has been a struggle as Microsoft consistently tries to inject it into every single application they can during updates.

We deal with very restrictive international regulations and the fact that they have not simple made a "fuck off" check box is going to get them into a boiling pot once the data they are scraping after ever update that reactively needs to be remediated gets added to their stupid "ai" and is able to be accessed.

Microsoft needs to get their shit together and provide and opt-in during OS install (corporate or not). A large banner should be displayed over the whole screen for 10 seconds "MICROSOFT IS TAKING ALL OF YOUR DATA AND SHOVING IT INTO A DATABASE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE, AND THIS INCLUDES INFORMATION RESTRICTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER" so that and users know that they are being sold and not an owner of what they are paying for.