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I somehow missed you mentioning Fractal. My point still stands though. I’ve got the original Define XL. it’s more than a decade old and has housed either one or 3 computers of Theseus, depending. So a pretty good ROI based on its lifespan.

It’s not exactly what you’re looking for but Fractal makes some solid, plain black cases. Most of their models can come with or without windows. The Define line is my favorite - they’re very quiet, spacious, and pretty well designed.

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/

Do you have vsync off? Probably not the culprit since it’s a crash, but I frequently get odd performance issues on the OLED model with Vsync on.

I think it’s their upcoming Cosmic DE that’s Wayland.

I’ve got very similar specs to this and the Pop Shop still runs like garbage. Have you tried installing the Cosmic store? It’s what they built for the upcoming Cosmic DE but you can grab it from the Pop Shop as a replacement. It is infinitely more responsive.

Unless OP is running some other DE, it’s likely not a Wayland issue. Pop!OS runs Gnome on X11 by default.

I run Pop and haven’t run into this, but it sounds like it’s freezing when under heavy network load. Are you wired or wireless? Can you pull up the system monitor before updating a package and see if anything is maxing out? Network, CPU, RAM, drives?

He’s always been independent but caucuses with the Democrats.

I would pay money to watch her debate a Conan O’Brien Clutch Cargo version of Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HItL9HhpP8

I HATE playing mobile games but my wife got me hooked on Dawncaster. It’s a roguelike deck builder. I think it’s like $4-5 and no micro transactions but there are expansion packs to add new zones and enemies. I’ve since picked them all up. It’s regularly updated with free content packs and balance changes. The devs are very responsive with the community.

Pop! OS with an RTX 3080 has been rock solid for me.

Pop OS has been rock solid for me on an Nvidia GPU

Culver’s

They Might Be Giants?

Grawlix - the use of punctuation to convey swearing in comics or cartoons. @#!&

Malapropism - incorrectly using a word that sounds similar to the intended word. Like Mike Tyson famously saying that he’d “fade into Bolivian”

Malaphor - combining one or more metaphors incorrectly like “we’ll burn that bridge then we come to it”

I tried a bunch of different gaming headsets over the years but as I got older and gave up on online games, I grabbed a pair of AudioTechnica ATH-M50 and have probably had them at least a decade now. They’re closed ear studio monitor headphones so they sound great and are comfortable with long use. I’ve replaced both the cushions and the cable and they still work great.

I think the current variant is the ATH-M50x.

And the correct answer is “String or nothing”.

No offense to anyone who’s into this stuff, but what is the appeal in cataloging and discussing this what’s in your pockets?

I love Kenji Lopez-Alt. His book The Food Lab is great if you like a scientific approach to cooking.