You have everything quality wise on TGx

Qobuz is good for streaming hi-res and... that's it.

I was pleasantly surprised by their service at first but it is subpar now... Album and tracks disappearing, Qobuz no longer working correctly on Yamaha HiFi, ... I'm quite disappointed.

Your mint setup is fine to start learning, as others have said. Start with something simple : python, javascript, ...

For programming, there are tools available on every OS. However I have found that those tools are easier to use on Linux. Okayish to use on MacOS. Programming with Windows, on the other hand is, well... it certainly is possible, but... see for yourself.

For instituitions it varies depending on each one of them. Usually they have their own tools because it is easier to organise a class if everyone works on the same IDE but if you get good enough it does Not matter what is your OS/IDE of choice. VSCodium is nice but anything like kwrite/kate/gedit/geany is good enough. Hell, even nano can get the job done.

Yeah even for linux enthusiasts, without archinstall, it is hard. at first. Then once you know what is expected it is easy. But the first time setting it up correctly is frustrating. Particularly if you forget to install intel-ucode.

Their logo looks like an anus

Her face is oddly broad and symmetrical

Yea and no.

Simply put, iPod had a price tag that was (for a time) interesting. But the device itself was limited in its features. Whereas iPhone was only ever slighty more expensive but had more feature. It made sense for the customer to migrate to the iPhone. Also, it was also a business decision to halt the development of the iPod.

For the eReader, the story is different. Firstly, it is not controled by a single company, so there are multiple business decisions making it stay alive. Then, a tablet and an eReader serve two very different purpose. One is for general use while the other is only used to read ebooks. Because of this, the tablet and ereader have two different types of screen : LCD/LED and eInk.

The first one is based on sRGB and will deliver colours flawlessly at the cost of more power consumption. And by design, the tablet has a large processing power. That means the battery will drain faster. Which is not something you want when reading a book.

On the other hand you have the eink screen which only covers a few colours and, as such, don't use much power. Plus, you don't need any computing power to display texts, so the device is very energy efficient. That creates a specialised device that can last for many hours before needing a charge. Plus the fact that eink makes it almost look like you are reading a real book and not a screen.

I think that covers partly your question. And sorry for the broken englisn.

Nay I think it's wrong. It's not a charity, so you don't get to have full transparency. When tou give, it's because you believe in the project and the ones giving their (invaluable) time tending to this project.

If they want to be transparent : good. If they don't want to : good also. You don't get to decide where the money goes.

Top bar, titlebar buttons on the left, "dock" on the right (which is just a panel), hotcorner, ...

I don't really try to replicate GNOME but rather take what improves my flow from Windows, GNOME, Unity, MacOS, ...

But that's the wonderful thing about KDE : you can choose to customize whatever you like however you feel !

I really like Typewise personally. It's got a learning curve but it's really fast once you get used to it.

They will. Be honest, contact them and sort it out. If you spend it and they ask for it back you'll be obligated to give it back and they might take additional legal steps. Don't take that risk.

This is makes it look like it's Suse Linux