Thanks! It's a tough mod, but unlike others saying they regret the struggle, I don't, it's just so pretty!

It requires full disassembly, and by full I mean full. Every component has to be unmounted and then remounted again because the front plate is the carrier of all other components. Official video guide I followed (with cuts and perfect execution) is 1.3 hours long.

People usually say it takes them 3+ hours, I took my time and was very careful, took little breaks, double checked everything and landed at around 5.2 hours. No regrets though!

I've basically just finished it an hour ago and only run a single game + input tests to make sure everything works, so I can't vouch for anything longterm.

I decided to keep original trackpad covers because I gave up trying to lift the covers and got scared it may break if I apply even more heat / pressure. You have to place black adhesive under transparent covers anyway so it's not a huge visual compromise. They don't seem to rub on the chassis, at least so far. Otherwise I kept to the instructions and replaced everything.

Also grats on your mod too!

I disagree. I'm pursuing an engineering degree, most of my professors are boomers (In fact, no millennials apart from few Humanities classes) and they are very simple down to Earth people without any strictness my school teachers warned me about.

One thing I always talk about is how DE is much more important for new user than a distro. New users will only use GUI anyway so their choice of DE has to be the most comfortable.

Took me years personally to switch to Linux, trying stuff like Ubuntu or PopOS, and I couldn't understand why it doesn't "click" for me until I understood that I simply personally dislike Gnome (being an ex Windows user). Tried a KDE distro and it clicked immediately, never looked back. Now I don't even use KDE but it helped me to get through initial frustration period.

I think it's a matter of habit, really. After using a somewhat minimal Arch install with a WM instead of DE, I get frustrated when an app doesn't have a CLI version, using GUI now feels less comfy almost

Russian here. This is a super old claim from our government and is a common source of jokes, it's even called "Cheburnet" (from Cheburashka) colloquially, nobody really treats such claims seriously. Last time Russian government tried to influence internet was when they struggled to ban telegram for several years, and ended up giving up, endorsing it, and moving their official resources to it.

I know it's probably a joke, but fun fact Soviet Union was the first country to ban lobotomy in 1950

Came here to say that. Arch may be daunting for a complete beginner, a preconfigured distro may be a better starting platform. For Arch the main ones people talk about are Endeavor / Garuda

He seems pretty genuine, but I can't watch his content because I personally find the cult of money... repelling?

I mean, obviously under capitalism money will have cult following, duh. But this stereotypical handing over tons of cash to someone and someone loosing all their shit makes me feel very uneasy.

Pretty sure these will arrive shortly after Lemmy gains any noticeable popularity. Also, fake coolstory posts for subs like AITA are coming too, people love some drama, even if it's fake

If you ask me, I'd make upvotes/downvotes public overall. Always hated how on reddit some miserable people downvote lots of innocent stuff, hiding behind their anonymity.

Lemmy & Reddit are public discussion platforms, everything you do here should be public, it's not like you use them to store private information.