They totally can. They just don’t really care, because they are mostly funded by advertisers.

Why would they go after their friends and bosses?

The “hype” is just marketing

I ran Debian on one of the surface pros a few years ago. It took a bit of hardware hacking, but it was great.

I use a TWM and spend most of my time in the shell, so I didn’t get to utilize a lot of the OS features. But things like reading comics, and surfing the web were pretty cool.

I always wondered if Gnome would be a better interface for it. It seems like they’ve been leaning that direction for a while.

“permanant”

Brought to you by the same companies that “accidentally” re-add you to their spam lists.

It’s just a normal sticker, so it would work on pretty much anything. I think of it more as a way to donate to a group that I like, as well as good advertising for them.

I’ve been covering my cameras with tape for a long time. If you wanna get fancy with it, the EFF sells laptop camera stickers: https://shopeff.org/products/laptop-camera-cover-set-ii

Yup, it’s hard to justify supporting Lenovo, but work buys mine, so I’m not gonna complain too much about it.

Thinkpads are awesome. They aren’t as good as they used to be, but they still work great for linux.

Why mint?

I use mint as my “TV room” OS. It’s worked pretty well so far.