I can't really tell you what will work for you, but I took a similar starting path...

When I finally took linux seriously as my Primary OS a few years ago, I too picked LMDE, and generally thought it was good. I eventually moved on because I wanted access to newer stuff like Nvidia drivers.

My next distro was Fedora KDE Edition, and.tjis would be my generic recommendation for anyone coming from Windows. Rolling updates isn't scary, actually it means you don't have a terrifying big upgrade looming on the horizon.

About a year ago I started hand-crafting my own Hyprland on Arch setup. It's great. Bleeding edge stuff, and contrary to the memes it's actually been the easiest to maintain - possibly because I only have the packages I need. BUT I wouldn't recommend this for someone without a software engineering background.

I also dabbled withe EndeavourOS which deserves a shout.

Can't speak for adults, but I was nine at the time and it completely passed me by. Might just have been my particular age or where I lived, but Superman and those sorts of films were mot very popular, more something your Dad would watch on a Sunday afternoon - nothing like what the Marvel film franchise became around ten years later.

I'm kinda ashamed to say that the first I really heard about his injury was through listening to Eminem.

Great summary

Well this is a car crash waiting to happen... Roku's technology HQ is based in my home City of Cambridge UK. This is a very liberal area compared to a lot of the UK, or at least the kind of people who work for tech companies are. I can't imagine too many people are going to stick around for long after this.

Story if you're interested...

https://www.flightglobal.com/archive/2026/06/new-lufthansa-787-9-suffers-nose-gear-collapse-while-parked-at-frankfurt-main/

I think currently companies tend to have the same process they always had.

In my case, that tends to be that you create a PR, someone assumes you knew what you were doing and approves it with no comments.

I actually expect the fact that we're promoting AI internally might result in this tightening up.

Probably unlike others, I work in an R&D team of only about 12 people total (all disciplines) so probably not the usual experience.

I don't think there's a hard definition, but the idea is it's people who 'came of age' 'around' the turn of the millennium. So turning 18 in 1998 fits that definition I think.

It's including people born in the mid-90s that I don't understand from that definition. But I guess it's more about what the world was like when growing up - specifically growing up with the advent of Internet -> Mobile Internet -> Smart Phones.

Not OP, but two big issues for me having actually been a fan of them and an 'Equity Punk' (just one share) back in 2020:

• CEO accused of inappropriate behaviour and abuse of power.

• Despite huge popularity and their drinks taking over every supermarket, somehow managed to fall into administration leaving suppliers and original investors out of pocket.

I think the takeover deal stinks - the worst kind of capitalism - leave all the small guys short changed and hand a massive multinational brand to another company with no obligations to make it right.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59957485

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70dv0eg9yko

Yeah I am also boycotting Brewdog after the takeover farce. Finding alcoholic alternatives is no problem, but they are very good at the AF stuff.

And we're also trying to avoid all Coke/Pepsi owned products, which is almost everything sugary in a pub - fine for me as I'm not into sweet drinks, but leaves my wife on lime and soda often.

Non-alcoholic gin and tonic can be pretty good, but is often a rip-off.

Guiness 0% or the Brewdog AFs are pretty good. My favourite was Nanny State, but it's hard to find.

Boys of Summer by The Ataris.

Or if you prefer EDM, maybe Boys of Summer by DJ Sammy

What? I completely get discarding things and living a life without the burden of clutter, but having a game in your Steam library is essentially zero cost/burden right?