Re: Not obsolete if you monotask singlemedia
Yes, I ran it for a while (though I prefer Exe GNU/Linux for my Trinity needs as it doesn't have systemd) - I think it may have been one of the ones that didn't get on with my BIOS.
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Yes, I ran Alpine on it for a while, until an update borked the wifi for some inexplicable reason. I reinstalled it recently and tried to add an X environment but gave up as it seemed to be more complicated than it used to be (ISTR there used to be a single command/script to install XFCE which doesn't seem to be in the wiki any more).
In the US (and other countries whose debts are denominated in their own sovereign fiat currency, e.g. the UK, Japan etc.), (federal) taxes don't pay for anything, they serve only to remove excess money from the economy. Politicians like to pretend that a government is like a household, but households can't print their own money. The US literally cannot run out of money, spending is a purely political choice. it's only when it exceeds the productive capacity of the economy that you get inflation. Read up on Modern Monetary Theory.
> a huge drop in standard of living / disposable income.
When you factor in the "socialized medicine" you'll find you don't need such a high income in order to live reasonably well.
> having to deal with government functionaires.
Are the things I've heard about the DMV not true, then?
This is why I recommend Solus as it has a "curated rolling" model (weekly updates, no need to do anything other than check for updates forever, with very little risk of problems). They did have a "bus factor" issue a couple of years ago but that has been resolved. There are a few other distros with a similar model, Opensuse Tumbleweed and some of the Arch-based distros like Endeavour come to mind.