Tbh, I haven't even seen many pay toilets in Europe. I only saw them in Hungary.

LOL! I really wanna see this!

I agree with you, but you know how Apple operates, slapping a shiny new name on an already existing concept and making it sound premium.

Seriously, I don't know why people are so obsessed with creating pointless discord servers. Is it really that hard to host files elsewhere?

Unless of course a lot of people still there agree with the message that Musk is sending and don't see anything wrong with the content. Wouldn't surprise me.

You may not, but you'd be surprised with how many people didn't even care about WEI, let alone whatever the reasonable option will be

So sorry to hear this. I wish him a fast recovery.

Understandable. I also had a weaker PC until recently and love what Linux was able to do with it even though I haven't personally tested Alpine. Your rice is also really beautiful for such a minimal system.

I'm curious: What made you choose Alpine specifically and what were you using before?

You could pull this off with rofi or wofi(if you're on Wayland). I don't know if a theme like this exists already(it should), but if it doesn't you could just make your own. As for the icons, I think the easiest option would be making an icon theme. If you want to call the menu by pressing the Win key, there's probably already a built in option for that if you're on a desktop environment. If you're not, there are additional programs such as sxhkd you'll need.

In my experience, it isn't as much about brand loyalty as it is about a mix of convenience and damage control.

For as many faults as Windows has, Microsoft would definitely reel themselves in from jumping the shark. Yearly fees could be justified by saying they're really affordable + you get customer support. Add onto that how entrenched Windows is and how unapproachable the competition is by comparison(seriously, how many computers come with Linux or BSD pre-installed?) and you basically can't lose.

Sure, there will be a subset of people will switch to an alternative or pirate Windows, but regular home users aren't the major source of Microsoft's revenue anyway, it's businesses that largely depend on Windows.

Yeah, no way that's gonna happen. They're never gonna kiss those Windows licensing fees goodbye. If anything, they'll double down and make it a subscription. Linux is too free for Microsoft and their shareholders.