What if you find yourself reading a culinary arts textbook in a foreign language?

have you looked into Calyx? They have a pricing model that costs less because they are a 501c3 nonprofit

Just install scoop and install packages in the terminal if you’re bothering with Windows

Just use cast iron at that point. Season it well enough and it’ll be smoother than any nonstick you can buy

Ubuntu Studio because I like a decent low latency kernel for audio related work

I remember having issues with Wireshark on Windows since it doesn’t include a lot of libs that it can use to monitor traffic. Does that count on the list?

The French did that just fine. Look at where they are today.

A coca cola bottle?

Why not just use Calibre?

Both of them also like to lease out their software and not actually let you own anything, expecting you to be happily complacent.

Finally, I can try my own liver with faba beans and a nice chianti

Have you heard of a DNS sinkhole?

Definitely. Your old PC will likely run better than it ever has in your lifetime, so long as you can get the correct drivers…