So wait, bit-shifting some integers is now considered being malicious? Is that really the defense here? Using that definition just about all software in existence is malicious.

Snap is still alive? I haven’t heard name in quite a while.

Yeah it’s a small, local ISP. I love it. They only serve a small area, but therefore they behave like a local business with real people instead of a faceless corporation.

I’m wowed.

I have 1gbps symmetrical for €17.95 in the Netherlands.

I am very conflicted about Arch. I similarly disliked it for actual use, because it’s so unstable. On the other hand, the arch docs are a goldmine.

I think it just depends on what you want to do with your system. Do you like to tinker? Arch (and similar distros) are great. Do you just want things to work mostly out of the box? Use an Ubuntu flavor or an Ubuntu derivative.

France and dystopian copyright laws, name a more typical duo.

Portrait rights - i.e. the right the own one’s image - is a thing in some European jurisdictions. But of course this doesn’t exist in the US.