I just know I’m gonna get raked, but try Lazarus. A Delphi clone using the FreePascal compiler. Has a framework similar to the VCL, but has pluggable backends. Qt, GTK, Windows, Cocoa, and a native one, though I’m not sure of its maturity. Component programming that is relatively easy to extend.

Use Mate. It is based on the old Gnome 2

Old Scratch is another name for the devil, so Linux From Scratch sounds like a winner (loser?)

And easier to get out of…

Whether a Thinkpad has soldered RAM or not is model-by-model thing. When I was laptop shopping I tried to stick to the only non-soldered ones, but they are definitely more expensive, as they are the higher-end models. I absolutely cannot wait for CAMM to, if it ever does, become a normal thing for RAM modules.

They’ve Streisanded it. Just the previous mention jumped the numbers 25%!

All I know is it’s not Unix.

And french fries are Pommes Frites. Fried apples

Yeah, I would classify them as mean

The bite is in your wallet…

Only the syntactic kind

+C+

Scrambled egg is still fried egg

It is “The One”.

Apparently also in the penis

Big Brother approves