The only thing I have to lose by moving to Linux, is Adobe LightRoom (I'm a photographer) but I'm starting to think the loss of LR outweighs the benefits of staying with Windows.
I loved the UI in Ubuntu circa 14 LTS but the "new" CrunchBang++ minimalism is really growing on me.

Right. I'd settle for accuracy over speed any day

Cheap reliable oil bad.

Read up on the term "external cost", then actually think about the implications for more than 750ms.

You should then realize that oil is not, and never has been, cheap, but rather has been monstrously costly, and all those costs are coming due.

An opposite point of view (mine):
I have zero artistic talent. I've tried for decades, music, writing, painting. I am terrible at all of them. I have a lot of ideas for things I'd like to hear or see, so this sort of program will help me realize these dreams.

That's not even 3 hours driving at highway speeds (it's 70mph around me)
200 miles is nothing for a single drive.

So don't buy new...buy classic. Buy a classic Italian sports car, ain't nothin' better.

What's the limit on these things? Could Biden (or any elected US president for that matter) just declare law with one? Could he, for example, order the treasury to release fund to Ukraine, or halt production of ICE cars? I'm fuzzy on the actual limits (I suppose they could be overturned in courts...but again, I"m not certain, hence why I am asking)

I will second that. I had to pull data off 27 30+ year old floppies from work. They had been stored in an unheated/uncooled basement area and all but one worked fine.

You are not wrong...plus knowing where and who they are will probably get you on a watch list at the very minimum...

This (*cough*) game was essentially invented almost fourteen years ago by Alex Steacy of LoadingReadyRun -- as a joke.

And then someone actually wrote it.

What's a tortoise? (/h just in case)

FWIW, while we disagree from time to time, I hardly think you are a sad loner. But as to your comment about having nothing to hide, please remember the line from Torquemada, "Give me 12 lines written by the most honest of men, and I shall find something (within) to hang them."
Just because you think you have nothing worth knowing (or hiding) doesn't mean others feel the same way about your words.

Yet *another* Linux distro! I can't wait to try it after I've tried all the other (checks DistroWatch...) 100+ distros that are out there that need my time and attention.

Seriously gang, there are so many distros out there that aim to be "lightweight" and "designed for older computers" but let's be honest with ourselves shall we? How many core 2 duo systems are still in *active* use out there? There is a shelf life on old hardware and I suspect much is already in landfills.

I didn't switch for privacy, I've got enough ad-blockers, etc at my home network for that, I switched (from Chrome) because it was taking forever to open 20 tabs.
I imported everything to FF, and opened the same 20 tabs, and poof, right there, no delay.

Google's geniuses decided that switching tabs is something one needs to do with a mouse.

CTRL-PgDown / CTRL-PgUp. Geez...

And before you ask: Reposition the current tab using CTRL-SHIFT-PgDn / CTRL-SHIFT-PgUp.