Of course it’s still needed. There still exist analog clocks almost everywhere. (At least in my country)

Source for CEO investing in military tech?

From this we assume that there’s some guy named Me

You could try Debian, it’s basically Ubuntu without snaps.

Maybe try the kernel parameter amd_iommu=off if you have an AMD CPU (and you’re talking about Linux and not Windows). I had the same problem and this fixed it for me.

Yes but that book sucks ass

The TPM requirement is artificial and can be bypassed in the installer.

Also NewPipe is a great open-source client for Youtube without any tracking or account required.