Qubes and opensuse are great for any VM needs. Not sure what the issue with privacy is exactly you can pretty much reconfigure any distro to be oriented the way you want it.
Pretty much. All of the good remote jobs are taken already and most of the time companies don't read their applications because they don't want to spend the extra money on new employees just get the participation medal for appearing like they're hiring.
Although this is half the price of the steam deck I'd recommend that because it'll last a whole lot longer and you can put whatever version of android you want on it or just stick to Linux. The streaming is top notch especially with the oled model having a more powerful wireless chip.
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