arcosenautic

Try Firefox, ditch Google, use uBlock Origin/piHole. Don't download random stuff from the internet.

Thank you for clearing it up. Unfortunately it does seem like another research dead end

Anyone with a proper background would be kind enough to speculate whether this could lead to a possible cure?

8 hours? I would kill to get 8 hours battery life.

Like others said, you can try installing Arch manually (not with the install script). You get the hang of the terminal and you get to see a bit more of how Linux works under the hood. The wiki is your friend, spend some time reading it!

Julia Evans recently did a thing about job control here. Nothing yet on multiplexers though

It's not always DNS - unless it is

When will it stop? No really?

I understand this is a non-issue for your home network, but as I understand it, the real risk is when using a VPN in a public and untrusted place (e.g. a coffee shop) as most teleworkers do

On a sidenote, what theme did you use for Kubuntu? I've scoured the webs for all kinds of themes and none do it justice.

I was always curious about those. Surely they can't be faster than computers right? I mean, whatever computers they have in the 24th century.

Thanks everyone for your input. I think I'll go with ivy, black eyed Sally and clematis for the walkway. Its going to be constantly maintaned so no worries about ivy getting everywhere else. Thanks again!