Fair enough, I only said that cause it was the case for me aha.

Not necessarily, could be a Bluetooth driver issue.

It’s integral to the motherboard, but that does make sense otherwise.

I wish I knew.

I have two Linux systems: a laptop with Fedora and home media PC with Ubuntu. Bluetooth works great on the laptop, no issues whatsoever.

Completely different story with the media PC. I’ve never been able to get it working properly, and I’ve spent hours googling things to throw into the terminal hoping to get it fixed. I’m no IT guy but I know the basics, and it’s not an old PC or anything (Asus NUC 14 Pro I think), but I can’t get the stupid thing to stay connected with my Xbox controllers for the life of me. My wife wants to play games god damnit!

My Windows box, while rife with other problems (even though I’m on 10 LTSC) also never has Bluetooth issues, and it isn’t the first time I’ve had said problems with Linux distros (had Mint installed on a box at one point but I managed to fix the issue by changing drivers). There must be a better way!

Totally. I forgot all about expanded tryna, as I almost never hear it outside of television. You may be on to something there.

This might be a regional difference, but when I say it out loud, ‘tryna not kill myself’ is by far the more natural construction. But I agree that in writing, ‘trying not to kill myself’ feels more natural, while ‘trying to not kill myself’ feels stilted and intentionally awkward. Man I love language.

Lyon is pretty great. Depending on the vibe you’re going for, Marseille is also pretty awesome. I’d avoid it in the middle of the summer, but shoulder season down south is amazing. The weather is great, the people are friendly (if you avoid the worst parts of town, like anywhere) and the food is a nice mix of traditional French and Mediterranean cuisine. And make sure to get a flight of Ricard.

Guitar pedals. My collection is fairly modest (20-30 pedals) but I have some neat pieces, like a couple Japanese Boss pedals from the 80’s. They are functional so I don’t feel like it’s a waste of space per se. Also they look cool, so there’s that.