This happens when your Microsoft account password is externally managed by your employer. If the password is changed externally, then authenticator needs to re-authenticate… with itself.

I have the exact opposite experience: I recently installed Fedora (stock, so Gnome) and had 0 issues. It was easier to install that Windows. The sidenote is that I have a Framework laptop, so my hardware is fully supported. And I was a Linux user before, so nothing looks alien to me. I didn’t need the terminal to get everything working, including wireless printing.

Don’t forget Shush from the Netherlands: https://shush-earplugs.com/about/ Their plugs are certified (2016/425 PPE)

Alternatively, they could just charge to 80% and show that it is 80% charged, like iOS and macOS do.

edit: I seemed to have misread the comment above. It’s useful to not be lied too, in my opinion, because then you still have the option to charge to 100% when needed.

One of those cheap 12-15$ AliExpress DVD R/RW USB C drives did the trick for me.

GrapheneOS is awesome, though! Lots of other benefits in using it :) I tried it for a while and the only drawback for me was lack of Google Pay support due to integrity checks.

PSA for iOS: you can cancel the subscription immediately and still enjoy the entire period of the free trial.

Framework laptops solve this by having physical switches for the camera and microphone at the top of edge of the screen. Can’t get safer than that except for physical removal.