Lost Odyssey, certainly the first thing that comes to mind. Developed by Mistwalker with Hironobu Sakaguchi behind it.
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I would need to know more details on your use case to say for certain, hard to know for sure without knowing the apps in question.
This comes to mind - I use it personally everyday and find it comes in handy for tasks like you've described above: https://github.com/TrianguloY/URLCheck
My daughter is a bit older but loved Tinykin - its on sale for around $6 right now and is a great sandbox environment to play around in while you explore the various rooms with creatures that help you get to your next objective.
is there a service in the US that offers to flash this for anyone with an existing T480?
This is not true, I installed 11 on my dad's unsupported computer and was able to update service pack versions using the method in the below video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Oyq2NoLX0
You should be able to subscribe to Lemmy communities via Mastodon
I started using Garuda because of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ZSLNbgF14&t=407
I've had the opposite experience, largely issue free with both KDE and anytime i update the system. Based on what I've read about Arch based distros, I'm glad I tried it for myself because a lot of the FUD I read online did not seem to apply to my experience.
Just sharing this write up about vulnerabilities in their client: https://gergelykalman.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-a-commercial-vpn-amateur-hour-with-windscribe.html