Well, I know nothing about PhD. Still, just check if you’re not keeping those notes too detailed. Some people love making notes and lists just for the sake of making notes (“mental illness” variant).
Notebook is sufficient. If not – you are either trying to do more than you can or planning further than you should or have some mental illness.
Some cars can go places horses cannot. You have completely missed the point. I’m not discussing the intricate nuances of the provided analogy.
Hmm. You see, a car is better than a horse. Not only because of speed. Because of the convenience of usage too.
You don’t want a faster horse. You just don’t want more bullshit for more price.
You want convenience.
It’s not “zuck, elmo, and pals” who create those “fascist advertisements”. People do. And they will do it wherever they are.
I am going to tell a sad thing that will make you all feel offended, but I can’t refrain:
The problem isn’t in the place/server/whatever. At least that is the minor part of the problem. The problem is in the people themselves. No matter where they will go, they will bring their shit with them to that new place.
Avoid small “made for [something]” distros. Use something as mainstream as possible. Debian/Ubuntu/RedHat. Select something that you like from these.
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