It’s not very sophisticated and has no error handling, but I only run it locally…

#!/bin/bash
echo -e "\n...READING NEWS...\n"
yay -Pw
echo -e "\n...UPDATING MIRRORS...\n"
sudo cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup
sudo reflector --country Germany --latest 5 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
echo -e "\n...UPDATING REPO PACKAGES...\n"
sudo pacman -Syu
echo -e "\n...UPDATING AUR...\n"
yay -Syu
echo -e "\n...ORPHANED PACKAGES...\n"
pacman -Qtd
echo -e "\n...PACKAGES NOT IN ARCH REPO...\n"
pacman -Qm
echo -e "\n...NEW CONFIG FILES...\n"
sudo find /etc -name *.pac*
echo "DONE 😊"

#Dependencies: yay, reflector, rsync, noto-fonts-emoji 

Your opinion seems to be immutable.
But I’m not rolling over.

I do.

Every time I install a package, or once a month.
I use a script that shows new Arch news messages, updates the mirrorlist with the fastest mirrors in my country, updates repo packages, updates aur packages, then prints created .pacnew and .pacsave files as well as orphaned and dropped packages.

This, but unironically.

no, I don’t.

You pay for the convenience.
I don’t often need to print something, but when I do, it’s usually outside of the opening hours of a print shop and I’m in a hurry.
(95% of my printing are fantasy RPG floor plans that I’ve downloaded literally 5 minutes before the players show up.)

Prevention is key:
alias vim='emacs'

Though these days, you might get to recommend Linux anyway by saying “you should use wsl2.”

You really really shouldn’t. It sucks in a number of ways neither Windows nor Linux do by themselves.

Uhm, actually, it’s a copypasta that starts exactly the way they posted it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlD9UBTcSW4

I daily drive an Android phone without any Google services or apps.

Just a shot in the dark, but have you logged out and back in at any point?
Some settings can’t be applied in a running session.

He’s the one who was prophesized in the GNU testament.

Prepare to be disappointed. This is how Linux disciples have sex (SFW).

All Praise Bob!

https://xenia-linux-site.glitch.me/

Yes, IMO. If you haven’t bought the hardware yet, there’s no reason to subject yourself to the headache of lacking Linux support, instead support companies that value open source.
AMD and Intel GPU’s simply work out of the box with all features.

And it’s not like on a laptop you need the highest of high end graphics acceleration anyway.

Alt text: I’m the philosopher until someone hands me a burrito.