Taylor Dettling

Prolly look into Pop!OS, i have similar requirements to yours and Pop suits me, gets out of my way when i need to do work
ive seen Pop glitch out once in a while, less than windows, but cosmic can act up sometimes, so try using PopOS LTS release if possible
 
https://pop.system76.com/

I'd say try Fedora workstation

Ubuntu or RHEL. I've never worked anywhere that allowed me to use anything other than those two options on their intranet might as well get used to them ahead of time.
 
From your use case though it sounds like the improvements coming to windows 11 WSL would be a valid option for you though unless you really want to have a gnome desktop experience.
Here's a video of a guy demoing it for several minutes. Seems like a good alternative for your use case without having to mess with a dual boot system.
 

Before I bought my macook I was using an XPS 13 with Ubuntu on it for about 3 years without issue. I would easily go back to it if I had to drop my macbook

did you upgrade your windows 10 to windows 11 or did you do a clean install?
if you upgraded to windows 11, you can try rolling back the upgrade to windows 10 and then upgrading to the official insider build.
 
I think the official insider builds will allow you to upgrade to newer builds but I'm not sure. Just install an official insider build and check if you can upgrade to a newer build when it is released.

The leaked build is technically pirated, and pirated software we are not allowed to help with according to the community standards. I recommend just doing a full clean install of the insider build.

Preface
This guide REQUIRES you to have a working Mac or access to an existing macOS install. Obtaining the macOS operating system files outside of an existing macOS installation is software piracy, as such it is against the forums ToS to provide help with obtaining macOS IN ANY OTHER WAY than the method I will outline in this guide.
 
PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME OR ANYBODY ELSE FOR HELP REGARDING OBTAINING macOS ON LINUX OR WINDOWS, YOU WILL BE IGNORED!!
 
Prerequisites
 
1: A fairly modern CPU with X86-64 support (Intel or AMD is fine)
2: A PC running Windows or Linux with a MINIMUM of 16GB of RAM (The instructions in this guide will be for Windows, for Linux its almost identical)
3: Access to an existing macOS install to obtain the installation files
4: Some way of transferring the ISO from macOS to your host machine (shared folder, 32 GB USB flash drive or external HDD)
5: A copy of VMWare Player 16 or VMWare Workstation 16 (EXSi is also mentioned as being supported however I haven't tested it)
6: VMWare macOS Unlocker
7: Notepad++ (Optional)
8: Virtualisation support must be enabled in your systems UEFI
 
Basic setup
 
1: Install VMWare in the usual way
2: Download and extract VMWare macOS Unlocker
3: Open the extracted folder and run "win-install.bat" as administrator
4: Wait, it might take up to 5 minutes to find and download the macOS VMWare Tools ISO
5: When the command prompt goes away we are ready to proceed with the next step
 
Create the installation ISO
 
1: On your existing macOS installation download Big Sur from the app store
2: When the download finishes Big Sur setup will run, quit the installer back to desktop
3: Open Terminal
4: Create a blank image by issuing the following command (type your password when prompted) and hitting Enter
sudo hdiutil create -o /tmp/BigSur -size 16384m -volname BigSur -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J 5: Mount the image you just created
sudo hdiutil attach /tmp/BigSur.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/BigSur 6: Next use the Create Install Media command to create a Big Sur installer on the image you just mounted
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/BigSur --nointeraction 7: Unmount the image
hdiutil eject -force /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur 8: Convert the DMG to a CDR and move it to your desktop
hdiutil convert /tmp/BigSur.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/BigSur 9: Rename the CDR to ISO
mv -v ~/Desktop/BigSur.cdr ~/Desktop/BigSur.iso 10: Clean up temporary files left over from Create Install Media (optional)
sudo rm -fv /tmp/BigSur.dmg 11; Using whatever method you choose transfer the ISO from your desktop to your host machine
 
Create the VM
 
1: Run VMWare, create a new machine, name the VM & select macOS > Big Sur 11.1 as the Operating System
2: Create a new HDD image as per your requirements (80GB Minimum)
3: Click Finish then click Customise Hardware
4: For my machine I gave it 4 of my Ryzen 3800X cores and 8GB of RAM, you do whatever you need
5: Click on Video and enable 3D Acceleration (ignore the warning, not using this option forces 3MB total VRAM, even with it you can only get 128MB)
6: Delete the existing SATA Hard Drive, create a new NVMe Hard Drive and point it to the HDD image you created in step 2
7: Set up any other options as you need them but don't change any other hardware, macOS works OOTB with the default sound card and NIC
8: Point the virtual CD drive to the ISO we created earlier in the guide
9: When you're finished close the Customise Hardware page
 
If you have an Intel CPU you can now skip straight to Install Big Sur. If you have an AMD Ryzen CPU please carry on with Customising the VM Config
 
Customising the VM Config
 
Only follow this section if you have an AMD CPU, otherwise skip on to Install Big Sur.
 
Throughout this section I will use *vmname*, this refers to the name you gave your VM when you created it. For example if you called the VM "macOS VM" then replace *vmname* with macOS VM.
 
1: Open the folder containing your VM Files (Default on Windows 10 is /Documents/Virtual Machines/*vmname*)
2: Locate the file called *vmname*.vmx and open it in your favourite text editor
3: Scroll down to the very bottom of the file and on a new, blank line paste the following
cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011" cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111" cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110" cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001" cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001" cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000" cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011" cpuid.1.edx = “0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111” featureCompat.enable = "TRUE" 4: Save the file and close it
 
Install Big Sur
 
1: Start the VM
2: macOS installation should fire up
3: Install macOS as per your requirements
 
Install VMWare Tools
 
VMWare won't automount the Darwin VMWare Tools images on a Windows or Linux host so you have to locate it manually
 
1: Once setup has finished and you're on the desktop of macOS click VM > Settings (on the VMWare Toolbar)
2: Click CD/DVD
3: In the ISO Image File section click the Browse button
4: Navigate to your VMWare installation folder (default is C:\Program Files (X86)\VMware\VMWare Workstation or C:\Program Files (X86)\VMware\VMWare Player)
5: Locate the file called darwin.iso and double click it
6: If its not already ticked then click the Connect checkbox
7: VMWare tools setup will mount automatically
8: Before running the setup script open System Preferences > Security & Privacy, click the padlock icon and enter your password to unlock edit mode
9: Run the VMWare Tools setup script and follow it through
10: About half way through a warning will pop up about VMWare Extensions, on the Security & Privacy page click Allow
10a: If you don't click allow fast enough VMWare tools might fail to install, if this happens just run it through again (as long as you've already clicked Allow it will work)
11: Reboot
12: Enjoy running macOS Big Sur in VMWare
 
What works and doesn't work
 
Most basic applications I have tested work. Office, Virtual DJ, Steam (though I haven't tried running any games) and Ableton Live.
I have not tested any of the built in Apple apps.
I have not signed in to an Apple account (and I would advise you don't either).
I'm going to say that macOS virtualisation stuff (like Parallels Desktop) will not work though I haven't tested any.
For whatever reason it is impossible to give the VM more than 128MB of VRAM, I have tried everything I could find to change the value, nothing works.
With VMWare Tools installed drag and drop works, shared folders work, mouse integration works and dynamic resolution scaling works.

Bah I’m thinking of a different thing then. FreeNas?

UnRAID is Slackware
 
Most consumer boards have controls in the BIOS, often under something like Cool'n'Quiet
You could try the Dynamix Auto Fan Control plugin, in Community Apps, i think its for PWM fans. 
 
 

My memory is unraid is BSD.  There should be some pretty decent BSD fan control.  This sounds like a knowledge of OS issue more than a function issue.  I could be wrong though.  The problem with unraid is it often uses an old out of date version of BSD that is no longer supported. In any case manual fan controllers would completely end run the OS.
 
Im assuming that bios control which should be independent is for some reason not present.  Very old hardware perhaps
 
UPDATE: I’m apparently wrong. I was confusing it with freeNas

No idea about unRaid but one of these will give you manual override of the fan settings.

1. It works on some windows devices while on others it doesn't work, seemingly for no reason. Works on my Dell XPS 15 7590 and on my PC (Skylake based) with a PCIe Card. It doesn't work on another PC that has a thunderbolt 3 built on to the motherboard and it funnily doesn't work on a Mac mini that I have. TL;DR the compatibility is not documented and it is very random
2. No, but it is actally cheaper than the competition, but the two other options that are availiable in North America are compatible with windows for sure, where as the Apple may not, so yeah, but the other options cost 52.19 - 80 Freedom dollars, so they are actually pretty expensive. Also no the adapters that adapt displayport (mini) to usb c (thunderbolt 3) will not work as they are not capable of sendind the thunderbolt (PCIe lanes) data, only are a video to thunderbolt converter. The reason that the converters/adapters that actually convert true TB3 to TB2 are so expensive are that TB2 and TB3 are not compatible on a pin/cable level, and use different protocols and are completely different so there is some pretty complicated active processing going on to convert between the two.
 
IMO they aren't overcharging too bad in this case but they ususally have issues doing that so I don't blame you for thinking that was the case here.
 
Here are some for sure PC compatible options: 
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Thunderbolt-Adapter-DisplayPort-TBT3TBTADAP/dp/B019FPJDQ2/ref=sr_1_7?crid=QIURN8KZVUHC&dchild=1&keywords=thunderbolt+3+to+thunderbolt+2+adapter&qid=1590373978&sprefix=thunderbolt+3+to%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-7
 
https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Cable-Matters-Unidirectional-Thunderbolt/dp/B01D0D7QU0/ref=sr_1_6?crid=QIURN8KZVUHC&dchild=1&keywords=thunderbolt+3+to+thunderbolt+2+adapter&qid=1590373978&sprefix=thunderbolt+3+to%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-6

I agree with this gentleman, Codecademy is greate, and for sure don't bother with the paid teir. 
I also think freecodecamp is really good for learning webdesign and they have a lot of stuff these days, check them out too.
 
W3Schools is great, but in my own personal opinion it is more useful as a refrence and as a resource to check something when developing, than it is as a purely learning resource, since there is (once again this is completely opinion based so OP you have to find for yourself) a lot of better places that are better for learning for a novice. 
 
 
Also there are a few of these Free 'OpenSource CompSci Degrees' that I have seen a lot of people using to learn recently and they teach you all that you could want to know when getting started, including the math and the background, and it is esentially comperable (ish, imo there are tradeoffs and such and each has their own pros/cons) to a CompSci degree but not quite as hard/in depth obviously but they are really really good from what I have seen. I haven't personally used them as I don't have the need, but some people have told me good things about them. Here is a few to check out: 
https://github.com/ossu/computer-science
https://github.com/ForrestKnight/open-source-cs
 
Hope some of this helps, if anyone disagrees with me, feel free to tell me so I can correct the mistake, Cheers!

"finding images similar to what i have given" is an extremely complicated problem for computers. If you really want to go that route, it would require a high level of understanding of machine learning to set up. Also, craigslist doesn't have an API for pulling data, so you'd need to figure that out. Alternatively, you could just reverse image search the table you're looking at and put site:craigslist.org in the search bar, which would probably work better than what you could do anyway.

Got a question about going from a device that outputs TB2 into a TB3 port on a PC.  I know Apple makes their adapter, but I'm always so paranoid buying an Apple product to use with my PC for some reason, like Apple has some sort of magic that makes it not work properly.  
 
Anyway, my questions are.
 
1-Does the Apple adapter work on PC?
2-Is that the only option?  All the other adapters I've found say Mini Displayport to TB3.  I know it's the same size port, but is it the same protocol.  Like USB C looks like TB3, but they are different protocols and aren't necessarily interchangeable. The non Apple versions are like $15 or $20.  
 
I wish Apple didn't always over charge for stuff, it really gets into my head and makes me doubt over products even though I know Apple just over charges. haha.

i didn't expect a response tbh, i was being extremely insincere
 
purely in aid of mocking someone for asking relationship advice on a tech forum..........

Come on this forum is not a kindergarten...

Hot take: She might not be that into you and you'll just have to accept that.

have you tried turning it off and on again ?

in this case just turning her on might help better?

Hahaha this topic is so relatable for everyone.
Honestly though,  I would just recommend talking to her in person more. Lol.

Nope! I was never rejected because I never tried to find a girlfriend

...What do you mean?  

Try. You will thank yourself later.

Nah, it worked for 31 years now. You know the saying: Never switch a running system