In my experience reading is much more efficient than watching/interacting with a screen. It doesn’t need to be something thought provoking, might even be some comics if it suits you more. But written words have power because you make your own rendition in your mind.

I remember getting my Nokia 8210, one of the smallest phones ever, you didn’t need to buy a bag or bring a jacket just to carry the phone around… Incredible concept

The first distro I used was SuSE (yes, before there was “Open” in the name 😅) on a Pentium III

I spent many years on Arch, but it don’t think it’s the distro I used the most any longer…

The distro I am using now is Fedora Workstation, which has been my daily driver for a dozen years now, and it’s also my favorite distro.

The distro I’ll be using in the future may be Silverblue

The distro I hate the most… is Ubuntu 😆 I had so many troubles over the years with this one, there was always something nonfunctional

My honorable mention: CachyOS looks pretty nice 😉

As for all the distros I tried… there’s way too many 😅

Too bad Epic is kept alive by children buying skins and silly dances who aren’t old enough to care about how sick that company has become

SEGA Megadrive

Indeed he is trying to impress you, and spending his money may be a goofy way of telling you how he feels without the need to speak.

He may not know how to word things gracefully, keep in mind that it could be stressful for him as well.

Maybe at some point telling him that you can buy your own things, and that it is not the reason why you’re spending time with him, could lead to a more constructive discussion… If you’re not afraid to have it, that is