Nix.

Brother is pretty analogous and you can refill the toner cartridges!

Classic arch Linux is the way to go imo. If you need something a little more turn key, I would go with linux mint Debian edition! Debian was the first distro I ever used, an I think if you feel at home there, linux mint Debian edition might be what you’re looking for.

Definitely Taylor Lorenz. She’s almost always on trending, but she’s a journalist always posting about twitter and musk’s controversies, very interesting content.

We Distribute is kind of like a publication about the fediverse. Great content.

Linus Torvalds. This one’s pretty obvious.

But I’m still looking too! If you’re into tech, you will almost definitely find something for you on mastodon, especially free software. Good luck!

Lexmark is just as bad as hp and is made by a Chinese company. Brother is the wave.

Nix OS, Guix or Vanilla OS for sandboxing I guess. But basically everything but Ubuntu is pretty good for privacy, it’s a big part of free software philosophy.

It all depends and your budget and priorities. If you care about coreboot and Intel ME, go with system76 or an old thinkpad. Otherwise, Dell latitudes and new thinkpads are sufficient. Based on your description, I think system76 would be the way to go, but you might also want to check out a thinkpad p52.