My wife is in grad school (again) and has survived on a cheap Chromebook so far, but it entirely depends on the university (and maybe the class/degree).

In Spock’s voice:

Linux gang rise up!!!

I switch to Linux in college (20ish years ago) and have been exclusively using it since. Windows XP was my last windows machine. I’ve never regretted it.

Freddie would have made a fitting alien guest star:

It’s a bit of a cheat, but look into Noctua Fans like this.

They are pricier, but VERY quiet while also moving lots of air. My System76 desktop came pre-built with just those.

Yup!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708725/fullcredits/

Armin Shimerman - Gift-Box Face - (uncredited)

Same problem (it throws a segfault when I try to select the outline color of the text)

I found a PPA that packages Gimp 3.x, and it also fails

I’ll just have to wait

I am, yes. Pop_os native version is still Gimp 2.x. Flatpak offered up-to-date versions

Seriously … WTF?!

Holy shit! What version of Gimp? This has been the single biggest annoyance of mine since moving to Gimp.

I just updated to 3.0.4 and it’s there! WOOO!

It is rather tame for calling them “alien sex fiends”