We need to lobotomize our "smart" devices ...

Well there's your issue, you need a bigger desk. Could fit both a 10" combo and your speakers.

In terms of price, you'd be better off with a regular 10" practice amp.

I also don’t have great PC speakers, so maybe I could also use it as general speaker there.

I'd assume most amps are voiced to make guitars sound good, not to make general audio output (especially music) sound good. If you prioritize this, you might as well buy an audio interface (behringer is fine) and some half decent active speakers, which would provide a whole world of digital amp+fx options. Though personally I'm not quite comfortable with turning my speakers up enough to drown out the pick noise, IDK if this is actually an issue though.

If you're still laughing, try not taking any caffeine for a full day. I recently tried to stop the habit (digestive issues) and it's really damn hard.

I don't remember it well, it was probably around 3 years ago. IIRC I had issues with looping.

ardour.org

I paid for a binary of Ardour (music production software). The version in my distro's repo was very outdated and had bugs, and I wasn't able to successfully compile it myself.

Neat. All my basses and guitars are wood-colored!

I remember that I stopped having cables break when I switched to a different brand (one of thomann.de's store brands, so not even that expensive). There's definitely a chance that it's the cables.

Last time I tried Windows (with Windows 10), I actually struggled properly installing my graphics drivers. IDK what the issue even was, but after trying unsuccessfully for a while I just wiped the Windows partition and stuck with Linux.

MPV looks better.

Where did that come from, anyway?