You can relatively easily set up a self-hosted OIDC sever like like Keycloak or Kanidm.

Dell have at times sold laptops with Linux pre installed.

Looks like normal parking to me.

Those are chicks, not ducklings.

YAML 1.2 was released 15 years ago and fixed this issue. The problem is not YAML but the libraries people are using to parse it being a decade and a half out of date.

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad.

Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

It’s worth noting that you can install Kate on Windows too if you want to https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NWMW7BB59HW