Except that’s where it stops (in both Vietnam and China). One-party rule is only slightly more democratic than a dictatorship.

“elects”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Vietnam

Elections in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are held under a one-party political system led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

My first thought was “oh, I wonder what new performance enhancing drug has been discovered”

Trump reeks of flop sweat at present. The desperation is notable even from my vantage point in Australia.

Once upon a time, HP and quality were synonymous.

https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?class=3&cat=32

(Edit: Though apparently the 3000 had some issues early on. Which were notable because reliability and quality issues were so non-HP).

It was … quite a while ago though. By the time I came to use HP gear in the late 90s and on, they still had a reputation for quality, though it was increasingly less deserved.

As others have commented, Apple … but also when was the last time HP was a manufacturer of quality anything? 😭

FreeBSD 😉

Edited to add: I still do use Linux for media and gaming; on those systems I run Mint because it just works out of the box, and seems to randomly change things less frequently than Ubuntu.

Or the other manufacturer of high quality aluminium dev-spec laptops, who sent their CEO to the White House to give Trump a golden plaque.