Started using xmpp recently because messaging apps sucks . I want to see if anyone use this thing .

I'm a computer engineering undergrad in my finals and I really don't care about applying for jobs, there's so much competition and I hate just about every one of my classmates. I don't want to spend hours making shitty bloated proprietary software but 99% of jobs seem to be like that. Is it possible to actually make a career in free software, should I just ditch out of tech and pick something else

This year, i'm on my 8th (final) semester of uni and im dealing with working on my undergrad thesis (it's about open source and how companies monetize free software). I dont know where im going after this. Back in 2023 i was in 12 months of grueling low paying internship with 4 hours of commute but at least that was something because i bought a lot of stuff from HDD, games, and shirt. Sadly it wasnt enough to cover for rent so i commuted 4 hours a day I hate being stuck in my parents house, and worse, because im busy with my thesis + preparing for quiz, i dont know how to make money or if it's wise to get a job when i still have classes in my schedule. For the thesis itself, it's due around 20th June and right now i have 20 pages. Im aiming to get 70-75 pages by then. I also have to see my advisor 10 times this semester. What can i do about my life? Give me some insights so i don't hate myself too much for being so broke and caught up with everything else. All my interests are pretty much narrative gamedev and cyber sec, and it's hard to make money with it.

I got doxxed by a troll on a forum , the troll posted my real full name and school including my grade level , pics of a Facebook account which the troll thinks it's me but isn't because I don't have any mainstream socials. The troll keeps pasting my name and pics from the Facebook profile everywhere on the forum, what do I do ???

I'm currently new to programming and i have tried several programming languages including c, c++, asm, go, php and lua. I'm currently bored and need projects or ideas I could program .

I'm going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540