I work in logistics. I’ve always had a fascination with tech, and was leery of all these neato things on offer from big tech, from social media to the cloud.

Found out I could self-host, and got to learning.

Yeah, it was ready for my old AMD machine. My new Nvidia box…nah.

But since I’ve switched to XFCE, I don’t need to worry so much about new-fangled things like Wayland…for now.

The one and only objectively best answer, imo.

Who needs therapy when you have pacman?

Well even a bare bones install of Debian has USB plug and play, networking, printing…they include a bit more than Arch, even if you do have to install your own programs.

Some functionality is missing, like USB plug and play, certain network file sharing capabilities, printing…so in addition to learning pacman, having to learn all the package names, you have to look up how to give the OS certain functionalities…it’s a lot as a newbie. If you don’t love working on computers, you may not make it through that phase.

And I say this with all due respect, as an Arch user myself.

I’ve “refreshed” a couple coworker’s old PCs with Linux Mint XFCE. It’s actually gone pretty well.

“All I do is browse the net.”

Okay, I’ll put the browser right on the desktop, so you don’t have to search for it. Be patient, it’s an older computer. But at least this works, unlike Windows.

And I haven’t really heard too much from them. Internet works. Basic needs fulfilled.

I feel like someone who knows a bit more could be more of a pain. But for very basic computing needs like paying your bills and surfing IG, it can go well.

This is how I run all my services. I have a nice docker compose file, I always set my server computers up the same way so no editing will be necessary…

I was using podman, but like all Red Hat products, I found it to be unnecessarily complicated. Yes of course it has better security, but… Docker just works.

My Pixel 8 is my personal favorite phone I’ve ever owned. I got the Google case for it, and it just feels absolutely perfect in my hand. The slight tackiness of the case, the form factor…it’s everything I’ve ever wanted from a phone.

As for OP’s concerns about certain apps not working on GrapheneOS: All you have to do is create a profile on your phone that runs Google Play services. And then it’s just an Android profile, and if it works on Android, it works on your phone.

The notifications can get a little wonky if you make the secondary profile your Google Play services profile. So let me recommend making your first profile the Google profile, and then a secondary profile your privacy profile.

It works for me, because I know when I’m trying to be private or get stuff done, I always have that nice quiet profile where the notifications are turned off anyway.

Wow. Really reaching there, huh?

What Meta shit wouldn’t I like to see? A general watering down of the comment quality. Trolling. Nonsense. What has happened to every somewhat technical technology the second the normies cry “gatekeeping” and force their way in with a dumb fucking look on their face and without an original idea in their heads.

That Meta shit is what I’d like to avoid. Just because one doesn’t have opportunity to respond doesn’t mean there isn’t a response.

I’m a year and a half in to Graphene. The community is kinda trash in some respects, but it’s one hell of an OS.

Sort by “all,” and the popular instances show up.

I wouldn’t like to see FB and Threads dominate that with the bleating of the sheep they’ve cultivated.

As long as Meta can’t infect the rest of the fediverse, or track or monetize it…fine. I just never, ever want Meta shit on my timeline.

It’s going to be huge.

That is likely it. Okay, thank you.

You’re actually 100% right. I don’t know what figure I was thinking of, but you’re just right.

I was thinking the same thing. We’ve actually surpassed Apple on desktop. I know we’re gonna laughingly say “year of the Linux desktop,” but we have to honestly look how far we’ve come in a relatively short time.

If only Google wasn’t also so repetitive.

Obsidian. I know it’s not open source, but it just felt right.

I went on the tor network once.

I saw what was being offered (probably on an FBI Honeypot site), backed out slowly without touching anything, and never went back.

I really like privacy. Those people need it. There is a difference.