It’s because Canonical has a vested interest in pushing the solution that they spent money developing.
As much as I appreciate everything that Canonical has done for Linux, this is the problem with trusting for-profit companies in the open source realm. Profit is their motivator. They don’t care that flatpak has better performance than snap, they just know they spent money developing snap, so they have to force it onto their users, despite it being the inferior tech.
I don’t use aliases. Since I use fish as a login shell, I use abbreviations. I have a lot of them configured. But I think my favorite one is yeet which expands to paru -Rcns.
What a nice abbreviation of the conventional way of declaring the minimanalasation of a command. I need to check out fish but i don't really know about it so much.
I have google home to control everything, but I still have to set them up using the original apps. I haven’t checked out Tuya, I’ll have a google thanks.
You can tie Google home into home assistant. It’s pretty much the best way to control your home. It’s super flexible as well. There is a learning curve. But it’s a lot easier than it was a couple years ago.
its a tie between linux mint and garuda linux, linix mint for stability and garuda for being an arch based linux for people like me that are too stupid to get arch running by itself
**Stability**. Mint is stable, easy to use, and has a good help forum. I am better with the end-user side than the developer side. This allows me to focus on what I need to do.
1a. If I need to do something more complex that requires the terminal, there are plenty of sites that explain it step by step. So, I don't need to become a programmer to tweak my system.
**Simplicity**. It's easy to find where to go to change settings and add new programs.
**Safety**. Linux has repositories of trusted programs, and it's super simple to download from them. Even with trusted sites for Widows programs, I did get a couple programs that came with malware. The open source nature of Linux eliminates much of the profit motive for scammers, plus other developers would quickly expose such attempts in the Linux community.
**Speed**. When I had a dual boot system, the Linux OS booted on avg in 15 sec, where Widows took 30-60 sec. I can't quantify, but the Linux OS overall seemed to run smoother faster than Widows too.
**Security**. I've never had to deal with viruses or malware with Linux. (This may change as Linux gains increased market share, but, so far, so good.) Linux doesn't come with bloatware or potential spyware either. There are many Widows programs -- MS Games, Cortana, MS Photos, etc -- that cannot be uninstalled. Cortana cannot be disabled. (It says it can, but it still runs in the background. Who knows what data it is collecting.)
**Conscience**. MS has a multibillion dollar contract to develop VR headsets for soldiers. These will be used to control machines (and maybe robots) on the battlefield. Once we have troops off the battlefield, war (and all its horrible consequences) will become a much easier choice. I know my govt has lied about EVERY war after WWII (at least). Staying away from MS helps me to not fuel the war machine and promote peace.
Your sample rate is 55 people on lemmy. DistroWatch has more than tripple the amount of arch users hitting the page per day. There are about 5500 registered accounts on the official arch forum.
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