Really the best options I have found is to get a device running android tv which has the dumb tv mode. That combined with a pihole for any residuals is probably the most practical option.
I really like KDE, but I’ve been daily driving Gnome since version 40. Insanely polished and I really like the workflow of everything. I do wish they were faster in implementing stuff like VRR though.
Everyone is recommending Tails but I feel like that’s a lot more intense security and privacy wise than GrapheneOS, since Tails runs in a live environment only.
They’re pushing their packaging system, some apps install as a snap by default rather than deb. A lot of people are upset and would rather see them support Flatpak. Of course we can use whatever we want.
My home server is a Ubuntu install on a 2017 laptop. A lot of guides have been very useful.
I installed several other tools, with Portainer, for a variety of imaged applications. With various containers I installed Jellyfin (for hosting old videos and converted media of mine), Calibre (for a digital library of textbooks from my history degree) and a few other tools. I’ve been half-tempted to host some WordPress sites, but I have yet to figure out nginx…
TDE (for those who haven’t encountered it before, the Trinity Desktop Environment forked from KDE3 more than a decade ago). It might not be the flashiest or the newest, but it has a decent selection of features and applications, and presents a traditional desktop environment whose interface doesn’t get changed for the sake of change. In other words, it stays out of the way and lets me get things done.
(If I’d liked Gnome 2 better than KDE 3 rather than vice-versa, I probably would have gone for MATE instead.)
The TDE crew have also taken on responsibility for maintaining TQT (formerly QT3). If you’re aware of any open bugs, go ahead and file them to the TQT3 repo on TDE’s Gitea and someone will have a look.
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