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.
I use KDE connect for that, it works pretty well. I don’t use KDE so I’m probably missing out on some features but file transfer, sending clipboard contents, media control etc all work
I would go with the regular desktop version of Ubuntu because while laptops work just fine as personal/small-scale servers, any idiosyncracies tend to be around stuff like sleeping, power management, what happens when you close the lid etc. Whether you’ll encounter any of that depends in part on the laptop make and model, but Ubuntu Desktop is probably the most polished distro out there in terms of handling those things.
i have an android phone because i love customization at a level apple does not allow, however, i use GNOME on my laptop as for some reason i prefer simplicity on the pc. well, of course i have a different theme and some extensions but hey, it’s GNOME after all ☺️
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…
Those are packages that lot of other packages rely on and so as a result just needs more testing. Sometimes Arch is faster, sometimes other distros are faster. This is relatively normal.
Wasn’t Python being behind the reason GNOME 44 took a little while to come out? It does seem like things move a little slower than they used to. Might be a good thing for stability in the long run. Think people need to be reminded that Arch is community run too. So updates might lag behind compared to these distros with big corporations behind them.
I believe I read there was only one package maintainer for Gnome on Arch, which is why the release took longer. We have to remember it’s often just regular people, or in that case, person, who maintains this stuff for free or very little. And just because upstream made a release doesn’t mean it’s a simple drop-in to our distro of choice.
To add to this, all of the packages mentioned have a -git version in the AUR. The people who really need the absolute newest version can always install these packages. The rest of the people (those who prefer stability) can continue using a slightly older, but well-tested versions of these programs.
No what you want is unstable Arch which you can freely do by changing the repos, but your user experience will be fraught with pain and issues. You can move to Debian and do the same by running their unstable branches, same results though, most likely a broken system.
And you can also install packages from the Arch testing repos - which I really wouldn’t want to - but it’s entirely up to you.
I appreciate the work that goes into testing and patching stuff for Arch a lot. I don’t want my OS to break for no good reason. Getting an update a month earlier is no good reason.
Have you considered installing Proxmox? That way you can then test as many distros as possible and even play a bit with containers. I configured it recently and I’m having a lot of fun being able to take snapshots and then doing crazy things with an easy way to recover from my failed experiments.
I actually started of with arch on my server, and recently moved to Debian. In my opinion, Debian is way more suitable for a server, especially if you want things to “just work”. Especially when installing Nextcloud, I noticed how much more Debian does for you compared to arch, which makes the entire process way easier.
Ubuntu Server (Or really just Ubuntu) is probably going to be the easiest in terms of package support, general support, and usability. It’s pretty straightforward and there’s infinite tutorials for everything you could possibly want to do
I always find Ubuntu super disorganized and bloated with outdated packages causing tons of problems. I’d recommend something a little more bleeding edge but trim such as Alpine Linux or even FreeBSD.
I’m sure there has been no shortage of enshitification before 2023, but for some reason now I’m seeing a lot of it. Some historian should document all of this.
It’s the interest rate hikes. Tech companies relied on limitless free money from VCs before, without the pressure to turn a profit. That tap’s been turned off now, so here we are.
That’s it. No more 0% interest loans. Social media companies focused on users over profit. They can’t do that anymore. And it’s likely something similar with RedHat.
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