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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • Every distro I listed is awesome in it’s own ways. Arch is great, but you will break it.

    Arch is for people that want to learn Linux enough to fix it and/or tailor it down to the last package, if you want something that just works no matter what, it’s not for you.

    However, if you have a second PC and your activities are not critically important and you have lots of free time, it’s great to learn how Linux works.

    Having 2 drives also works fine. Just don’t dual boot on the same drive, as that will eventually result in being unable to boot.


    • 1998:

    I tried my first linux distro: Mandriva

    • 1998 - 2020

    Every year I chose a distro and spent a month with it. Mandrake was a an eye opener. Then Ubuntu was the easiest, but it was not ready for me yet.

    • 2021:

    Linux is now ready for work & gaming, so I switched and tried these major distros and their downstream forks:

    Debian

    • Ubuntu
      • Zorin
      • POP OS
      • Mint
      • Tails
    • Vanilla OS

    Arch

    • Manjaro
    • Endeavour OS
    • Crystal
    • BlendOS
    • SteamOS

    Fedora

    • Fedora Workstation
    • Nobara
    • Fedora Silverblue
    • Ublue:
    • Aurora
    • Bazzite

    I recommend Bazzite for gamers and Aurora, for everyone else. They are as if not easier to use than a smartphone.

    I use Aurora on my work laptop, and Bazzite on my gaming desktop. Both have been great with no issues.






  • Bazzite ships Flathub unfiltered.

    Last update (which replaced Discover with Bazaar) changed that.

    so no taking a precompiled binary and shipping that.

    All FLOSS apps on Flathub are built on trusted platforms by default, in the open and verifiable. Same thing with Brew.

    Not including proprietary software in the default config is a valid choice every distro has to make.

    The sudden success of Bazzite comes from how easy it is to use.







  • I have the HA app on my phone, it reports my location back to my HA server.

    I would like if Reitti could retrieve my location from my HA server, instead of asking me to upload it again to Reitti. Uploading my location in short intervals drains the battery very fast, it’s something I want to avoid if I can.

    Additiinally, I don’t want to expose anything to the internet. So I pay for the Home Assistant cloud subscription that does it for me in a more secure manner than what I could implement with the little free time I have. Reitti could retrieve my location more securely if it did so without exiting my LAN.