until you can no longer log on with just a local Account. or your Data gets backed up for you anyway. Enshittification is one exec decision away

kde connect is my recommendation also

matrix should cover everything you need with the added bonus that you can chat with people from other instances

you could try mailu. that should be simple and Provide you with everything You need

this is why i use debian for work/servers where i need reliability anfd slow paced stable software and fedora at home where the odd bug or faulty update (which rarely happens) don’t bother me that much. debian is awesome though

putting a full blown Windows on a gaming handheld is such a waste. this is one of the reasons why the steam deck reigns supreme

that is of course an option. not my cup of tea though. if I need to do things like that to play some games, I’d rather not play them at all and put my time into games from devs which don’t actively sabotage linux compatibility. That doesn’t mean I don’t miss playing for example pubg or valorant

thanks, i know. switching to cinnamon was on purpose though because I always find it exciting to try something new for a while

mint is nice but fedora KDE runs also pretty well on my thinkpad x1 yoga gen3

I am very happy with fedora KDE, although I have weird flickering issues since fedora40/plasma 6 and so i temporarily switched to cinnamon (which was really easy) untiljthe nvidia 555 driver releases. I can really recommend this combination

i have used arch with kde plasma for about a year on my ThinkPad. so far it is working (and updating) without a hitch. I think the Potential, that your OS breaks somehow is higher on rolling release distros but i think Arch isn’t bad as daily driver if you take the time to install and customize the system to your needs. it is not so far away from a current fedora.

i will use epic the Moment they drop their exklusivity crap. before that Not a chance even if the exklusives are great

use haproxy instead of Port forwards, that should work just fine and works really well on opnsense

debian. stable, reliable, easy to learn

you could theoretically use something like ansible and manage your stuff there. i dont know if it is really practical on arch and for your use case. theoretically you’d write how your system should be into a playbook and on a fresh install you theoretically just had to run your playbook to get all the Packages and settings you need

great games. you should definetly try them out if you got a few thousand hours to spare

And „normal“ would mean a total invasion of privacy and accepting games installing malware? Bowing your head and install bootloader destroying windows on an otherwise fine machine instead of owning your system? Then I’d recommend not playing those games

This post reads a lot like “we were too lazy to think about how to properly implement multplayer and security so we just slapped some malware on top”. Shame, I would have liked to try this game.

automating politics shouldn’t be that hard. also Religion controlled by ai has huge potential. so physical labor it is for us meatbags

fairphone 5 is out :-) it is getting upgrades until the 2030s. and it is so easily repairable that it is realistic to use it for a long time