Yeah gotta back Arch here. It’s relatively stable and a good compromise between the two extremes of non-modular highly configured and DIY.
The only moving part with arch is installing a couple packages.
Yeah gotta back Arch here. It’s relatively stable and a good compromise between the two extremes of non-modular highly configured and DIY.
The only moving part with arch is installing a couple packages.
Pick a rolling release distribution with a limited number of opinionated choices. Arch is a good one. Void is another (although far less main stream).
Ubuntu is very non-modular and highly opinionated, probably avoid that.
I recommend XFCE over LXDE, it’s probably a better compromise in terms of what you’re looking for.
So, my advice:
Perhaps more complex then what you’re hoping for.
But consider taking a look at hyprland. I’ve been very impressed with how modular and smooth this window manager is
I strongly recommend EndeavourOS. You’ll have more flexibility to experiment with different setups and greater access to software.
So I use reverse proxies etc with my containers for others services
But KeePass with rsync is easier for passwords. I just use termux on my phone
I recommend using a docker container, they make the whole thing painless and easy.
I think the Linuxserver.io one is what I used from memory.
Yeah if this is for a small number of users, I would recommend wireguard or tailgate.
Port forwarding is asking for trouble.
Oh yeah fair.
I haven’t bothered with DNS level blocking because ublock use so good. #todo.
Yeah but ublock origin more than makes up for it.
And Dark Reader. I simply don’t understand why chrome doesn’t have dark mode on android.
Element is a complete disaster.
Like, completely unmaintained and broken.
Matrix works over i2P and Tor, just proxy the service.
P2P chat could include retroshare but it’s not really a solution due to a variety of ux issues.
I wasn’t aware of that. I’ve even seen vendors using it.
I know it’s E2EE and open source but there is a lot of Metadata.
What other limitations does it have?
I often remote into my machine, so it’s a lot easier to type the command.
I agree, it’s not often considered a systems programming language and it may not be the perfect tool here.
However, it is worth mentioning that cgo
Can serve as a escape hatch depending on the use case.
Ah my bad, didn’t read.
Odin is a nice choice then, beef is another small bespoke language.
There is also zig, Go and Rust.
No language is perfect, but those languages have some features that are nice.
Sounds like PGP keys?
Windows may be easier for games, they’re exclusively written for Microsoft so that’s to be expected ( although Valve has done a lot here).
Generally speaking, modern distributions like Fedora will be no more difficult than Windows or Mac. The important distinction is that it will be different.
Microsoft has spent a lot of effort putting their operating system into every single school and business on the face of the Earth and as a result many have decades of training with that OS. That doesn’t mean their operating system is better or easier. It just means it’s familiar. If you used Android for two decades and then picked up an iPhone, I’m sure that would be just as difficult.
In the scientific space, we’ve been using *nix systems since well before Microsoft was even around so our tooling doesn’t typically support Microsoft. For us Microsoft is more difficult because that’s the training that we have.
So, it’s not that Linux has a worse user experience per se, rather it provides a different user experience. Some may consider shell scripts worse than control panel, but that’s a preference. One isn’t worse than the other. They are just different.
In my opinion:
The difference is in work, If your workflow is heavily Microsoft focused, Is a truly awful experience and you’ll feel like a second-class citizen. But if you’re working on technical things, the inverse is true, eg
For document production:
pandoc
Finally, it’s not really fair to lump all the next distributions into the same bucket, Is over 1,000 distributions and they are all quite different, Only common element is the kernel.
Gentoo is very technical but it’s also very interesting, Arch is similar. Fedora OTOH we’ll usually walk out of the box And you have your choice of desktop environment with Good support for alternative window managers like sway/Hyprland etc.
Yeah I hear that, good point.
Arch has great documentation but also a bit more config.
I would vote for Fedora over debian though. Debian packages are so far out of date that it becomes a pain and copr works quite well.
I don’t think the poster was speaking in the context of pedestrian safety?
Also, typically pedestrians aren’t anywhere near highways and other high-speed roadways. So not really a concern in this context.