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  • My strategy too. I have a piece of paper with my bitwarden credentials (password and OTP code) and a list of important items like bank accounts, utilities on autopay, etc.

    I review it with my spouse every year and update anything out of date.

  • I completely believe that, assuming it's one of the non-4K sticks. The older generation models are rather wimpy and slow (we had one that we replaced for exactly this reason), but any of the newer 4K-capable devices have been snappy and responsive.

  • Unfortunately, I think you're unlikely to find anything besides the ones made by the big companies: Google, Apple, Samsung, and Garmin are the ones I know. They each have agreements with the banks and credit card companies to handle the secure exchange of data required for the touch payment system. In fact, there are still some issues resulting from a lack of cooperation (such as Citi Bank not working with Garmin Pay because they can't be bothered to set up the relationship). I imagine an open source software would be unable to get the banks to pay attention to them to establish a partnership, or would otherwise be declined because the financial institutions wouldn't trust them.

  • I recommend a Roku streaming stick or a Roku streambar if you need a decent sound bar too. That's what we use on our "smart" TVs and I hate ads too. Full disclosure: they do put one ad on the homescreen off to the side, but none in the actual content apps. You'll only see it while between apps.

  • Open source is a definite plus, but tbh not a requirement for me. Actively maintained, free, Windows and Linux, and simple. Oh, and it has to have a dark theme 😄

  • Fork is only "free" in that the evaluation period is indefinite. This is generous and clicking through the nag isn't a huge deal, but I develop on both Linux and Windows and I need a client that supports both.

  • Unfortunately, GitLens is by GitKraken. Seems like they might not restrict it for private repos, though, I'll check it out.

  • Bookmarking this. I have such high hopes for this! I recently went searching for my new git GUI, looking for something free, cross-platform, and simple. Basically what I found is the only one I like is GitKraken, which is not free (I have private projects, which GitKraken paywalls).

    If this ends up anything like how these screenshots look, this will be my new client! Do you have a Patreon or other donation mechanism?

  • It is 100% the support. Corporations pay big money to have experts on call to fix things fast when they break, and there's basically no other player for that kind of model in the Linux space.