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elementaryOS has tried so hard to fill that niche, and they got so far. I just always run into the weirdest issues when I try and daily drive their distro.

I recently switch to OnlyOffice for their UI/UX, and it's been brilliant. LibreOffice is a delight, though.

😂 The mental image is perfect.

These are a lot of great recommendations I'll have to look at! Especially VSCodium. I'm using VS Code right now for my SvelteKit projects, so if I can add the Svelte and Tailwind CSS plugins... that's really all I need.

I want so badly to hop ship from VS Code, I'm doing a trial of JetBrains WebStorm right now. Another piece of proprietary software...

Absolutely love Inkscape. It's one of the first pieces of software I add on any new install.

I've been looking for a good password manager, and I've heard a LOT of good things about Bitwarden... guess I'll have to bite and see what all the fuss is about!

FF is the way. I found out you can get Edge on Linux now and threw up in my mouth. ☺️

Hahah! This was done on my phone, actually, with an app called Sketchbook. Not FOSS, I don't believe, but to the other commenters point I typically do photo manipulation with GIMP and actually vastly prefer it to Photoshop. Probably has something to do with the fact that I learned on GIMP instead of PS, but I really do like it better.

I adore OBS. I've been teaching my friends the basics on how to use it, as they've all been using some proprietary crap that makes their lives marginally easier in one or two areas but adds a huge headache in others.

If you haven't yet, I would run the following commands:

sudo zypper install opi

opi codecs

This will enable the Packman repositories (repos will commonly used non-free software, like multimedia codecs) and install multimedia codecs for watching videos and playing music and the like.

Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying OpenSUSE! It's a delightful distro and community.

It does not.

There's an explanation as to your ban on the post you linked. Mod makes it pretty clear it's because of your attitude towards the mod team in discussion of the use of "female" to refer to a woman, not because of your use of the word itself.

As everyone else was saying, you're leaving out context which makes it hard to be on your side in this. Leaving out important context like this just makes you look bad.

Everyone I know who uses an iPhone has had fried pins on the cable, not necessarily on their device. No one I know personally has had any issues with USB-C.

Though both experiences are anecdotal, I think we can take this away from our conversation at least: no cable design is perfect. Lol!

Consistent in frying pins and fraying cables.

You won't go wrong no matter which you end up choosing. I am personally a huge fan of the way OpenSUSE runs their ship, and some of the tools there are incredible.

YaST, for example, is a system management tool that provides the most extensive GUI for managing your system settings I've seen on a Linux distro period. Yes, all the settings can be managed from a terminal, but it's nice to have a graphical option sometimes.

Just play around with it since you've already got it installed, and see how you like it. There's a strong and friendly community surrounding the distro, so reach out if you've got any questions! You're also welcome to ask me. I may not have all the answers, but I'm pretty certain I can find someone who can help lol.

If you're married to Ubuntu, I'd suggest Xubuntu. It's Ubuntu using the XFCE desktop environment. XFCE can be a little... hard on the eyes by default, but it's super lightweight, very stable, and very customizable. It can be a very aesthetically pleasing DE with a little theming and an icon pack.

Outside of Ubuntu, Id suggest Linux Mint with XFCE. I know, I know, Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu so why bother? Well, it's not Canonical. They've done some great things over the years, but recently... I just tend to stay away.

Personally, I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Love it, I'll never leave it. It's amazing. But without knowing your personal preferences or use cases, and with the info in your post, I have to recommend Xubuntu or Linux Mint XFCE. Also I agree with the other commenter, you'd benefit a lot from an upgrade to an SSD.

This is the good news I needed but never knew it.

Well, if you're considering any VPN service, I would recommend doing a search for that VPN + whatever services you'd be using it with. Mullvad is not great for streaming content because they don't aim to get around VPN IP blocks, and they aren't specifically trying to provide access to content outside your zone. I don't use it for streaming, so I don't run into those issues.

It's true that if you look elsewhere you can find better deals specifically if you buy in bulk. NordVPN's "Standard" package can be had for just over the upper limit you suggested, at $86.13 for your first two years before tax. No guarantees you can resub at that same price after that period is up, but they have sales all the time and if you're careful you can probably re-up at a good time. Worth looking if you're considering a VPN and price is a sticking point.

Hmm. Less upset, more... Surprised. At your surprise. Lol! Surprised, and ready to discuss why it's worth it. Just out of curiosity, what price range were you expecting for quality VPN service?

That will depend. My understanding is that the VPN services themselves don't block those URLs (that would be really dumb on their part. Pay the VPN to limit what websites you can visit? Isn't the point of a VPN for many folks to get around web censorship?) but rather the website keeps a block-list of IPs that are known to belong to VPNs. I've seen a lot of sites that block Mullvad IPs... And a lot of times it's as simple as changing which location I'm routed through to find an IP that isn't yet blocked.

Netflix starts at $6.99/month. That's their most basic service with ads. Yes,you pay Netflix and they still serve you ads. Want to watch Marvel movies? There's a Disney+ sub, too. $7.99 (again, with ads). Gotta rewatch Game of Thrones and catch up on The Last of Us, there's an HBO Max sub. $9.99. Can't forget Hulu, there's some good stuff on Hulu. Another $7.99/m subscription. Again, with ads!

That's a potential $32.96/month on subscription services that will still serve you ads. My point is this: the cost of a VPN subscription shouldn't be compared to the cost of a subscription streaming service, because 1) they serve two very different purposes, and 2) when you break it down the VPN sub always wins. 😉

The other commenter suggested Mullvad, and I do as well. It's what I use. It's $5, always. No holiday sales, no spring cleaning sales, no bulk discounts, nothing. And I view that as a positive thing. It has been $5/m and will continue being $5/m for a long time. It's predictable. It also means I'm not missing out by not buying in bulk. My sub is coming close but I can't or don't want to shell out the $$$ for a year? I can buy one month and not feel like I'm missing out on savings.

It's fast, reliable, I use it on my phone and my desktop. And most of all, its privacy centric. What if I told you that you could pay for your Mullvad subscription in cash?

You can put money in an envelope with your account id # on a piece of paper and mail it to Mullvad (mail does not require a return address, making this option completely anonymous) and since Mullvad doesn't keep any unnecessary personal data on your account... They just add the time to the associated account number and move on with their day. Though they recommend paying with Monero crypto if total absolute privacy is your goal.