nottheengineer @ nottheengineer @feddit.de

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Is there a way to make it pull some data on road closures from google maps? There's a lot of construction on my way to work right now so I rely on google maps to pick the fastest routes, which it does well. OSM just doesn't have the data to do that.

The power plan settings stop working at least twice a year. This doesn't.

Maybe in some specific applications, but not system-wide. You need powertoys for that.

Gnome and customization? When's the last time you used it?

I'd recommend against drop keyboards, they are bad value and their support is said to be terrible, just like their QC.

Keychron is the way to go for wireless boards.

Powertoys makes using windows at work bearable for me. Having a search that doesn't just open edge if you press enter too fast and that lets me launch stuff as admin without a mouse is a godsent. So is the ability to paste as plain text.

At that point, why not just run mint instead?

I'd recommend against ubuntu (but not against derivatives of it) because they clearly don't respect the FOSS spirit with their insistence on snaps.

I have a bit of deja vu. I've had major issues with arch twice and it was nvidia both times.

None of them are like arch where you can read news about an update and find that you just have it installed already.

Given you're on ubuntu and therefore not at the bleeding edge anyways, it won't be a big difference. My personal choice for stuff that just needs to work is debian. I carry debian LTS with the full KDE pack on my ventoy and it's been great. I also heard very good things about testing and Sid, but I haven't tried them myself.

My solution is using a distro that doesn't try to force snaps on me.

If you want the ubuntu base, why not use mint?

Yes, that's what it does.

Pretty sure Microsoft will pull the ol' EEE on FreeRDP at some point, so I wouldn't rely on this.

No, but they cast shadows and people don't flickering shadows in their homes.

The default keyboard is a bit of a mess, I'll need to get around to writing a new one.

I run this setup right now and it works very well. The key is to disable fast boot in Windows (preferrably before even installing Linux), otherwise it won't shut down all the way and leave the drive in a dirty state. The ntfs-3g driver will still read and write to it, but games won't work.

Nvidia often ships drivers that crash, so using a different version is a good idea. I usually recommend downgrading to something from 3-6 months ago, but baldurs gate 3 is a new game and will probably work better with newer versions, so check for updates regularly.

Don't use telegram for personal stuff, it's not encrypted and therefore less private than whatsapp.

Telegram is entirely unencrypted by default, so you shouldn't use it for anything you wouldn't say out in public.

Akko boards are nice too, but keychron has consistently been better at the same price for all the ones I tried.