For what it's worth, GrapheneOS includes neither Google Play nor Android Auto. Like nearly any Android-based OS, it allows you to install apps of your choosing, but it does not include either of those. It is a FOSS project through and through.
I have to admit one of the first things I do when setting up a Fedora atomic distro is disable the Fedora flatpak repo and replace all existing apps with Flathub equivalents. Still, good info to keep in mind!
I'm sorry to hear of your bad experience. Four of my Intel/AMD workstations are running Fedora Silverblue and Kiniote and I've thankfully never experienced the same. Either way, I'm glad you've found some success with Arch. It's still my go-to for the command line and all container work.
It's largely a non-issue as you can easily install the patched Mesa from RPM Fusion, and I believe all Flatpaks incorporate the codecs already.
Don't get me wrong, Arch is great and it will always have a place in my heart, but I also think Fedora is a top-tier project and I completely understand why they weren't comfortable risking patent law unnecessarily.
Unfortunately, I don't think there are any moderation alternatives on mobile, nor will there likely ever be. She's going to have to start using the official app or stop moderating on mobile altogether.
Yep, it seems Boost died today. I don't frequent reddit these days, but my wife is still a mod there and she was using Boost for moderation right up until last night.
On the odd occasion that I do go to my old subs, they're filled with repost bots and low value comments.
I can't speak to Nobara, but Arch with KDE would be my vote if tweaking, documentation, and freshness (with potential instability) are the priorities.
Arch wins with respect to documentation; hands down, it's the best documented Linux distro in existence. KDE provides a ton of customization via GUI, and gaming is easily obtainable and quite good on any distro, largely due to Flatpak.
Where you might run afoul is the command line. I couldn't imagine running Arch without regular terminal use, but I'm sure you could get by for most tasks once KDE is up and running.
My Application Launcher menu is very slow with bad performance. It always freezes for half a second goes loads when I move mouse and freezes again. Does anyone experience this issue?
Assuming you're referring to KDE, I experienced this as well when I changed my default session from GNOME to KDE. There was something in my dotfiles that was affecting KDE's overall responsiveness, because the performance was perfectly fine when tested in a brand new profile. Ultimately, I resolved it by cleaning up my ~/.config and ~/.local folders.
Interesting. I followed the documentation from the various distros (Arch, Debian, and openSUSE), and added the following to /etc/sddm.conf.d/10-autologin.conf:
[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=plasma (I've also tried plasma.desktop here)
User=thayer
I've confirmed that plasma.desktop exists in /usr/share/wayland-sessions/ and it's the session I normally select regardless of DM used.
I've also tried placing the autologin text in /etc/sddm.conf, /etc/sddm.conf.d/autologin, and the default /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf. No matter where it's saved, the settings are ignored and I'm brought right back to the greeter upon reboot. Nothing is logged in journald and SDDM doesn't write to its own log in /var/log.
I've also tried the above with and without the KDE Wallet service enabled (I normally keep it disabled).
If I use the System Settings GUI to set the above details (via Colors & Themes > Login Screen (SDDM) > Behavior), the System Settings app crashes upon close. I've had multiple updates since rebasing to Kinoite, so the chance of a corrupted package is nil.
You've already received a ton of feedback, so I just to mention that if you ever find yourself without working WiFi, you can connect your cell phone to the computer and enable USB Tethering on the phone (Android and iOS). The computer will automatically detect this as a network connection, and use it, without the need for additional software. This works for Windows and Linux (and possibly macOS, I don't know).
That was my first choice alternative, but I had no success with any of the available LightDM greeters under Fedora 40 Kinoite (autologin, slick or gtk). They all resulted in a "Failed to start seat: seat0" error, even after ensuring logind-check-graphical=true was set. I may give it another go when I have the time.
Thanks for the info. I don't enable the Kwallet service at all either, so I don't think that would be it, but who knows. At any rate, I rechecked my config and even moved the settings to /etc/sddm.conf without success. It seems I'm not alone at least, so I'll just stick with GDM until I can troubleshoot further.
Mind sharing what your distro and version are? The problem seems to be present on Fedora and OpenSUSE mostly, from what I can see of the issues posted online.
As far as I can tell, sddm.conf is the legacy conf location and the more recent SDDM/KDE versions are now placing the settings in /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf...not that that itself should matter much here.
Nice tin. We grind a 1L Mason jar's worth at a time and use a French press. One jar lasts about 2 weeks and honestly, I can't tell the difference between a fresh grind and a 2-week grind, regardless of bean used. I'm sure some would disagree :)
Yep, this is how we've kept ours for over 20 years. Even if you don't use the command line, most graphical file browsers will search through text files without issue.
If your hobby is technology and you enjoy spending time learning this stuff, then go for it. You'll probably have a good time, and you likely won't stop at Void.
If this is more of a grass is greener over there thing, then consider that constantly switching your software environment is just time taken from something else, and it's time you'll never get back. Ever. The pursuit of minimalism can often bring the opposite of its desire effect.
Ubuntu is (mostly) based on Debian. This is simply a move by Ubuntu to further push their own packaging platform which is effectively proprietary at this time. Debian's own packaging will remain unchanged.
For what it's worth, GrapheneOS includes neither Google Play nor Android Auto. Like nearly any Android-based OS, it allows you to install apps of your choosing, but it does not include either of those. It is a FOSS project through and through.