Lawnchair Yagni

There are two launchers I am currently using, one more testing.

The tried and true Lawnchair, and Yagni Launcher.

Thank you for the Capy Reader recommendation

I self host FreshRSS, I can recommend this one easily

Between my desktop (i7-12700KF, 64GB of DDR4 3600MT/S, Copper modded EVGA RTX 3090, 1000W power supply), 2 Power Edge servers with 2 750W power supplies each, heartened my entire old apartment.

During the summer it sucked 😆

I have oddly enough downsized. I have a few rack mount dell power edge servers, and one is fairly beefy (dual Xeons, 180GB of ddr4, 24 bays for 2.5 inch drives) bu5 the power cost and noise.

Now I run a few small form factor lenovo PCs, with a standalone NAS, and a few Raspberry pis.

I run 30ish containers on one lenovo.

If i ever get a house, I’ll bring back the power edges.

https://github.com/jksalcedo/librefind

Here is the GitHub, however before I install it and test it I’d like to understand if AI was used, and what risks of using it are.

I quite like the option! I do love tasker, but if i only need auto tunneling this does it quite well!

Have you tried [https://github.com/zaneschepke/wgtunnel](WG Tunnel)

I use this WG client and it has options for auto-tunneling

Yeah, MusicBee is awesome. I wish it was on Linux too. I couldn’t find a player I liked well enough for a local library, so now I use Navidrome to host my library and use Feishin for playback.

Easy fix, use what works for you.

KDE works for me. I dont like GNOME. Doesn’t work the way I want it to. No hate, it works for some, it doesn’t work for others.

Nothing to get upset over.

I dont have any complaints. I’ll trade a little performance for a bit more security/privacy

As an IronFox user, I can say I quite like it. Its a good Firefox based browser. Left off where Mull ended. Glad it exists

Also, may I suggest Thunder for Lemmy as well.

I fully intend om trying Comaps.

+1 for Aegis. Been using it for years.

For SMS when I have to use it QUICK has been great

Molly is fantastic too. I like that the database locks after a set time, I have mine 12 hours, but that’s a great feature to have. I also appreciate the notification system not relying on googles. I plan to setup unified push at some point too.

Self hosted: nextcloud, immich both fantastic. I wish there wasn’t a restriction on sideloaded apps using Android auto because I’d love to use Tempo for Navidrome. Currently I use Symfonium.

Sorry for it being out of order

Awe you think you’re important enough to follow and downvote lol

Objectively, with the question asked as it was; there isn’t one.

However, for my use case and preference, I’m gonna roll with KDE. KDE offers everything I need. It has an weasy to use task bar, a menu, tray icons for lingering apps and controls, its dark mode out of the box is good, it support hi refresh rate, even HDR if you want it it can be as simple or as complex as you want. I can stick with how it comes stock basically and rock and roll. The discover store is fine when needed but I use CLI to install and update most things.

I have tried GNOME,XFCE, Cinnamon, Hyprland, Cosmic, Mate, and more but none of them fit my workflow exactly how I see fit.

Your mileage may vary.

Any plugins you’d recommend specifically?

You’re one of the first people I have ever heard who loves GIMP. Usually people in that world are brainwashed into Adobes products.

I appreciate GIMP and other FOSS offerings.

I started my Linux journey out or curiosity as a preteen, didn’t stick with it. Dabbled in college wi5h Linux. Ultimately I started down a privacy rabbit hole, started hating Microsoft the more I learned. Switched to Linux. Sure, I started using Linux for my machines out of hatred for Microsoft and Apple (and google…) But ultimately, now I just love Linux.

I have freedom to do what I want, how I want. I love supporting open source initiatives.

I didn’t say it didn’t matter.

I have seen people already say similar, but felt like chiming in.

The underlying djstro chosen matters less than the desktop environment or lack thereof. Well, sure you want to pick a district that aligns with your ideals and philosophies. However, as a lot of windows users delve into using Linux they see the distro as what decides the look (and feel) of their new OS.

While many learn about different DEs through different distros, I do think that the DE matters more for workflow for average users.

That being said, I jumped from windows to Arch. I didn’t want to be behind on updates. I also am a tinkerer by nature. And I am in the IT industry, have been for more than a decade. So Arch felt right ti me. So I have tried many DE and always go back to KDE. I want war over any being “better.” That’s a personal choice sincerely.

Hyprland was fun to tinker with, and it can be pretty. But I dont care about ricing as much as many of the stereotypical Arch users.