Arch on my desktop and laptop, Debian stable goes on everything else.

Corporate support of development, and I’m not just talking about Redhat and SUSE. Hell, Microsoft is a major contributor to the kernel.

In the balance between geopolitical conflicts and Linux, the latter is the petty stuff.

Former attorney who now consults for corporate compliance departments/programs. I have zero formal training or professional practical experience, but tech has always been my strongest hobby. I decided to self host as much as possible almost 20 years ago starting with media libraries and email; it stemmed from a deep distrust of the tech industry.

I have been extremely happy with Unraid. It is by far the most beginner-friendly option and there isn’t an easier solution when it comes to expanding capacity. I run my nzb client and all of my *arr containers on it. My media server is on a used SFF PC I grabbed for cheap — so QuickSync can run on the bare metal. It’s been a great stack for years.

You can’t really compare RAM between iPadOS and Linux, just like you can’t compare either to Windows or Android. The schedulers and even just how the OSs use RAM is too different. This is why Android needs 2x the ram of a similar device running a different OS.

Meh, features and support aren’t free. I get your, though.

Unraid is as simple as they come and it has some features that don’t exist in normal RAID setups.

speedof.me

Works great

I don’t recall. I was able to use Discord on my phone and play Helldivers 2 on my Steam Deck with friends without issue, though.

I just spent a couple weeks 2,000 miles from my physical PiHoles and was connected to them via StarLink. The latency was not perceptibly different from that when I am on site with the boxes.

So this is basically just a recurring donation like a lot of us do for other projects? That’s fine. If it’s testing the waters for a product-line bifurcation, a la pfSense, that’s not fine at all.

I mean, Gnome suck imho. But, it’s easier to learn than dealing with issues that Mint causes due to drivers and game compatibility.

PopOS! and Endeavor are my two recommendations for newbies. The former for fresh to Linux folks and the latter for those with some experience.

Spot on. I guess Lemmy is like Reddit in some ways.

Even Endeavor would be better than going straight to Arch.

BULLSHIT

No one has hard bricked a device, you can always flash MacOS back with a tool. Any issues installing are years old. OFC it’s a work in progress, so is all of Linux even RHEL. It is 100% ready to daily drive and many people do.

Asahi is not at all “alpha” and I’d hesitate to describe even parts of it on the first and second generation Apple silicon as “beta.” Its daily driver levels of stability and I’m constantly impressed by it.

Asahi Linux is in a daily driver state.

Base Arch works great with KDE. It’s the only DE I install these days.