No, these packages are in the dependencies list of other packages so auto remove isn’t the solution.

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that there’s an official package to ‘install’ which will remove technologies no longer current.

I have Fedora Workstation (rpm) as my daily driver and use console ArchLinux on a sdcard for daily backups and rescue etc, so it’s in daily use too.

Expect:

1. Much slower bug fixes and updates. Fedora has an organised new kernel testing weekend, not point updates, before they are released to stable. So the first release of a kernel is .3 or something. Arch releases the new kernel fairly quickly, but not as quickly as it used to!
2. Bug reports are processed much slower. Same reasons.
3. Reversing out problem packages is much easier in Fedora. Typically three kernels versions are kept. Arch is much more flimsy but it’s getting better over time. It’s still my go-to rescue distro because it’s ‘clean’ - there is not much downstream fiddling on the original source code ( like in Debian etc ) and excessive soft-dependency lists. Fedora does introduce some excess dependencies IMHO.
4. Fedora is more user friendly. dnf options are well documented and the dash-dash long form options exist. dnf seem to be moving to subcommands too. Pacman really is mainly single letter options which are difficult to remember, and I’m always looking at the arch-wiki Rosetta webpage far more than I should.
5. I haven’t installed ArchLinux from scratch for a couple of years, but there’s not been a grub2 layer that I can remember. Fedora is still depending on grub long after it was necessary or useful. Things are much slower to change in Fedora. The secure kernel isn’t really as advanced on Fedora compared to ArchLinux.
6. I’m a rolling release fan because ‘updating’ 2000 packages at once, a la Fedora, seems a recipe for problems. That said, my fears aren’t justified: I’ve only really had one system-upgrade problem with Fedora, and I’ve been using it since FC4 - not always continuously.
7. I’ve always installed Fedora (and other distros) from the base packages not using an installer. This time I’ve installed SELinux. The miriad complaints I’ve seen about it are not justified. I had an issue with a change to the Fedora SELinux policy tripping a fail; I was impressed and the solution was offered by the setroubleshooter. A user generated problem (ie me) trying to put a systems unit into the /etc/systemd/system directory puzzled me for a while until I realised what I was doing that it didn’t like. Again easily fixed and there are plenty of documents about.

You could probably summarise those as Fedora is corporate run and ArchLinux is user collective.

As I said Fedora is my daily driver and I have tried to operate with ArchLinux as my daily, but it was a while ago and too fragile then. ArchLinux is my thin Rescue distro. I wouldn’t be without either.

If you’re using Obsidian for free then maybe try the built-in link which you’ll find in the built-in options I think. It’s a cost option but cheap. I think it eliminates the problems I’m having (below). I’m stubborn.

I’m not having problem with Syncthing, bar dealing with the stupid attempts to deal with deleted files that Android leaves laying around. I have .stignore files with .trashed-* and .trash/ entries on the Linux machine. Still having problems with _ed directories though and Syncthing conflict files when the sync isn’t fast enough when I switch between the two.

Sometimes it takes Syncthing a while to work out the best route between the two nodes. Sometimes days. It used to send my packets to the internet before letting them back into the local network. Eventually it found a more direct route between them. I’m not sure but I think it has something to do with local IPv6; I’m talking out of my ass though.

I’m not affiliated to Syncthing or Obsidian besides being a happy user.

I have decent battery life on my Pixel 7 Pro. I have the respect battery save setting on so syncing stops at 20% or so I think.

I did start trying to prefer the Fedora flatpaks but the flatpak priority system doesn’t seem to work. I have flathub 50 and Fedora 100 but it still chose flathub for the same version.

Flathub’s packages are usually more up-to-date. Sometimes ridiculously different.

Then LibreOffice said that they’re releasing on flathub/fedora not packaging so eventually I saw which way things are going and went with the flow.

Came to Obsidian from Logseq without prior knowledge. Logseq was my first note-taking of any use. I had Keep but I didn’t really use it, cos my data is in Google’s clutches. I’m trying to degoogle.

Logseq doesn’t feel together like Obsidian does. I’m in my first month of use and I had to spend ages trying to understand how to take notes properly before I could even feel confidence about using it.

Templates are a revelation. Dataview supreme. Front-matter a delight. If they exist in logseq they’re hidden. The learning curve for Obsidian is brutal.

I have around a thousand pages of mixed tags and links because it’s not discouraged in Logseq and I have to undo that huge mess. The discord forums are not a good place to Google for help and there’s nothing like obsidian.rocks or innumerable posts helping. There are lots of logseq YouTube fans and that’s where I ended up looking, but I prefer the written word.

Logseq was my learning phase but Obsidian is where I’ll stay. I think Logseq needs the level of financial input that Obsidian gets. I’ll have to live with the fact that it is not open source.

I had disabled the non-open source packages in Fedora software so i didn’t see Obsidian and only saw Logseq. It was a good experience and given my time again I would probably do Logseq then Obsidian, again. I wish I had seen the articles on how to take notes on Obsidian.rockd before I started Logseq.

This. Loved it but stopped using it when it was bought by Microsoft (it was swiftkey that Microsoft bought, right - I’m getting old and it’s late here)

Ironically I’m using gboard now, kinda given up looking for keyboard a while back.

I have to fuck about on F-Droid again for a bit I think.

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Has to be something including RCS. For all Google’s faults, I like Messages.

That said, I haven’t tried to back them up in a while to a straight text file. Eeek! That was back in the days when I used Signal to handle SMS for me.

Damn. Another task.

It is.

Force of habit from using another long ‘rested’ random app that didn’t have an easy way to open it in a browser. Share is my go to. Reeducation may be necessary.

Use a proper password manager. Bitwarden, and the rest.

As much as I love Firefox, I don’t use a browser borne password manager.

Yes. For many years and couldn’t do without it.

Before the ArchLinux wiki became as good as it is, people like me used the Gentoo and LFS wikis as documentation for Linux.

There isn’t quite enough time in the world for me to be able to use LFS in anger as much I would wish. We make do with source distros with source managers like Gentoo (surprise!), Funtoo and others which give the source distros users just enough helping hands of dependency management.

Real tears would be shed were for LFS to disappear.

Don’t put parental controls on it. What do you want to control? Maybe put controls on the website that they can visit, but that goes on the DNS or router. Most kids will go to a mate’s house that doesn’t have any or as harsh parental controls anyway if they are particularly keen on seeing something that they ‘shouldn’t’. Parental controls are a fix for parents who can’t talk to their kids; they make the parents feel safer but just send the issues underground. Gen X will have been writing code for a while at your child’s age. I was. There was no choice if you needed to unlock a game you could’ve afford. At that time GUIs were a bad overlay over MS-DOS or DR-DOS. You had to know what you were doing to get the best out of it. Your kid will be fine with any distribution of Linux. If your kid is technically inquisitive likely to be good at maths/science, get them installing Arch. If not and they just want to use a browser, install one of the top five popular distributions from distrowatch.com. The Office suite for Linux is called LibreOffice. If you use Chrome as your browser you’ll easily tell if your child has been on bad sites because your timeline will be filled with adverts for unsavoury impotence remedies. Enjoy.

PS printers are still bastards in Linux. Happily they’re less bastardish in Linux (and Mac, because Linux and iOS use the same printing software) than Windows. If you like your life buy a decent Laser from anyone but HP - my generation bought the last decent HP printers they made.

[help me out please: add-ons are the Home Assistant thing that you can’t use with Home Assistant in a container? Extensions are the Home Assistant add-on that you can … ?]

Almost everything is WiFi, I can’t remember the thing that isn’t.

I’m really looking forward to Home Assistant; I have to learn to use containers first.

Thank-you most kindly for your imputus. Very well received. 😁

That’s very well received. Thank-you.

I have only a small place but being without some items would be disconcerting. Most of my set-up is in Tuya/Smart Life on WiFi.

I’m trying to learn podman/containers to make it possible.

Good luck!

Thank-you ! 😁

Second vote for Niagara. Admittedly I haven’t tried other third party launchers. [Pixel 7 Pro owner who balked at the standard Pixel screen on sight in a way that I hadn’t previously with any phone]

Thank-you. Question answered.

Sorry to have bothered everyone!

I hosted my email on a home Exchange server last century before finally settling on Zoho so can sympathise!

I should also say that my setup is backed with Google cloud DNS.

I can’t honestly say that I’ve had any problems with Zoho collecting/sending email for years. It’s the general admin side that causes consternation - adding a domain, forwarding, lists, where the f I set up an email address!

Hosting domain email for other customers is really easy too should the need arise.