It feels like Plasma Bigscreen needs someone to spin up a distros for it to be easy. I know KDE Neon has a spin so I guess that works, but ideally I think it’d be:

• Arch (lightweight, rather than Ubuntu)
• immutable (probably best that it’s fairly idiot-proof)
• set up with some basic apps and functionality set up (VacuumTube, Waydroid)

If anyone feels like making a distro like that then that’d be amazing…

Yeah it’s interesting! Not sure if I’d take this exact approach - I really only want one android app so I think I’d be more open to Linux native apps for other things, and also I’d be more inclined to use Plasma than the launcher he went with

I’m open to using a Linux native app for IPTV, but I’m not sure if the provider would work with that - open to suggestions for good native IPTV apps that have a remote-friendly interface

He has also posted a map to Truth Social. So while it may have started as parody…

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117225349620809512

I’d be interested in this! I moved my handheld to SteamOS from Cachy HE because it felt kind of unstable.

Amazing work! I’m on an FP5 but I hope by the time this one dies that Linux phones are a genuine alternative

Back when I was first trying Linux out on my parent’s PC a decade ago, I’d have agreed.

But these days it’s legitimately easy. I’ve got Mint XFCE on an ancient Toshiba from 2014, Nobara on my gaming system and Fedora on my main laptop, and all of them just work. I installed Linux and the only maintenance is updates, no fresh installs or anything, and they’re all still working years later.

I recently updated to Windows 11 on my Mum’s PC and it took me an hour and a half. She also frequently messages me to ask for support. I wish I could convince her to move to Linux too…

Been using PipePipe for so long that I forgot that YouTube just recommends things to you…

AFAIK it’s just Arch with Hyprland and some configs. Don’t get the hype at all…

We had a class at my university talking about Imposter Syndrome that spent the whole class telling us that ‘everybody feels it’ and therefore it must be OK.

In my head I spent the time thinking “yeah, but they just have imposter syndrome, whereas I’m actually an impostor”.

I’m generally a KDE guy but this is clean af

I use Transit for public transit, and I find the bike routes here in Amsterdam are better on CoMaps than on Google. Google Maps is notoriously crap for bikes in Europe

Depending on the software, Winboat might be what you need.

I’ve had Nobara on my PC for several years and not had a problem, though I know others have

Having said that, if I could be bothered I would probably just return to regular Fedora again so that I could have a decent package manager and updater…

So a wheelchair can easily pass through them.

I responded to their email asking for donations explaining why I won’t be donating this year. I usually donate a small amount each year but I won’t be until they change their mind.

The joke is that he played so poorly he might as well not have been.

I just wasn’t aware that Lineage is degoogled, that’s all.

It’s not some conspiracy against Lineage, Lineage seems great. Haven’t used it in a while but that’s just because I use e/OS personally.

GrapheneOS, Iodé and /e/OS should be unaffected if you want open Android

I have /e/ on my Fairphone 5 and I like it well enough. I was looking for a degoogled European android ROM and it works OK for that. My banking apps etc. all work and I only occasionally have problems with apps relying too heavily on Google services and therefore not working.

They definitely have better integration with Murena services but I use Proton instead and I’ve not had a problem.

I’ve heard good things about iodé too.