And SourceHut

https://developer.thunderbird.net/thunderbird-development/building-thunderbird/macos-build-prerequisites#get-the-source

I absolutely agree with you. He should have gotten help from the beginning, so a lot of his problems wouldn’t have manifested in the first place. Reading his experience is interesting but it doesn’t really convey the willingness to use a linux based OS, or any other OS that isn’t Windows for that matter. Notepad++ is great but will not work on MacOS either and especially the choices in text/code editors under linux are immense. And Ubuntu as first choice isn’t good for somebody doing the switch nowadays IMHO. Still kudos for jumping into cold water like that and still continuing.

As long as it works and they can do their stuff, which is minimal, they don’t care. In fact they couldn’t say what they are using if you would ask them. They would probably just say Linux. This is in my opinion the best use case for immutable distros. While setting it up Silverblue was easier, as in the setup after installation had more software installed and there is no mandatory encryption setup. Aeon feels fresh and there is absolutely no bloat, but it is still RC at the moment.

I have a small testing field. My mother is using Opensuse Aeon and my father in law is using Fedora Silverblue. Since I am their IT support it’s fine. I asked what they wanna do on their Laptops and figured it doesn’t matter if they use windows, mac or any linux distro. Since I am most comfortable with linux, it is what they are using now. They are happy and I am getting the same amount of questions as before. Had no real trouble since then.

I have a question. What is the differences or which are the benefits of using Qi instead of the integrated package manager of my distro or instead of using nix for that matter?

Meanwhile random people just using SteamOS and being happy.

TL:DR Buy a pre-installed laptop of your liking, be it windows, Mac or even Linux-based.

I guess non tech users would go into a store and buy a laptop with Windows or MacOS pre-installed. You boot it up, go through some questions and boom you are ready to go.

It appears that you are expecting that same experience with a DIY installation of an unsupported OS on some random hardware. You cannot expect it to be so smooth.

So what I really suggest is that you get a laptop that is designed with Linux in mind from scratch.

Go to tuxedocomputers.com or system76.com and just buy a preconfigured Linux based Laptop. It will work out of the box. Problems solved. Easy peasy.

PT

3-2-1 rule with restic. Check it out.

ReadyMedia (formerly MiniDLNA) works fine for me as a container via podman on a raspberry pi.

podman run -d --name=minidlna \
--net host \
-v dir/to/music:/media/audio \
-e MINIDLNA_MEDIA_DIR_1=A,/media/audio \
-e MINIDLNA_FRIENDLY_NAME=Music \
--restart on-failure:3 \
--platform linux/arm64 \
docker.io/vladgh/minidlna:latest

No http interface though for playback. Still very simple and does the job for me.

Hades 2

I self-host FreshRSS as a container with podman behind Traefik on a raspberry pi 5 and use the web interface on desktop and FeedMe on android. Pretty happy with the setup.

This!

Endeavouros on Laptop and main PC. Loving it.

Serial Experiments Lain, Perfect Blue and Ghost in the Shell (Original Movie)

Came here to say restic! It’s really good.

I like restic too.

I guess it boils down to

1. You want to play Nintendo Exclusive Games
2. Portability, since the switch is a bit smaller and battery life is solid.

Other than that, Steam Deck is a beast. For me that’s not worth having a switch. But whatever suits your boat. In the end we are all gamers and I respect all the various possibilities.