Starfish

How about miniPaint? Its mostly in JS.
https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint

Maybe Piwigo: https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo

Not Fedora, but MX Linux and Antix are good for persistent installation on usb-sticks. See here: https://antixlinux.com/the-most-extensive-live-usb-on-the-planet/

A german magazine just made a video on that topic. You can activate english subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBSEHpU-pyI
They tested a bunch of smart tvs and tv-sticks and their network activites.
They say that roku devices were the most privacy friendly tv-sticks.

And if you dont care about warranty voiding, open the tv and tape the things you dont want. Mic, cam, etc. Its probably the cheapest option

His stance on desktop security may be very hard. But his views are not far off from that of other known security researchers like Micay (Copperhead/GrapheneOS), Rutkowska (QubesOS), Matthew Garrett (Red Hat, Canonical), Solar Designer (Openwall) and others. They heavily criticize Linux and *BSDs to make us aware of all its shortcomings.

Systemd is hated by hobbyists mainly because it invalidates a lot of their hacked together wisdom …

Maybe these people dont hate systemd but want choices for a more minimal/barebones OS. Not to gatekeep Linux but to install a more energy-efficient, lightweight Linux OS for themselves like many Alpine, Debian and Arch users do. They believe in the KISS principle. The concept that less complexity equals better security (“less is more”).

not sure about the other ones, but “madaidan” (Kicksecure/Linux Hardening Guide) and Daniel Micay (Copperhead/GrapheneOS) are well known security researchers. See Daniel Micays take on Systemd:
https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/bddq5u/os_security_ios_vs_grapheneos_vs_stock_android/ekzo6c0/
https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixing-the-desktop-linux-security-model/9172/2

Suckless.org’s take on systemd is pretty well researched. All sources inside.

Some other critics are Ted Tso, Torvalds, Volkerding (Slackware), … See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd#Reception
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-and-others-on-linuxs-systemd/

There are some security, privacy and stability advantages of other init systems over systemd. But for most people systemd should be fine.

See here for further info:
https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html#choosing-the-right-distro
https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixing-the-desktop-linux-security-model/9172/2
https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/systemd-isnt-safe-to-run-anywhere.html
https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html
https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/
https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Arguments_against_systemd/
https://nosystemd.org/

Also getting encrypted dns to work with systemd is pretty tough and unreliable in my experience (with debian and opensuse). See here https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Installation-linux

Looks like there are some security, privacy and stability advantages. But for most people systemd should be fine.

See here for further info:
https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html#choosing-the-right-distro
https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixing-the-desktop-linux-security-model/9172/2
https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/systemd-isnt-safe-to-run-anywhere.html
https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html
https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/
https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Arguments_against_systemd/
https://nosystemd.org/

Edit: also getting dnscrypt to work with systemd is pretty tough and unreliable in my experience (debian and opensuse). See here https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Installation-linux
This could be a problem if you are planning to use encrypted dns.

Debian Stable is a solid choice as it has the best support and is a hassle-free experience. Maybe with KDE Desktop. Its the most userfriendly windows-like desktop i know of.
Optional: You can also install the MX-Tools from MX Linux to get some comfortable GUI system tools.

How about Profiles and Community Achievements? Something like Retroachievements?

How about Profiles and Community Achievements? Something like Retroachievements?

Maybe MX linux or AntiX Linux. They are very thumb drive focused

Never tried it but there is Franz and certain plugins for Bitlbee and Pidgin Messenger

You can use posteo for 1€ a month. For more aliases look at mozmail (mozilla) or simplelogin. Or try runbox if you dont care about encryption at rest

youtube-local or yt-local with vpn. its very easy to set up

https://i.imgur.com/AdP6fvK.png
On my KDE Desktop (OpenSuse) the Clipboard icon looks like this. The WhatsApp Icon opens a Browser with Whatsapp?

i would go for the most used routers because they have the best support. look at the download statistics to get an idea of which ones are the most popular routers atm.
I just bought a used Archer C7 v2 because its popular and i could get it cheap in my area.

and check out this link: https://openwrt.org/toh/recommended_routers

Its beautiful. How did you get that scissor icon (guess its a screenshot tool?) and whatsapp in your systray?