I always run occ upgrade and occ db:add-missing-indices after a package upgrade, just to be sure that I do not miss any database migrations. Using Archlinux I wrote a pacman hook so that it happens automatically.

You could have a look at Kerberos. That’s what Microsoft took as base for AD afaik.

I use the Nextcloud news app which is a RSS feed reader. But mainly because I run a Nextcloud instance anyways. For news only I would not install Nextcloud - too much overhead.

Ubuntu using Snaps might be more of an issue than Gnome 44 vs older version. Not?

I had no problem to install my CA on my Pixel (Android 13). I read that this was not possible for some time but Google changed it.

/usr/local/witch

If you use pipewire instead of pulse audio then you can install pipewire-jack and then use any of the jack patchbay applications to rewire the channels. Currently I use qpwgraph but there are several options.

They say that the arch-installer is a great way to install Arch. In case you give it a try again. It’s bundled with the Arch Iso.

Transfer the app through scp […]

I use an ad-hoc while loop in a shell with inotifywait to wait for changes in the watched directory and then scp it.

You know their tuning page? I did several of their suggestions and they helped me. https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/server_tuning.html