I used to run Reborn OS at around 2017 for a few years. It used Cnchi installer, just like Antergos, and when Antergos died, I saw Reborn as its successor. But the title went to Endeavour (why?) and Reborn never got popularity.

Right. Cjakra and KaOS were two I was following the developments as a KDE lover. Too bad none got popular enough, and Chakra even died :(

Its unpopularity may be related to that it asks money or a positive review in a blog to even try. Used to be so a few years ago.

Mega uses e2ee and is available in all platforms I use. I don’t use apple. Web interface is very functional. I think it does support sharing files via link. Should have a search feature also, never used (because I know exactly where I keep my files). It does sync with locals. I don’t know about android file picker.

Mega is not a good choice for Lemmy users or Foss activists, probably because of its history - which is not as clean as say next cloud, but is not like google either. As long as it works :/

Actually I am liking her writing. (Not native myself either.)

We are talking for the normies here. And it is becoming more and more difficult to block ads and trackers even for moderately savvy person.

One way to look at this is that if you buy a bike, you should have at least basic understanding of its work and repair process. If you run a car, you should know the traffic rules. Similar in internet world, but only not explicitly implied.

Ignorant people should not be taken advantage of. But this is more like a principle than application. Currently, the internet is like a wild wild west. The more techy you are, more you can save your mental health. It is just the lack of awareness in people that make companies take advantage of them. IMO, Tech-literacy is a necessity, just like traffic rules or basic life support.

Reading this thread I am even more confused about Linux in general.

I hope GDPR covers the HP’s practice in coming days in Europe. Others might follow.

If a private company has to succeed, it has to offer things ** that normies want.** FB/G is shit because this is what normies consume - the ego-display, the dopamine kick. In every enshittification of a service, there is a history of it being cravingly indulged by the mass. Now when the companies started rising up and used their monopoly, they (the normies) are realizing they have been shit-eating for a long time. One may argue the companies were not so in the beginning, but that would be a very myopic view.

Spiral, yes I had a glance on it. It seemed the Gecko of Debian, as expected. I did not find it too different than sparky, so I did not embrace it well. Not planning to see again for now either. If I get a chance to try a new distro, I’d install Void or NixOS. For now I am happy with Arch or ubuntu family.

Source of the info?

My fav obscure distros are: 1. Sparky Linux, Debian based simple stable system. It has many flavours with a lot of desktops to choose from. Also has stable and semi-roling iso. Now I never installed Debian itself, so can’t compare sparky with Debian. But it is very much better than any other distro I used. I don’t know why it is not popular. 2. Reborn OS. I used to love it when running. Arch based lovely project. This is the very much successor of Antergos.

Manjaro is great. I keep on coming back to it time to time.

Or 8. 8.1, actually.

…you would have to install plugins and make it your own.

Reminds me of gnome.

Thanks, I will search. But I still want to know about my question.

I want to run win 10 (or 11 if supports) on a VM with a GNU/Linux host. I have heard about ltsc and ltsb, and now this post has mentioned oo shutup 10. So which one is better to make my win machine lightweight and privacy friendly? I am planning to run only certain specific program like SPSS. No heavy gaming. Thanks.

I don’t want my little finger be vanished after my 3 reincarnations, I will try to use it more often, I guess.

Thank you. But this doesn’t explain the number of digits in hands and feet, does it? Great read BTW.