I was thinking of this, being not sure whether I should even upvote this post. But then I thought whether it’s possible to design some similar system, interface wise, or would it be just too complex and inferior to what is currently used. I assume the whole systemd thing is a nightmare for FreeBSD architecture and nothing of a kind would be implemented there.

Thanks, I use it, but I could mention it, so it’s great you did! To me, Gimp became usable, I cannot stand its interface without it!

I assume they’re just talking of the GUI front-end, so it’s almost the same.

I second this. I use Gimp, but it’s UI and UX is just the worst I’ve ever seen. (It has some great tiny features here and there, though.)

I hope this situation would improve over time, and I’d try to contribute as much as I can. So, fingers crossed. Otherwise, I’m quite happy with Linux being my primary OS for many years.

I’ve been reading it’s worse, but still quite good compared to other laptops. That’s a second-hand knowledge, as I’m in the same boat as you, eyeing M1 laptop for Linux support. Right now I’m on MacBook Pro 2014, and I’m very happy with it. Everything (but the camera, of which I don’t care) just works on Linux, so the only improvement I’m looking for is longer battery life. Mine is able to deliver up to 4 hours of light work, which is quite good for me, considering the battery is at 50% health. Basically, I’m just eyeing an escape plan to know what to do when the laptop would face any hardware issue. If it won’t, I guess, I may just swap the battery. But as the time goes, the M1 value is getting only better.

What you meant is not simple, but rather familiar. While I agree, my mother used Windows for many years, but she forgot that experience partially, due to using iPad for like 15 years. So, Gnome is simpler for her, as it’s similar to her most recent experience.

Which countries do you mean? In Ukraine more likely you won’t be welcome, but even that can be different if you’d learn the history (not the bullshit you’re fed in Russia), culture, and language. Baltics won’t like you, I guess, but again, if you won’t push ‘great’ Russian culture (like three writers over three centuries) on them, you’d be fine. At some point, you’d have to understand that this is precisely nobody likes Russians. If you’re open to the world and don’t mind embracing diversity, languages and cultures, you’d be ok. Bonus, much easier to a girl, if you’re a girl. However, a friend in Stockholm was very suspicious of his Russian girlfriend, thinking she could be with him purely based on things not really related to the relationships. Which is, well, understandable.

Also, you might move different direction, like Asia. I think people mostly aren’t in the context of the war, and unless you’re pushing them into Russian, I believe you’d be fine. Especially if you’d be open about you not supporting the country of your origin, but being afraid to stand against the regime. Leaving, you’re weakening Russia, which is good for everyone, even Russians. Russia must lose the war to become a country (hopefully countries, plural) that won’t be a threat to everyone. Otherwise, it would be even worse for everyone.

My perception of Plasma is that’s too complex, even for me. While Gnome’s logic is very different, it’s not difficult to grasp, to be effective with it.

Anyway, if we’d go with the theme. Are there some you’d like to recommend? I’m still balancing between going with Gnome and teaching them it, and just going with the Plasma and making it similar to what they had.

Horrible. But one less Russian to slay Ukrainians.

It’s even worse than advertisement. As it’s useless.

It’s not worse (perhaps better, at least UI wise) than Photoshop. It’s cross platform too (meaning Windows and macOS, but as we see it, also Linux). And is recently became free, since Canva bought it.

The less options, the better for a new person to jump in. Modern Gnome is a DE I can recommend everyone. ‘It’s like Mac but simpler,’ I advertise it. I like it even as a pro user, though. But even if we, the pro users, couldn’t work with it, that’s okay. Many pro users hate modern Gnome, and use other environments. But having one with limited options and an opinionated design hurts nobody, and helps a lot. I can install it for an elderly parent or a friend, and they can use it without much assistance, as it’s not very far from their tablet or smartphone.

My bet is that there’s some weirdly complex things that become too niche edge cases that are difficult to transfer.

My opinion is when your logic becomes too complicated, maybe you want to have some sort of custom software. But, on the other hand, I understand that if it works already, there’s no need to break it either.

Neo, wake up!

I wonder what are peanuts in this context. It sounds like a great server!

I see French bloated my system to the fullest!

Oh, thanks, I missed it. It’s a very long thread. I’ve read only the first 40 messages so far, so I cannot really comment on that. But here is a nice advice from there:

FWIW It is possible to run Syncthing via Termux — it’s not as integrated but it runs fine.

What is wrong with the fork from F-Droid? I use it. I see no difference with the original, I’d say it’s even better. If you don’t trust them for some reason, why discard Syncthing as a project? I assume it can be built then. But I have no idea how.

By the way, I’m happy to use Sushi Train on iPhone. Works very well, and is lovingly polished. Now Syncthing is a centrepiece of my workflow to sync my files.

The easiest way would be getting the cheapest SSD (even 30 GB is enough for most distros), swap your current disk with it, play around, and return where you were, if you don’t like anything.

Have you tried a non-tech solution, like putting the drives into some noise absorbing materials, or isolating the sound with the hard case, things like that? That may sound not really obvious, but my guess is that you can at least get some noise off with a solution like this.

I won’t go with SSDs for a NAS as it’s very expensive. But if money of no concern, that Beelink thing looks impressive.