aha thanks! i was wondering how ppl do this yeah but tbf discord has a lot of features

depending on which client you use, the ui can be very discord-like (this is cinny): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cinnyapp/cinny-site/main/assets/preview2-light.png

Also matrix has calls (at least element does), though not sure about screen share. And since when was discord e2e?

I ll admit matrix was for a long time really slow but matrix 2.0 largely solves this and other usability issues. Calls and screen share are still not standardized but its all being worked on.

With matrix, its not just about building one app, its about building a decentralized ecosystem all connected by the matrix protocol. So things tend to take more time.

but it can look similar to discord: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cinnyapp/cinny-site/main/assets/preview2-light.png

why dont you make something like r/SubredditSimulator? It would be cool to see what modern llms can do in this respect.

rpm-ostree is intended to be the last resort because layering causes issues with updates and other things

Izzy takes apks directly from devs repos iirc Fdroid builds everything themselves so its kinda like the debian repos on linux

You can use ADB to disable them

They will become cheaper over time. In the future buying robots like these could be like buying a new car i.e. expensive but still reachable for most and for others they might be able to buy used ones.

But I dont have much faith in modern tech companies to not fumble this really badly. Will probably end up like the IoT stuff nowadays which have potential but are handicapped by cloud BS and enshittification.

thanks for the comprehensive answer!

But what about the other features?

(tbf looking at the github I don’t see anything special but I have been seeing people using it swear by it so Im wondering what Im missing)

yep 😄 just edited it

Its a lemmy alternative written in Flask (Python). Piefed has got more moderation features and is probably faster to develop being written in Python. Both lemmy and piefed can talk to Mastodon (and obv to each other too).

AMD and Intel both have very good linux support. On that note there shouldn’t be much of a difference.

In fact, AMD GPU drivers are quite a bit ahead of Intel on Linux. And the AMD laptop has a significantly more powerful iGPU plus it has DDR5 ram. So it should give you noticeably better performance.

More problematic could be the wifi chip, fingerprint reader and maybe the camera.

Wifi nowadays works well on Linux so I don’t think that should be much of a problem. Intel Wifi usually has better support though.

Cameras also mostly work though the IR sensor might not work.

Fingerprint support on linux is 50/50 (from linux-hardware, it seems fingerprint on similar models is not working unfortunately). If you know the exact fingerprint reader model on the laptop you can check if it has linux support.

Thinkpads usually have good support on Linux overall so I won’t be too worried with either option. I couldn’t find the exact models on linux-hardware.org, however I did find similar models:

All AMD models by this name (E14 Gen 6)

All Intel models by this name (E14 Gen 5)

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21JK0009SP

Intel pretty mutch only thinks about Winows

Where did you get that from? Intel officially supports their drivers on linux and has many engineers working on support for their products in the kernel and mesa.

Let Linus see through the Rust inclusion in Linux. I dont think it will go well without him. He is well respected in the Linux community so people are more willing to compromise with him.

Lol good luck but I wouldn’t recommend it as your daily os. Qubes is for those who have got a nation state on their back or something like that. For most people, default fedora is more than enough.

(see https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/qubes-overview/ and https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop/)

Probably Qubes OS

Not Sunshine but I personally use Ark. PeaZip has a lot more features (its like WinRAR but FOSS) but I don’t need them and so I use Ark which is more focused. I still keep PeaZip around in case I ever need it.