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We’re waiting on the benchmarks once the archive has been rebuilt to double check if we’ll be affected in that way, but if indeed we do find that sort of regression, we’ll exclude Python from this change (and any other package where there is a substantial hit).

A recent update to snapd enables users of snap packages to stop automatic updates of snaps on a system wide or per-snap basis

I have a couple of projects that I’ve used over the years. My favourite is probably Architect, which is yet another Arch installer configured with a little bit of YAML and all in bash

https://github.com/jnsgruk/architect

It supports a couple of different options for partitioning, encryption, flicker free boot and some other nice bits :)

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And, to be fair, give yourself a safe enough space to experiment.

Use Docker, libvirt, Digital Ocean, multipass, Virtualbox, or whatever you want, but find a place where you can use the stuff without worrying too much about the consequences :)

This post definitely contains some good general advice, to me the most important step is really simple:

Just use them. And keep on using them.

Resources like those suggested are good, but each will suit people differently - the one thing that all people who are expert at these tools have in common is that they've all used them a lot!

This is a tough one, I feel like Moxie has broadly acted in a way that should illicit a reaction that assumes good intent from most people. And if nothing else, they’re not forcing upon users who don’t explicitly want to use it - choice is okay, even if you don’t agree with the choices of others...

It was an interesting move to adopt a coin like MobileCoin, but honestly it seems well reasoned, and at least as valid as most of the suitable alternatives from a technical standpoint.

My only hope is that the added overheard of interacting more with the financial world doesn’t detract to much time from keeping the core messaging functions great - time will tell but I suspect they’ll work it out.

Can’t say I have any experience, I tend to use the Fastmail web client, or the standard iOS mail client.

Agree with your point on aliases though

Oh and I should mention, email hosted with Fastmail. Been super happy with it.

All the DNS setup etc is Terraform’d in the repo

I’ve been running Nextcloud on a DigitalOcean droplet, backed by S3 compatible storage from Wasabi for about 3 years now - it’s been pretty seamless. I think the old Nextcloud client syncing issues are a thing of the past (unless you work will really big files). Costs me $15/mo total.

My Nextcloud instance gets one-way synced using rclone to a NAS once daily, and one-way synced weekly as a tar archive to Onedrive (1TB storage from Office365 is otherwise unused, so...). The rclone setup is all with docker-compose + sops for rclone config, so I can just git clone and Docker-compose anywhere to get another machine backing up.

A nice addition is that the droplet serves as a WireGuard server that all my devices are pretty much always connected to (with split routing).

I host a couple of other services on the droplet including The Lounge for IRC, my personal website and a pastebin type app.

If anyone is interested, the whole setup is on GitHub at https://github.com/jnsgruk/infra

I think this all has to do with your intended use case. I’ve been a full time Linux desktop user for ~10 years now, and I completely agree that the PIM/email/calendar apps need a lot of work to compete with the standard macOS apps.

Interesting many macOS users default to Gnome-based distros for the familiar paradigm, but I’ve had a lot of success recommending Plasma to such users. It’s not as pretty, but it is very stable and has a lot of the same default/built in functionality in the K* apps that Mac users usually expect. Doesn’t stop me periodically getting dragged back to Gnome, mind you...

I’ve used it on a bunch of different hardware and rarely had issues with screen tearing or ‘needing to tweak’ to make things work. And I truly cannot find a better alternative for most dev workflows.

It’s swings and roundabouts. I settle for using the web Gmail/Calendar experience in exchange for the other benefits it brings to my work

Arch for desktop use, Ubuntu LTS for servers/appliances.

I seem to bounce between Gnome & Plasma on about an 8 monthly basis. I prefer the look and UX of Gnome, but dig the stability and lightweight nature of modern Plasma releases.

I like the simplicity of Arch, broken and reinstalled enough times over the years that it now only takes <30mins. I tend to get the base install done manually, and almost everything else is configured using Ansible.

Laptop setup is a bit more 'meta'. Running Arch on btfrs with full secure boot and a tidy plymouth boot splash for flicker free boot. Mostly use the laptop for VSCode Remote & Terminal work and so far it's been solid for 24months+

Keybase is great, makes the whole process of PGP significantly nicer to use, lowers the barrier and hopefully encourages more people to participate.

Great work, thanks!