Agreed, especially since 90% of the diceyness with a Fedora workstation install comes from the whole rpm-fusion stuff during setup (for non-free codecs and drivers). If you’re there to handle that part, they should be good to go.

Better configurability and scripting iirc

Good one, although I only use it as ctrl+t or ctrl+r or within scripts

I ditched screen for tmux ~10 years ago and never looked back

btm is one of many alternatives to top. It works very well for me because it is fast and has nice usability.

I found ag more intuitive to use, and it’s lightning fast. Here’s a detailed comparison of features: https://beyondgrep.com/feature-comparison/

I prefer vifm to ranger.

Other than that it’s a tough question to answer because use the command line for everyday productivity, but

• neovim
• neomutt
• khal
• khard
• castget

rsync seems really low-level though, so let me also mention

• btm
• git
• ag
• find

I didn’t read but the formatting is 🔥

Oh I’m sure it runs perfectly fine in a container, it’s just not my preferred setup.

Last time I checked, radicale and baikal were the sensible options. I went with radicale, no regrets, but not in a container.

To fix this, add if(num == 255) return true; before line 10.

It’s actually vanilla milk, picture is accurate

1. I’d try it
2. Why on earth would they capitalize snake case like that

Same for me. I distro-hopped for about 20 years with OpenSuse, Ubuntu, Debian, Arch and Fedora being the most memorable desktop setups for me. While all that was a valuable experience, NixOS feels like graduation.

For the Nix-curious: I wish someone would have told me not to bother with the classic config and build a flake-based system immediately. They’re “experimental” in name only, very stable and super useful in practice.

It’s a good idea in theory, but it’s a challenging concept to have to explain to immigration officials at the airport.

A study in my hometown found that shopkeepers are mostly concerned about their own commute, not decrease of patrons.

What’s more, they require you to periodically log in on your phone. If you exclusively use the desktop client, you will get a message that access will be blocked if you don’t sign in on your phone.

I feel you.

Signal still centrally collects metadata and requires a phone number to participate.

If you’re serious about privacy, ESPECIALLY if you’re part of a group looking to organize in a clandestine fashion, you should look into the vastly superior SimpleX Chat.

I totally understand where you’re coming from, and I’m pessimistic that any flavor of Linux will be an acceptable experience for the person you’re describing. Something like Silverblue may be least obstrusive, but compatibility will still be a prominent problem.

Alternatively, you could show them surface level cool stuff that’s easier to do with Linux. Like blocking all ads, running your own Minecraft server, downloading YouTube videos, building your own PC with cheap parts (and maybe even pirating movies and TV shows, depending on your own practices and relationship to that person). There’s a lot to love about Linux even if you don’t care about privacy and open software as abstract values.

$ uname -sr
Linux 6.6.88

I have never bothered about alternative kernels. The only time I seriously researched other kernels was when I was considering trying out GUIX about five years ago, but I only felt reassured in using Linux as a result of that research.