aosp and android aren’t necessarily one in the same.

just change it yourself

less crashes, higher average fps, behaves with alt+tab better, etc. everything works ✨better✨

hardly

you’re explanation makes sense and yet, gaming still works better on kde. it’s a known reality.

I would extend this Nobara recommendation from “for gaming” to “for anyone with Nvidia graphics”

never in my years of using Linux have I ever thought that it was rendered clearer. let’s be honest with ourselves, no need to lie.

homophobic

this is so much more wlrk

ironically that’s literally what x11 is made for.

fedora’s Nvidia support is leagues ahead of anything debian based in my experience. that’s not to mention debians insanely out-dated package repo.

no diy

the argument that Linux is less popular therefore less targeted is both misguided and a security through obscurity based argument. Linux is the most used server operating system and servers are targeted more than any individual and those server based malware often works on desktop versions as well.

one of the points is cia funding. they are bullshit

open source exists elsewhere and security through obscurity is a terrible, strawman argument

those were some bullshit bullet points lmao

it is not more secure for the average user. sure it can be hardened to a great degree but that takes proper knowledge of the underlying architecture. for the average user’s ootb experience, Linux is the least secure option.

that’s the joke

I’m curious what would even be “snuck into it” ?

windows sandbox is… getting there, macos is decent but iirc the app dev can choose to not use it. all Linux options require user intervention to ensure it’s set up properly. ChromeOS’ sandboxing technique is inherited from Android and is the strongest/strictest of any desktop operating system.

Garuda is much more bloated ootb

you’re definitely over thinking a simple personal preference

if they wanted to employ full browser fingerprinting they could

why don’t you just install gnome…?

it’s just a desktop environment. install it on whatever distro you’re using.

however much I love NixOS, I would argue that in it’s current form (steep learning curve and horrendous documentation), the better option is using Nix package manager on a proven distro like Arch (or Debian but I’ve had some issues there). you get the benefits of nixpkgs while also having other pacman repos if you must.

any form of security in the display server would be nice. X is incredibly insecure with no trivial means of locking it down.

my existence is not, nor should be, a political issue. besides, technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum. why do you think I’m on Lemmy instead of Reddit? politics. same with masto and Twitter.

and asking to be treated with respect in order to avoid mental issues is not selfish, you can think about more than yourself for once.

you are generalizing a wide variety of people but okay my guy. go outside for once.

pronouns are a part of the English, and many other, languages.

that’s not really the point considering this didn’t occur in a vacuum. this one event can come to just be a grift and what I said will still be true.

it’s a mesh network built on wireguard. it’s not just a direct connection to another PC on your network. you can select exit node devices on the fly and control acl’s and access based on groups in their admin panel.

and yes, if you want a properly secured vpn setup without the necessary background knowledge, it’s pretty difficult. there is no opening ports on your router, which is especially useful for people on cgnat.

treating people respectfully is not getting offended. please touch some grass and open your eyes.

yeah like other people have rec’d, I just wrote a script for installing/removing/upgrading/searching all the package managers I have. this was used as a tongue in cheek jab and has never truly been a brag.

this is just my opinion but if you aren’t after the sandboxing benefits then don’t bother with them. if you want to avoid dependency hell go with nix, if you are worried about storage space use your standard package manager, and if you want higher security without the knowledge/effort to manually do it, go with flatpak or snaps (although many flatpaks need to be further hardened via Flatseal as the dev gets to configure the sandboxing. I’m unsure how this operates under snap as I refuse to use it.)

I’ve fallen in the same hole before. tbh in my experience you don’t really learn much until things start breaking.

what obscurity… is that?

? eh?

nix package manager works on all posix compliant os’ and doesn’t touch system directories. everything is stored in /nix/store and symlinked to ~/.nix-profile.

personally I run an arch build and then only use nix for my packages.

the only thing I’ll say is the piece about “no viruses” would kinda go away if desktop Linux picked up at all. the security on a default Linux system is worse than macos and windows with substantial hardening efforts needed. the only reason viruses and other malware isn’t common on Linux as is is because of the tiny user base.

with all this said, if enterprise use got more common, security would quickly become an important aspect.