Calibre is a Java application and available as a flatpak package. Maybe check how they do it?

The article is not about which filesystem to use or not, but about the size and contents of the patches submitted in relation to bcachefs. It seems that the submitted changes which should have been just fixes also contain new functionality. Though it is very nice to see how active and enthusiastic the development of bcachefs is, mixing fixes with new functionality is hard to review and dangerous as it can introduce additional issues. Again, while I appreciate Kents work, I understand Linus’ concerns.

Aim for a more open solution, like a Tolino or Kobo.

Pocketbook runs Linux, IIRC.

I use syncthing for synchronizing photos and music between phone and my computers.

The feature I probably use most ist sharing links from my phone to my laptop to continue reading web pages or researching something on a bigger screen.

As far as my experience goes, all you can do with Gnome Software is to install and uninstall software from various sources which need to be added separately. There’s no option to manage any remotes/sources even with flatpak support installed. I hoped to be proven wrong.

How do you manage flatpak remotes with Gnome Software?

Do people still use emacs to code, for example?

Sure. Why wouldn’t they?

Let’s have AI regulators!

From a consumer perspective, video consumption is passive, thus more easier. Also, many people don’t like to read very much or are scared away by what looks like bigger amounts of text.

From a creator perspective videos are in some cases easier or maybe “fun” to make. Structuring content as text really well is not easy and if done right the content might be boiled down to a few sentences - in which case maybe people notice that they don’t actually have much to say. Also, with video content, the content becomes more creator-centric alone by having to narrate something.

From my personal perspective, when I look for information alone, I will always prefer a carefully written book or article in place of a video. If I’m looking for easy and passive entertainment, then I’ll prefer the video.

That said, everyone can take whatever they like most and works better for them. But people shouldn’t be expecting me to open/watch a video just because that’s what works best for them, because that doesn’t work for me. Also, I personally often listen to music while reading.

Are you saying that Arch is the new Ubuntu?

You and the person you replied to are both correct. Yet people herded around and followed well known persons through history. Unfortunately people don’t always look up to and choose to follow wise people. Yet the kind of hardwiring the person you replied to mentions is obsolete in my opinion. Never before was information as accesibile as today and ideas (no matter what kind) were exchanged as fast as these days. Critical thinking and the ability to filter through all the informational mess is probably the next evolutionary requirement if we wish to avoid becoming drones in a dystopia.

Must have to do with the fact that in the meantime I use nala more often instead of apt.

I never saw an ad in Ubuntu.

I don’t think that they were advocating book burnings rather than trying to point out that the burnings are an act of provocation to which the best and most mature reaction would be ignoring them.

I assume that they already decided that such accounts aren’t profitable anyways and that management and migration isn’t worth the hassle.

I’m not sure if you recommended syncthing a backup tool, because it isn’t one. Just making sure that there’s no confusion…

That’s a good strategy and it makes sense. Don’t forget that you don’t have to decide for one alternative or the other. You could always have multiple options available and use them as suitable.

Just out of curiosity: when was the last time you looked into Linux?

I understand your point (regarding protection of intellectual property and having a homogeneous and controlled IT infrastructure), but I’d like to add that as a business (disregarding what my employees might like or consider more effective) I am still not in control of anything if my data and applications are somewhere “in the cloud” and I have no control over it. As a company I would be bound to that provider (in this case Microsoft) and would have to pay whatever they require for whatever they offer(good or bad services). A small alleviation would be to have that “cloud” on premise, but I think that that’s highly unrealistic. In this regard, a business is very similar to the plain user in my previous reply.

Also, don’t forget that GDPR doesn’t apply everywhere. That’s just a EU requirement which might or might not be fully implemented, even when required. As I mentioned, there’s no guarantee that your company data is not misused when it’s completely out of your hands. Not even to think about what a security breach or outage would mean and what kind of impact it would have.

Please don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to spread FUD, but I am general skeptical and trying to think critically. Moving “everything” in “the cloud”, in the hands of one single actor requires a level of trust which I’m not able to provide and introduces single points of failure which I wouldn’t like to have, neither as individual nor as company.

Thanks for reading my longest post ever. ;-)

It’s also worth to mention that there are options like Blender/Krita/Godot wich are quite good and don’t require tooling like Wine.

But those might not be a viable option if your courses are specific to Adobe products.

But really, check those out anyways, it’s worth it.

Telemetry won’t be a topic anymore under such circumstances because will be implicit and the least of your worries. Tracking the input of the users will be part of the service they are paying for.