I think that’s what makes it good for beginners: it’s a lot like a mobile OS. There’s an “app store” where you get your programs (bazaar/flathub) and OS updates just happen automatically. Once you find yourself wanting to tinker then hopefully you’re confident enough to start installing “normal” distros.

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And you’re not anonymous to the VPN itself when using its services because you’re essentially swapping the visibility into your online activity from your internet provider to your VPN provider. That’s fine if your VPN has an audited no-logs policy and runs on RAM-only or full-disk encrypted servers to serve as an extra layer of protection.

Is there a way to prevent my phone from being opened using my fingerprint, even in urgent situations, without completely disabling biometric authentication?

I think the simplest way in an urgent situation is to turn it off. I believe (at least most android) phones will always request the pin on boot.

I’d second this suggestion. Very simple to set up with any old android device you’ve got lying around.

Because suddenly a large number of people who didn’t know now do?

The law firm that I work for is has finally decided that we should embrace Linux.

Never thought I’d read this sentence. I don’t have any recommendations, just wanted to say congrats on achieving the unthinkable!

you can just add more DE’s after install

Isn’t this advised against? I was told it was simple to do, tried it, it didn’t work, then I found loads of people saying to never do it!

If you do want to use Spotify then find 5 friends who also want to and set up a family plan

Good luck with the game!

Why would you need a phone, for signing up to something like GitHub? Have you tried Codeberg?

I’m being a little facetious to highlight that your “operating systems distributing Linux Kernel, therefore they are Linux distributions” comment is a bit silly.

Yes technically Android and ChromeOS are Linux, but that’s not really what people mean when they say Linux. It’s not the Linux kernel specifically that they want, it’s usually the freedom and openness.

Windows contains WSL. It’s distributing the Linux kernel which makes it a Linux distro, right?

Thanks, I’ll have a try when I get some time to look at this again

While I think it is a recompile, you don’t need the original assets, it just works. I guess it’s abandonware and the original rights holders don’t care?

Ah but you see every youtube user granted full rights for google to do whatever they want with their videos by uploading them, it’s all totally legit of course!

Something I discovered recently is that you can connect an android phone to wifi, connect it to your computer, and enable “usb tethering” to pass the wifi connection to your computer as a wired connection. Maybe not practical for everyday use, but could still be useful!

Just tested this out, it’s ctrl+shift+r

You can do this on bash too if you add bind Space: magic-space to your bashrc/profile

Thanks, that does sound familiar. Maybe it was the gpg bit that confused me before.