Actually, hexagons are the bestagons
Actually, hexagons are the bestagons
I like 90% about KDE, GNOME and XFCE.
Depending in my changing needs and preferences I switch between them.
If I ever find the perfect DE (or maybe WM), I’ll let everyone know.
Only the KDE/latte part of my script was relevant to the topic. Xrandr is X11
I use scripts that change my display setup (xrandr), the active latte profile and my audio output.
The command to switch the latte profile
qdbus org.kde.lattedock /Latte org.kde.LatteDock.switchToLayout Monitors
You can just create a profile for every scenario once and switch between them.
How about a used Thinkpad? Like the X280. 12.5". Touch. Depending on your region you can get a pretty good deal if you are OK with some scratches or other faults
I used EndavourOS for a while until I realized I didn’t use any of the distros features after the installation.
archinstall is basically just a text menu with the same option as a GUI installer.
I ended up with a vanilla arch install with my preferred DE. Drivers installed, network configured. Ready to go.
Discovered beets a few weeks ago. Tagging, organizing, converting, … You can specify all of it in a config file and just add a new album and it handles everything for you
I switched from Proton to Tutanota for two main reasons.
I didn’t want to put all my eggs into one basket, just like you. With Tutanota I get email and calendar in one package. For VPN and online storage I use independent solutions (Mullvad, local solution via syncthing). Related to this, I don’t like paying for a bundle of programs when I only really want to use a subset.
Proton isn’t following through all the way. They keep adding services (password manager and captchas recently), but they don’t provide the same experience across all devices. I’m on linux and their drive doesn’t offer a client that syncs my folder with essential documents. I have to manual upload. That’s a dealbreaker for me.
NTFS is the standard for Windows. Nowadays Linux can handle reading/writing NTFS pretty well, but you should probably use the very established ext4 or maybe btrfs for its partition.