I don’t see a CVE for this anywhere. Security folks must be asleep at the wheel /s

Ah but you see it’s one factor of authentication that also conveniently loops in whichever email provider is spying on you

French Furries: eauxWeaux :3

Looks like I’m sticking with good old nvim for another dozen or so years

I didn’t mean they were directly responsible for him losing the sponsorship, just that it has made it harder to find new ones.

If my memory serves this isn’t the first time systemd has moved into a space and the existing infrastructure has withered away. Vaguely thinking udev or logind, but its not so much a critique as a worry. I’ve played with OpenRc, RunIt, and Upstart over the years, and I want them to remain viable alternatives

Not gonna lie, kinda blame systemd for this. The more utilities they swallow the more funding gets concentrated to the RedHat folks, and the less freedom you have to choose different software. They’ve certainly made some improvements in specific utilities, but there is an invisible cost of centralization

Good catch on Redhat. That is a family I’ve never used. Out of the ones I’ve used Pacman was my favorite, but Nix has been pretty good to me so far as well. I’ll have to try out a dnf system next

Seems like Mint is the consensus and I don’t disagree. Just some things to consider when choosing:

1. Desktop Environment/Window Manager (DE/WM) this is the software responsible for displaying your desktop and managing the opening and closing of graphical windows. Window managers are very bare-bones and might offer an experience significantly different than Windows. (See tiling WMs). Desktop environments do the same and more, and are often bundled with launchers and useful default programs like terminals and editors.

2. Package manager. Package managers are responsible for managing your installed software. There are a variety of options, and distros typically will choose one as their default. Pacman for Arch, Aptitude for Debian, RPM for RedHat, and others. These are mostly interchangeable for the end user, but each has slightly different commands and frontends. So just be aware there will be a bit of an extra learning curve moving from a distro that uses one to a distro that uses another.

3. Release cycle. Different distros offer different styles of releasing updates. Ubuntu and Debian periodically release updates in a cycle with major and minor releases. Some releases are marked for long term support and others marked as short term. Upgrading releases has been hit or miss for me, so I prefer rolling release distros. These distros don’t distinguish major releases and simply upgrade in place. Each has it’s own advantages, just be mindful of how often you will have to upgrade.

I think mostly they just optimized load times in general, so the difference is a bit less stark

Solid state used to be basically required for Total War so the map loads would be quick. Still quicker but not as essential anymore

Applications that steal focus more than once in their startup are the real devil