I already switched from Windows to Mint a couple of years ago and liked it a lot. Never distro-hopped, though. Now I got curious and installed ublue Aurora on a laptop. This experience is both very smooth (flatpak) and strange (distrobox) and I’m not sure I already fully understand immutable distros. But I keep on using it, get more experienced and I certainly will never go back to Windows.

I reccomend using DietPi as the OS for all this. It comes with lots of optimized software you can install by selecting from a list. Easy and fun.

I installed Aurora today. My first immutable experience.

Please stop asking, everyone. The answer is always Mint.

Came to say this. I was a Thunderbird user like we all but it started to annoy me with tabs and too many features. I gave Evolutiona a try and haven’t looked back since. It’s as simple and solid as the Email protocol, with build in contacts, tasks and calendar. I’m managing a hand full of email addresses with it, it’s responsive, no bells nor whistles, perfect for me!

You don’t have to wait, start it now! LineageOS with MicroG is a fine Android OS without Google. It’s supported on many devices.

I don’t want MP3s anymore, so I usually download FLAC and convert to 192 kbps OPUS. Audiophiles might get angry but my ears don’t hear any difference and my harddrive really likes it. You can get as low as 16 kbps for audiobooks, it’s insane! :)

You need to get in touch with your local Repair Café! It’s sounds like you would make a perfect addition. :)

Offtopic follow-up question:
How do I prevent it from aborting when I launch it through SSH and want to quit the client?

Look at the documentation on the Github-page. It looks difficult but you only need a few options and they give you examples as well.

slsk-batchdl is pretty powerful too, if you’re not afraid of a little command line

I have syncthinged my desktop (Mint as well) and my smartphone with a Raspberry Pi (DietPi!) as middledevice. If I change something on one of the two, the file gets synched to the Raspi, which then gives it to the other device as soon as it’s online. This works great since a couple of years.

No, I got it from someone quoting it on some talk or podcast. Tried to low-effort-verify it but couldn’t. So I just rolled with it. :)

“If everyone who understands the seriousness of the situation were to become more involved, then we would have all the people we need. We need to mobilize our friends, not convert our opponents.”
~ Rebecca Solnit

Bitwig-fanboy here. This application is insane. Instead of collecting or worse, buying, random VSTs, instruments and samples you can one stop buy Bitwig, download the free packs and have 99% of everything you’ll ever need to make music until you die. Plus you can modulate all parameters everywhere, but this already is more advanced stuff. If I had to pick one piece of software to use for the rest of my life, it’d be Bitwig. It’s on sale twice a year, watch out fi dis.

People love the drama. Our planet is basically a giant baboon rock floating through space. :)

Why should I download an app instead of using the web interface?

I agree. Jellyfin is great. After dropping my beloved Pi and switching to a refurbished Dell Wyse 5070 with DietPi every headache is gone. Again: Use DIETPI!

“Sideoloading” is framing it the wrong way. You want to install software on a computer you own and some corporation won’t let you. You paid for the TV, you choose what to install.