Have a downvote for the complete lack of context. What is this, why is it interesting to you?

All I see here is a lowest effort share of something that should probably just have been added to your personal reading list 🤷

I suspect that they have ulterior motives

Rather than guessing at the motives of others, let’s remember Hanlon’s razor.

I don’t have figures on how many people actually use GIMP, but I’m guessing a lot more than the number of people griping about its usability online.

So close…! 😂

Exciting! Hoping the RC process is short for this version 🤞🤞🤞

No, it’s only code and pixels 🙂

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks!

Focus instead on enforcing standards’ compliance

For sure, but ¿por qué no los dos?

Completely agree with your other prioritisations.

I don’t think anybody would say otherwise. Both Manjaro and Endeavour mean to make Arch more appealing to users who aren’t comfortable with command line configuration.

Endeavour has arguably done better than Manjaro, but yeah. They’re just some configs on top of a system that does very well on its own.

It would make so much more sense to fund existing Linux development than making a new distro, tbh.

If the EU changed to Linux systems and donated the same amount back to open source development as they currently pay for Microsoft licenses, that would make a hell of a difference.

Exactly, for the pencil pushers it’s going to be a transition from one desktop and office suite to another. Hardly “learning Linux”.

I see more of a challenge on sys admins and department IT support who may have gotten comfy giving mostly Microsoft product support.

It really depends on what you’re looking for. I’m happy with Lineage, but others go for stricter privacy setups like Graphene. As long as you can avoid G Apps, IMHO you’re fine. But that’s still Android in some form.

The whole Linux phone experiment is a lovely idea that (if I understand correctly) is hampered by the tons of different mobile phone makes and models. Canonical dropped Ubuntu Touch like a hot potato, and it only survived as a community project.

For your last question, there’s the Lemmy terminal viewer — I think it’s unmaintained, but it’s a start?

I think it’s weird that they insisted all along that K-9 would remain its own branded version of the joint app. Yet according to f-droid, my newly updated K-9 (same app I’ve used for a decade and a half) is now one of two “Thunderbird for beta testers” listed…

It’s still K-9 in my local app menu, the icon is the same, but I guess the Thunderbird project are sort of working out how to manage two differently branded versions of the same app?

Ah, tech journos…

Ubuntu Touch [is] a great choice if you seek an alternative that prioritizes privacy and open-source ideals.

But

One area that has improved is Google account synchronization. While it’s not flawless, it’s easier to sync services like Gmail and Calendar than it was before.

🤦 I don’t think he fully grasps that Google is the main reason to use a more private OS than (stock) Android.

Oops, added a suggestion of Simplex before I saw your answer. +1, I guess 🙂

Simplex chat has a default “private notes” chat which is essentially chatting with yourself as you describe it.

Simplex is available for a lot of platforms and devices, and easier to install and maintain than Nextcloud. I’m not sure if it ticks all your boxes, though?

Oh! Thanks for reminding me! 😆🎂

Same. Didn’t know about labwc, will look imto it when I switch to Wayland someday!

Did you come off a Crunchbang distro as well? 🙂

None. Openbox WM with Tint2 as a rudimentary system bar, Rofi as launcher.