You can permanently disable the chatbot in full DDG search. Click the little gear.

Not if you use a private browser. They save that setting using cookies, which usually are deleted when you close the browser.

Which highlights how dumb that setup is (by which I mean using cookies for settings). The privacy-friendly search engine compromises your privacy with AI when you use a private browser

True, but getting a dash-mounted phone holder isn’t that different

There is plenty of backup management software

Could you provide any examples to start looking into?

1. You clearly didn’t read my post
2. You’re rude
3. You start every single comment with the slightest mention of syncthing with the same lines regardless of context

With sync you only have replicants of one file that can be lost through the sync.

You seem to be missing/ignoring that sync will protect against data loss from lost/broken devices. When that happens, those connections are severed with no deletions propagating through them. Not only that, you can configure syncthing to retain older versions for over a year to avoid issues of unwanted edits.

Or mini pc with one drive.

You have to be joking with this. There is no way I’m letting that tracker-filled ransomware near any of my computers.

having local redundancy (e.g. Mirroring) isn’t really necessary.

Simple mirroring doesn’t protect against bitrot. RAID 6 does.

You’re clearly not suited for giving out advice, so you’re getting ignored and blocked. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

TempleOS is the answer to everything

I assume it’s stuck on version 42 then?

TempleOS?

Great comment. Makes me wish that Lemmy allowed comments to be pinned

A lot of gaming communities that are migrating over are flowing to the aur for their community tools.

Wasn’t there malware found in the AUR just last week?

For Linux newbs, AUR is the Arch User Repository where anyone can post packages and scripts. It’s highly recommended to NOT trust anything on there due to the risk of malware. If you don’t use Arch and stick to your distro’s application manager you don’t have to worry about it

But for the average user it’s a big negative actually.

With gamers generally being steered towards Bazzite right now, it’s already addressed in part. For everyone else, Linux Mint gets recommended a lot.

Having 2-3 starting choices based on use case is a manageable number for anyone.

For the vast majority of users Linux is just a worse deal.

The vast majority of users only need an office suite, an internet browser, and maybe the ability to play games. Linux does these just fine, with less bullshit than Windows to boot.

The real problem is inertia. People tend to go with what they’re familiar with, and most of them are familiar with Windows. And those that might be willing to try a new OS get turned away from Linux due to outdated stigmas about it being harder to use than Windows. While that stigma may still be true for enthusiast distros like Arch, new users are generally steered away from them

The software looks nice, but it seems there’s no 3D capable hobby-tier. 3D modelling starts at Pro-tier, which is >$700 per year. That’s a low price for commercial software, but not a good option for hobbyists

For example, you actively and intentionally go to the default software store, navigate to the updates tab, update a package you’ve already installed and clearly want, and do so from the official OS repository… This requires that you enter your password to protect you from what exactly?

I have never had this happen before across 3 distros, and I really doubt any casual user will have this experience either

I had a similar problem with a couple of friends a few weeks back. They’re a couple with a lot of debt, so they usually do everything they can to save money. Then the main water line started leaking.

I asked a few questions, and it turned out they could solder the pipes themselves and save hundreds on hiring a plumber. But the wife kept insisting that they were both too dumb to figure it out and by me saying it’s easy to learn she just took it as me calling them stupid (which was a weird bit of gaslighting).

They didn’t even look up a video on how to do it. I looked some up as a sanity check, and yeah it’s fairly straightforward. Here’s a really good video on it for those curious.

Even then, WINEtricks does wonders

This. Personally, I’m scrambling to get all my shit sorted out on my desktop before switching over

Only 87? Those are rookie numbers

Not on mobile

We can now make our own Team Fortress 3! With lootboxes blackjack, and bots hookers!

Petulant counterpoint: SteamOS 3.0 is based on Arch and is a good newbie distro

Care to explain what that is?