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A pi can definitely be used, but you may get much better performance for a similar price getting a refurbished pc, adding a second nic, and installing something like opnsense.

It's the 24 hour wait portion that makes me continue to think Google is not acting in good faith. Any or all of the following steps - hiding it behind developer options, a warning about being coached, and even the restart to disconnect any live sessions, I could buy as reasonable efforts to protect people. 24 hours is ridiculous though. They also didn't seem to address what happens if you factory reset your phone or get a new one. Would it be a days wait each time? A lot of us will be fine with adb during that time period, but an "intermediate" user who likes f-droid but isn't comfortable with the adb command line shouldn't have to wait a day to install their apps.

I'm currently playing with it in my home lab, specifically to re-familiarize myself with jails. It's always nice to be reminded just how stable and flexible it is. Also, its documentation is top notch. Having the handbook directly on their site is something I've yet to see matched by any other major OS.

I'm going to be testing XigmaNAS. If I'm not crazy about it I'll likely just run a pure install of FreeBSD

I'd love to know who deemed adding more clicks to get to features an improvement.

I can't say for certain as I don't have one to test. That being said, I've worked with hundreds of AMD/Linux machines (both deb and rpm distros) over the years and haven't experienced compatibility issues.

For new users, I've been recommending Zorin with good success.

I'm a fan. It took me a few weeks of properly rating (raising, lowering, and blocking) to get truly customized results. Once I did though, I found I'm able to research far faster than before. I've also become a fan of their AI assistant. It has multiple llm's to choose from and is more private than using them directly.

That's a shame on both counts. I'll have to follow more closely for a Plan C.

I'm likely going to use ladb to sideload "directly" on the device. I'm really hoping there are some legal challenges and/or bad pr to make them back down. I'm also considering picking up a Fairphone 4 or 5 and running CalyxOS as a plan B.

I don't have a specific model, but in general I've had success with Epson Tank printers and Linux. It opens up the ability to use third party ink easily. I'll use the Epson Connect feature for scanning (to email in my instance, but there's other options) without needing to input a server address or install anything on the OS. The main caveat, like most ink printers, they work best if you print often. This is to cut down on dry out and manual print head cleaning. In my experience using them weekly is enough.

This has become my go to OS for less technical users. I've even had a couple go for the Pro version so they could get the pre configured macOS like desktop.