[–] 2 points 1 week ago

They're still in the early days. The thinkpad x60 writeup, for example, walks through reviving some network drivers.

In my experience though the declarative build system acts as a ratchet. No golden bash history so you recall all the steps. Basically no "works on my machine". The community is pretty great too. I'd recommend giving it a look. The Linux-Libre kernel may also be a good fit for your needs (default for Guix).

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Trying out WebLibre browser right now and really like it. Based on Gecko engine. There's some unnecessary ~ "AI" ~ (opt-in) but a few features make it worth it.

    1. Real rules for tab containers. There's even automatic isolation and baked-in tor per container, and easy per URI rules
    2. Real plugins. ublock origin out of the box, even an option to force enable desktop Firefox plugins if you choose.
    3. Real PWA support. There's an option to force add sites as a PWA even if the site doesn't officially support it. On grapheneos it means I don't need NativeAlpha to make my tiny bank's site appear as a PWA.
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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Debian as a base, flatpaks/nix for anything new or shiny.

    For the most part this confines anything that might break to your regular user account (so you're even less likely to break the system).

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  • Spotify Is Social Media Now? (newsroom.spotify.com)
     

    I've done it. I've finally reached my "old man yells at cloud" moment. Why, why, WHY is Spotify adding features straight out of the social media playbook?

    Anybody have recommendations for alternatives?

    In my head there's:

    YouTube music (google, gross)

    Apple music (no way they're not on a similar trajectory)

    Bandcamp (limited, but at least bands see some money from it)

    SoundCloud (weird reputation, though haven't come back around to it in a good 10 years)

    Tidal maybe? Would love to hear some recommendations.

    Edit: I neglected to mention why I don't like the messaging feature. I've never used it, yet with a few of my friends there are already dozens of song exchanges in the thread. It's clear that spotify has been using user-specific links for a while now to track who sends what to who. That's a pretty clear anti-feature for me, and is enough to make me jump ship.

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