Nah. Replacing the kernel is probably planned for the next point release - it’ll just be GNU/systemd
Nah. Replacing the kernel is probably planned for the next point release - it’ll just be GNU/systemd
It doesn’t break apt, Canonical just broke their version of apt just to prefer snaps now.
FTFY
Only reason it wouldn’t work is Canonical killing the .deb package. That was an unforced error. So no, still not a good idea.
For a privacy friendly OS, surprised nobody has mentioned Freedombox
It’s designed explicitly for your use case, along with an easy path to other self hosted services. When you’re ready for more than it offers through the web interface, it’s a full Debian install under the hood - so you can install whatever you need to. Privacy friendly and super stable, with smooth upgrades to new releases and security updates for old versions several years after the new one is available.
As far as hardware, your old computer is probably more powerful than a Pi and can support more drives, but the Pi will be more power efficient. As others have mentioned, if you care about your data long term then backups are a must, so a separate NAS or a Pi with a large drive for backup storage is a good idea as well, whatever OS you choose.
kwin supports a tiling mode which it sounds like they’re already using, so … yes?
Not true. Free cellular connections exist in some places. And there are non-cellular solutions like LoRA trackers.
Archive.org doesn’t really “get away with it.” They face frequent lawsuits and have a steady stream of donations to fight them, along with enough staff to handle responding to takedown demands etc. That isn’t true of most Lemmy instances.
I can’t take credit for writing it, but here you go!
Not everyone that disagrees with a law is in a position to immediately change it.