I like Gnome’s philosophy of giving us the basic and if you need and want you add the functionalities that you are missing. I don’t dislike Plasma but it has many features that I just don’t need.

I use Gnome currently, but my interest to try Cosmic is growing very strong. If I’m not mistaken KDE and System76 partnered to promote a fix to multi-gpu systems. This is really good for my personal case where I use an eGPU. I’m missing those innovations in Gnome. Gnome nowadays is always one step behind. I’m afraid that they may start feel outdated in some point.

https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/07/31/fixing-multi-gpu.html

It is not gatekeeping or fear mongering if we are giving real expectation. I saw countless people going back to Windows because they tried running Linux and either faced challenges or worse performance. I prefer to alert them instead of sugar coat.

Talking present tense, “it works fine”, still off:

• “It works with new games” sure but if you are playing DX12 titles prepare to experience a 15% to 30% performance tax compared to play on Windows or even compared to Amd

• If you plan to use secure boot, it is not all distro that will give you an easy path. Be prepared for rough edges. This is primarily caused because their stack isn’t in the upstream kernel.

• If you are security conscious, and harden your system, be aware that if you are using AppArmor or SELinux to lock down your system, you almost always have to carve out manual exceptions specifically to get Nvidia drivers to play nice.

• The ‘Goldilocks’ Setup: You are constantly forced to chase the perfect environment, the right distro, the bleeding-edge updates, the exact driver version, just to get basic desktop features like Wayland running without artifacting or flickering

• Auditing not only for fixing and improving things but for the peace of mind as well, right now we have to trust on Nvidia closed source code. We are to a certain degree privacy exposed.

Having said all of the things above, there are real reasons yet to pick Nvidia over other GPUs, even on Linux. If we are not talking about gaming, CUDA and AI are still considerably better on Nvidia.

Nevertheless, currently, Nvidia on Linux generally feels like you have to maintain a second, highly temperamental operating system along side your installation.

What do you use to replace the Google’s Image search?

That is the area that I found more challenge.

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This is the first Framework laptop that I considered buying.

I’m probably one or two gen to get one. Once they introduce TB5/USB4v2 I’ll get one.

For now, I’m happy with my Thinkbook 14+ that has a Oculink port. Running a 9070XT eGPU like a champ in my Linux installation.

I’d like to see more niche devices, like Boox Nova Air

Do you have some TV box connected to it? Like Nvidia Shield, Apple TV 4K, Chromecast Ultra, Roku, Fire TV or some Linux box?

Why not go with SID then?

Can one adopt Debian SID and automate this? I mean, how difficult would it be for a person not looking to create and maintain a distro but use Debian SID and pull the latest and greatest security patches?

The part that really calls my attention is the security aspect. I hope this was not overlooked but Debian testing receives delayed security patches compared to stable or even Sid.

How people feel about this distro in general? Would one consider using it in a server? Auto updates with a Debian based distro that is using newer kernel and applications sounds promising.

Agree. People are putting a lot of hope on Fluxer and sleeping on Movim https://movim.eu/

No. Security and privacy are necessary but are nothing if not balanced with convenience. A little sacrifice of convenience is necessary but Qubes and even Secureblue passed the mark in my rule. This comes from one that has in its installation: LUKS, Secure boot, TPM PCR 7 verification, Apparmor.d updates and enforced, UFW, dnscrypt, run0, AIDE, Lynis, auditd, checking reproducible packages, etc…

Can we all just agree to adopt a new open source option? That is the only way companies will find us for next jobs. They unfortunately contacted me using LinkedIn in my last 2 jobs so, it is impractical to leave without having a replacement.

Can I ask why would you need Signal and Molly? I use only Molly at the moment.

What does the File Manager app do? Is it the same as Files from GoS?

Rosé Pine Dawn Cursor https://github.com/rose-pine/cursor

I’m lucky that I have the benefit to choose and can use another GPU brand that is open source and integrated to the kernel.

Dell and Framework. Thinkpads are also super reliable, don’t hesitate because of my rant. There aren’t that many options already. You can check the HSI level (the security of the device) in here: https://fwupd.org/lvfs/hsireports/devices

I keep Windows just for the BIOS firmware updates. Next laptop won’t going to be a Thinkbook and probably not a Lenovo because of this grip.

“Fex”, that is where I’m a bit more excited. Playing Steam games on ARM and Risc-V can open opportunity to get better gaming handhelds.