I run the Lemmy instance this is posted from (fangnet.me). When I’m not doing that

Well it’s been running for one day and you’re the only user…

Ah, thought it might be too good to be true. Still, this seems like a step in the right direction, right?

Consider me an uninformed enthusiast, but isn’t a lack of upstream kernel support often cited as the main reason why old phones can’t be modified once support ends? As in, if this pans out will this be absolutely huge for long-term device support for third-parties and modders?

The one on Flathub is unofficial, presumably this one is official

For extreme non-techies who really don’t understand computers and just want to use a few websites it’s a solid choice because it’s so basic that it’s hard to break

I think Heroic uses GOGDL

Some good answers in this post from last year, though my vote goes to the classic Bosca Ceoil!

You could try Aurora, it’s made by the same people as Bazzite but with a general (or developer) focus instead of a gamer focus, and while it’s not LTS I think it updates less rapidly than Bazzite.

If your user is really tech un-savvy though, I’d just go with ChromeOS Flex. For all their (many) faults Google do at least produce a simple all-in-one experience, and I’d rather my elderly relative use Chrome’s password manager than no password manager at all.

But I don’t want a light that flashes, I want one that stays on continuously like a torch

I actually love that design, it’s minimal without being corpo-slick. Is it just a mockup or is there some way to make all my computers look that way?

I’m keen to put PostmarketOS on them all and build a Kubernetes cluster. Just don’t ask me what I’m going to run on it!

Check out linux-surface for details of what works on your specific model (and if you’ll need to install the custom kernel). I have a surface pro 3, it struggles but basically everything works which is cool.

I can currently hold down a key (del or f12?) when powering on to choose between the Linux disk and the Windows disk, that’s my current dual-boot setup. I also installed each one with the other disk disconnected. I remember the Windows update rebooting into Linux unless I interrupted it too.

You say Windows was on a separate drive, but then you talk about dual booting. Do you mean that Windows was on another partition on a shared drive, or do you have two separate hard drives?

I assumed dual booting just means having multiple OSs installed, does it specifically mean having them on the same disk? I have separate disks, so hopefully no need for partitioning shenanigans.

What problem are you trying to solve?

Partly redundancy, if I mess up one then I’ve still got the other; partly for supporting people, I’ve set up non-techies on both and I want to be able to load up the same system myself when I need to help them.

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