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ITT: Cryptobros and apologists finding new and creative ways to justify the behaviour of a company, the head of which was ousted from his last position because of crude political views, i.e. not granting people basic rights.

Yeah, well, I'm not gonna give up my potentially long-living #Fairphone (due to excellent repairability) for a Pixel crafted from rare-earth minerals of dubious origin, just because you're #shilling it.

I can recommend flashing /e/OS to de-google the Fairphone. Running smoothly on my FP3 since 2021.

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Reads a bit like projection on the responder's part, don't worry.

+1 for EndeavourOS. Just installed it on an older notebook (ThinkPad X220) and damn, was it a breeze to set up properly.

[...] but I don’t want a Windows clone, [...]

KDE fortunately doesn't have to be a Windows clone. There are several guides available on how to customize the UX / workflow to something completely different. I get what you mean, though, the default UX seems to be at least inspired by Windows.

This is purely anecdotal evidence, but on my 2013 ThinkPad X220 (dual-core i5, 12GB RAM) Plasma "feels" snappier and more responsive than GNOME.

Das ist ja noch nicht mal der echte Norden 😜

Pop Shell can actually be used on other distros. Here's how: https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/

Richtig, ich (Jahrgang 85) bin zuerst T3 gemustert worden und kurze Zeit später wurde im Rahmen einer Rechtsreform (weil aus sieben Tauglichkeitsstufen fünf wurden) aus der T3 eine T5.

You're holding it wrong ™️

they update OS and Webview extremly slow resulting in a very insecure OS.

I've recently got monthly updates. The last one from 2024-01-09 containing Android security patches until 12/2023.

And the good news is: Pop Shell can be installed on other GNOME based desktops. I'm currently rockin' it on Manjaro GNOME.

Debian Bookworm KDE - though I have to admit that it's not my final destination when it comes to distro hopping, I guess. Currently thinking about giving Zorin OS a go.

I'd say a benefit is that one can achieve the workflow of GNOME or macOS while having the configurability of KDE at one's disposal.

Manjaro GNOME on my desktop. Still looking into what to install onto my work notebook when I get the new one.

Yeah, you're probably right. Haven't had any issues the last time I used Manjaro, though. But that's only anecdotal evidence at best.

Was ist auch zu erwarten, wenn mensch sich in einem solchen Artikel die "Normalität" herbeireden bzw. -schreiben will?