The final straw for me was Microsoft reinstalling software I had removed with updates, as well as installing crapware like Candy Crush, all in the background and without permission or notifying me. I left Windows back in August 2021 for Arch.

Until recently I had kept a Windows VM with a GPU passthrough set up until I decided I was done with Destiny 2. Now the only remnant of Windows in my life is a simple desktop in my living room that has a game I can only play on Windows, which is currently being ported to PS5. Once that port is released, it’ll be converted to a server running some atomic distro and become a fully dedicated server, and Windows will be fully removed from my life, ignoring PCs outside of my control like embedded systems.

Man I wish it was that cool. Controlling it remotely would be primo. Unfortunately, it’s not, and I work in a building that’s 183,000sqft. If I have it running automatically on the other side of the building and it gets stuck, I’m suddenly burning time to run over and unstuck it.

It’s a floor scrubbing robot. It uses LIDAR, a 3D depth camera, and a couple 2D side cameras to map and navigate its routes. It was cool for about six months and now we just default to manual driving because it’s slow and gets stuck very often.

That is really cool.

My company has a robot scrubber that runs a custom Linux distribution.

Look Ma, I’m famous.

I dunno that’s kind of an insult to Yahoo! At least it’s fun to say.

But… Why? Who asked for this? Instead of stuff like this, can we get feature parity with at least the Android app when it comes to the Linux VPN app?

Hell yeah good for them.

I tried that first, but the wifi was broken on Arch. That was several months ago though, so it might be good now, but when I first got it back in January it was not. I can vouch for Fedora though (as well as Ubuntu), since Framework endorses it (them). It’s pretty flawless.

Can second this, OP. The DYI option saved me like $350 over the pre built and it took like ten minutes in between being amazed at the packaging. They even supply the only tool you’ll need for it!

As for Linux, Fedora 39+ fully supports every aspect of the laptop OOTB. It’s a wonderful experience.

Alec would never rant about anything! (/s)

I’ve flirted with Linux for years, all the way back to Fedora Core 6. I still use Windows, so 11 is my most recent version, but it’s stripped down using the AME playbook. I use it to play some games with anti-Linux anticheat. I also have a minimal Windows VM on my desktop for playing Destiny 2.

That being said, my primary computers run Arch (custom built desktop) and Fedora (Framework laptop) and I have zero intention of ever using Windows as a primary OS ever again.

Server is on 24/7 and it has a UPS for the momentary brown outs I have during heavy winds. It would be silly if it’s off for any reason besides maintenance, even more so since it holds multiple game worlds in addition to some web and chat stuff.

Man yeah I’d love that so much.

That would make for an excellent YT poop.

Well not with that attitude.

I think you mean the square peg in the round hole my friend.

Will they also shield us from their data breaches?

Oh thanks man. I just came across this post and was indeed curious.