This article sounds extremely fishy and borderline conspiracy-like to me.

Imho the only guarantee of privacy I need is the source code.

Yes, but if you intend to mainly use flatpak you might want to try fedora Silverblue

No, you can’t : in an immutable distro I can reasonably trace almost any file in the filesystem back to the package that created it, and know with a reasonable degree of certainty that the installed version of said file has not been tampered with. That isn’t possible an a normal distro.

Please do share with me what I do not understand.

A mostly read only filesystem built from a limited number of packages, with other files being in a fixed number of locations mean it is harder for malware to hide.

Very good choice :D

I used to daily drive arch, until university, when I got frustrated at the issues it caused me and the time I needed to solve them.

I’d recommend fedora if you want real solid stability.

I don’t think the DE itself matters, but I can recommend using an immutable OS (makes it harder to install malware) and installing flatpak apps only. You can also use software like flatseal to further lock down permissions

There is so much wrong with this post. Half of the points raised are utter bullshit

Dell’s current lineup is not to expensive (≈400) and runs Linux well

So jarring that you couldn’t just… Press no?

This is more than likely illegal in the EU…

This is more than likely illegal in the EU…

Fairphone 4 with CalyxOS

Consent O matic and bypass paywalls clean ;)

Please stop sharing bullshit articles full of technically uninformed disinformation

It’s flown a bit under the radar: https://karenmelchior.eu/en/geoblocking-report-vote/

Here is the thread on Nitter (so you can read it without login): https://nitter.net/karmel80/status/1716871807587004763#m

Garry’s mod

God why are people here so obsessed with optional telemetry. Fedora aren’t selling your secrets to advertiser’s, they are just trying to create a better experience for users, and you can always opt out.

Has it ever occured to you that it is also good to give back to the open source community?

The fines in the DSA are enormous: up to 6% of WORLDWIDE turnover.

Few of the recommendations here are good for general use. I’d recommend fedora silverblue