I use the Night Theme Switcher app to automatically control the light/dark mode . Might also work for you.

Also, it’s generally advisable to use the adw-gtk3 theme rather than Adwaita if you want GTK3 and GTK4 apps to look consistent.

Are there any gtk.css files in ~/.config/gtk-4.0/?

If so, delete them.

There is vast ocean of difference between collecting non-personalized, aggregate data internally to inform UI design decisions or improve system performance on the one hand and secretly logging personal information in order to pass on or sell to third parties on the other.

I don’t think the “some apps don’t work with Wayland” argument is particularly valid any more. The vast majority do, and most of those that don’t are outdated anyway. Gnome ships with it by default and KDE is really close to that point as well.

There really shouldn’t need to be any debate whether to implement it or not at this point- clinging on to X11 is just delaying the inevitable.

I’m not familiar with your last point - what analytics does it skew and how?

This might not be the most popular take, but IMO the fuss about Fedora’s (proposed) telemetry is way overblown. By all accounts, it seems intended to help the dev team improve OS performance and will still preserve user privacy.

People tend to lump all telemetry together but Fedora’s implementation would be significantly less concerning than that which users of Android, Windows and Apple OSs currently put up with on a daily basis.

Agreed. I actually think Pop OS and Nobara are the best beginner distros right now. Mint is falling a bit behind the times.

According to a recent announcement by one of the devs:

We also want to spend time on studying the pros and cons of Wayland and to assess the work needed in its potential adoption.

In other words, they haven’t even started yet.

Thunars split view. I get tired by the Gnome developers, who removed this feature from Nautilus, explain that two Nautilus windows side by side are equivalent to a split view. It is not

I think the intended usage in Nautilus is to use tabs, not to have two windows side-by-side.

Personally, I find tabs preferable to a split-view.

It is definitely better since Bookworm, but it’s still not great.

The default installation .iso is a netinstall that uses Debian’s creaky old installer that looks like a text-based RPG from the 1980s when compared to a modern GUI Linux installer.

The live images, which are the best for new users because they do use a modern and user-friendly installer (Calamares) and allow pre-selection of the desktop environment, are still hidden away by needing to click through two more web pages to get to the list of isos, without any explanation of the different DEs or recommendations for new users.

It’s like they thought to themselves “we need to make it easier for new users, but we don’t want to make it too easy”.

Proton mail doesn’t support email clients unless you pay for and install their Proton Bridge app, FYI.

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I’d argue it’s significantly more preferable to have a laptop that’s a little thicker but you can safely open in a couple of minutes with a screwdriver, but your mileage may vary.

Surfaces are abysmal for repairs and upgrades, as well. They’re literally glued together like a smartphone.

Sounds like you made the right choice for yourself.
I wish you the best.

The whole point of lemmy.world is that it’s a general, welcome-to-all instance.

If you want server admins who take overtly political stances and actions on behalf of their users, you have instances like lemmy.ml to choose from.

I go Lenovo because their Linux support is better.

Yeah, I can see why that may appeal to some people. Personally, I prefer a more modern look.

Here are a few reasons I can think why some may not take to it. Trigger warning for Suse users

• Out-of-the-box aesthetics are pretty ugly (why are they still using that godawful default wallpaper?)
• Yast looks like the Windows 95 control panel (I guess this might be a plus for some people?)
• Zypper can be sluggish to update and install packages
• regular package updates are large, even compared to Arch
• Seems to have more frequent security/password prompts (a good thing for enterprise scenarios, but not always welcome or necessary on a personal PC)

It’s not bad by any means, but I’ve tried it out several times and always ended up abandoning it because of little niggles like the above.

This is the answer.

When I first joined, I had no idea what I was doing so I just joined mastodon.social. Unfortunately, I struggled to find discussions/content that interested me and there was also no Local feed, so it just felt empty and impersonal. After a short while, I just stopped using it.

Fast forward six months and after using Lemmy for a few weeks, I finally have my head around this Fediverse thing and decide to have another crack at Mastodon. This time, I searched around and found a smaller instance that is more aligned with my interests and straight away felt at home. Such a different experience this time around!

So yeah, the TL;DR is to shop around for a server that 1) you like the feel of, and 2) has a Local feed to make it easier to get involved with topics that are relevant to you, IMO.