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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh my God the more I use it the more amazing it is already. The customization in the Plasma appearance settings is exactly what I've missed this whole time. I feel like I've wasted all these years now. Better late than never I s'pose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hahahaha. I tried out Mint once, crashed randomly so no Mint. Then Manjaro and it was great but said to be shady. So MX Linux which was also great but software was outdated. Then KDENeon and Kubuntu, broke both, then Fedora KDE, broke that too.

Now I am on Fedora Kinoite, KDE is all user folders so everything is still customizable.

You may want to disable file indexing as its really weird and crashy. For security also CUPS and bluetooth, no GUI switches poorly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I've done a lot of bluetooth work and know how terrible it is as a protocol, but do you see any issues with only using it for a speaker/earphone, assuming no other devices even within a valid proximity of the transceiver? If nothing can hijack or manipulate or listen to the session, is it that insecure? I disable it and use wired earbuds when I'm mobile for that reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can be tracked as you glow like a flashlight in the dark. But its not insecure I guess, but dont use it for keyboard to be sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'm a ham radio guy, so I'm licensed by the FCC to transmit 1500 watts in the ham bands. Talk about a flashlight glowing. It's on my todo list to make a good antenna for directional finding of signals.