To add to this I would start towards Fedora as it's stable but also fresh, and as lots of people have been saying try Gnome as your desktop environment.
I don't think I made myself clear; I am relievd because I thought I was going to lose access to my apps in the next update cycle. The thought of that filled me with anxiety, but now I have more time to prepare.
I'm hoping that something like lineageOS will be unaffected and will be available for my device before Google remove sideloading altogether
Yep, it's pretty bad, it sets a bad precedent, and has me looking for alternatives.
When it was originally announced I got the impression that Google would soon be removing the ability to sideload apps altogether and as I almost entirely use apps installed from "untrusted" sources this would have been a nightmare for me.
So while I think this whole situation is shit, and will almost certainly lead to Google removing the ability to sideload apps in the future, for me the immediate anxiety has been lifted.
It appears that the "security wait" will be a one time thing when you first allow installing from unverified sources. After enabling it it will remain on indefiniately.
Not quite as bad as I was fearing, but will kinda annoying.
Ah ok, that all makes sense to me. Thank you for taking the time to go through it 🙂
This sounds interesting, how did you calcualte this?
Just brings a tear to my eye knowing someone else is starting on their Linux journey 🥲
This is a fantastic comment!
To add to this I would start towards Fedora as it's stable but also fresh, and as lots of people have been saying try Gnome as your desktop environment.
Asahi Linux is for Apple silicon macs only, and as their macbook is 11 years old it can't be an apple silicon version.
Aren't they already prohibited? There's already age checks at every major supermarket.
I didn't realise I wanted to read up about Linux firewalls, but apparently I did. Thanks
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It's... Perfect
He's a bad bad man, also known as The Sewing-Life Alchemist.
If I have no motivation to do a task, no matter how I talk to myself I probably won't do it
If I have the motivation to do the task it doesn't matter how I ask myself, I will do it.
Likewise if I have no motivation.
It's free for a single user, but you pay a subscription per user for collaborative use.
I'm just a solo enthusiast so it's free for what I'd use it for.
Edit: I guess to your earlier point perhaps this a step towards enshitification and they might well put more and more tools behind a paywall.
There are a few other options, such as Bruno.
https://www.usebruno.com/
But if you can spare the time to learn curl it's probably the most versatile.
Oh absolutely overkill, but I have a reel of it from another project. Waste not, want not.
I have yet to make it work well enough over wifi. I am planning on running cat6 down to my tv
I went to Krakov 3 years ago, and from a UK perspective Poland was a relatively cheap travel destination.
I don't think I made myself clear; I am relievd because I thought I was going to lose access to my apps in the next update cycle. The thought of that filled me with anxiety, but now I have more time to prepare.
I'm hoping that something like lineageOS will be unaffected and will be available for my device before Google remove sideloading altogether
Yep, it's pretty bad, it sets a bad precedent, and has me looking for alternatives.
When it was originally announced I got the impression that Google would soon be removing the ability to sideload apps altogether and as I almost entirely use apps installed from "untrusted" sources this would have been a nightmare for me.
So while I think this whole situation is shit, and will almost certainly lead to Google removing the ability to sideload apps in the future, for me the immediate anxiety has been lifted.
It appears that the "security wait" will be a one time thing when you first allow installing from unverified sources. After enabling it it will remain on indefiniately.
Not quite as bad as I was fearing, but will kinda annoying.