3 - An OpenWRT router with Wireguard connecting to another router 1000 miles away will do the trick.

I’d give you 10 to 1 odds that all of these criminals are strident Maga Trump supporters.

Every time I’m force to use Windows it feels like I’m being punished.

Have a couple OP 9pros and they’ll be the last OP devices I buy.

There are severe bugs that OP never fixes and make using the phone for something like navigation unreliable. Battery life can be great one day and terrible the next when not even using the phone. Also OP sells carrier specific hardware. My TMO phones can’t be used at AT&T or Verizon, severely limiting our options. My understanding is unlocked Pixel phones can be used on any carrier.

I really wanted to load Graphene, but even without it I’ll consider a Pixel device.

Are you running zram or zswap? They can make 4gb surprisingly useful.

I’ve been running a W10 VirtualBox VM with Linux Mint on a dedicated raw SSD without any problems at all. It’s been years, but I remember it was a PITA to set up initially. Looking at the docs, it seems to be easier now.

It is surprising how difficult most camera companies have made it to avoid their subscription services.

Multiple companies that used to offer local rstp streaming have summarily removed support in firmware upgrades without notifying their customers. Even companies that support it (like Foscam) demand developer agreements be signed to get basic camera command information. Tp-link supports rstp but requires an phone app and Internet connection to configure their cameras.

Like you, I will never connect my cameras to the Internet, but we are slowly approaching a time when that by itself will be a cause for police investigation.

Musk did the equivalent of full on grabbing and slowly squeezing that boob and then insisting it was a gesture of respect.

But many of the signs target Elon Musk specifically, and his most famous brand, Tesla, calling the vehicles “Swasticars” and comparing Musk to a Nazi.

Musk; “How many legacy media publications, talk shows, whatever, try to claim that I was a Nazi because of some random hand gesture gesture at a rally where all I said was that my heart goes out to you,”

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell 1984

Impaired driving is also solvable. On-demand breathalyzers, smartphone saliva tests, and eye-tracking sensors are all tools that already exist to stop drunk and high drivers before they even start the ignition. Uber is already testing real-time driver sobriety verification. Why aren’t carmakers racing to put similar tech in every new vehicle?

There’s no fucking way people will buy those cars is why. I rarely drink and will never buy a car that required a saliva test or blowing into a tube before starting. Like it or not, any car that includes that equipment would be DOA and a financial disaster for the car manufacturer.

Bad design goes both ways. I have a couple of small kitchen appliances (coffee machine & toaster oven) and their beeps are impossible to hear if there’s the slightest bit of background noise. It makes using them a PITA. And then there’s my microwave which could wake the dead.

The lack of empathy is a conservative hallmark.

Elon Musk , “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy,”

Are you familiar with the Linux Surface Project? You’ll find feature matrix and installation guide links.

I’ve been running Linux Mint on a Surface 4 Laptop for well over a year and after initial configuration it works very well. The installation guide at that site made it fairly easy to get working.

Why not customize Ubuntu exactly as desired on one Raspberry Pi, and before you make any other changes clone the Micro SD?

No matter what distro you choose, expect a learning curve. Depending on your usage it can be minor or significant. You may find a simple task doesn’t work as you expect in Linux and it’s time consuming to figure it out. If you run Windows in a virtual machine on Linux or set up a dual boot system you can switch back and get the task done easily, and figure out how things work at your leisure.

When I first switched I went back to Windows a couple of times a week for simple tasks that I didn’t know how to complete in Linux. (It usually was an issue with figuring out a new application and rarely had anything to do with the OS itself.) After a couple of months I found I was wasn’t using Windows much, and in less than a year I was able to delete the Windows partition.

CopyQ is an advanced clipboard manager. Gimp is great but Pinta is easy for quick, minor image adjustments. System Monitor is an applet that displays system information by double clicking on a taskbar icon. If you use VPNs, the IP Indicator applet shows the country of your public IP or customized icon when matching ISP is found.

Nor do Lemmy users need to help monetize his Youtube videos.

Mint has a convenient desktop app included called Disk Usage Analyzer that makes checking what’s using your storage space quick and easy.

Had a backup so it was not a big deal. Only one major issue in a decade is more than reliable enough IMO.