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N + 1 > N

I use it because, contrary to what that scare piece you linked would have the reader believe, it's better for my needs than the alternatives.

(I'm no stranger to software development and security, by the way. I understand the pros and cons.)

You’ll have to trust an additional party when getting your apps, and updates are often a couple days behind.

I know how it works, and in this case, that's fine with me.

F-Droid has an excellent track record; better than many developers have. And I'm not addicted to having the latest versions of everything on the day they're released. In fact, not immediately jumping on the latest versions has saved me from nasty bugs more than once.

Part of what I value in F-Droid is the additional layer in the build/release process, because it makes tampering more likely to be detected.

It's still nice to know a tool like obtanium exists, though. Thanks for the link.

If new versions don't make it to F-Droid, they might as well not exist for me. There are only a couple of apps that I find important enough that I'll spend time manually building/pulling/installing, and a Lemmy reader isn't one of them. Thanks for the tip, though.

I start with whatever is on F-Droid, and narrow it down from there.

Jerboa was the only option there until recently. I see Voyager and Eternity are there now. I'll have to give them a try.

Well, yes, that's why I asked. Some newcomers to linux find Plasma more familiar than GNOME et al. Having it preinstalled can help them get comfortable faster, with less effort.

Do Pop!_OS AND Linux Mint have KDE Plasma variants, for newcomers who don't know how to swap desktop environments?

we have no real way of knowing where the spyware is. It may may be baked into the main OS, the added apps or other.

Or in the hardware, like the baseband processor or even something more obscure. Replacing the OS won't help with that.

Next step: Submit your first patch. :)

I bought one during the clearance sale for the price of shipping, assuming that it would be abandoned but maybe still useful as a low-power linux server. I guess I ought to set it up and take advantage of it.

Thanks, Valve, for not letting these things become instant e-waste.

Joke's on them. Google locked me out of my account when I refused to give them my phone number.