but surely we need more diversity than just the existing three to spur more development, right?

Ideally, of course. In practice, to me, it looks like it’s a very hard thing to do.

Don’t let that discourage you from taking on the endeavour though! I too would like another option!

Would love to learn if it exists too. I use it often.

The only other way I know how to CAD is https://github.com/pythonscad/pythonscad

Xubuntu. Convenience of ubuntu, less cluttered UI.

Thinking of the top if my head. I haven’t tested this.

wg show lists connect peers, amongst other things. You can pipe that to grep to filter for just the peers.

With watch, you can periodically do the commands mentioned above, and execute another command on change.

With ntfy.sh you can easily get notifications on android or iphone.

The whole thing would look like.

watch --chgexit "wg show | grep peer" && curl -d "Someone (dis)connected!" ntfy.sh/mysecrettopic

Keep wordpress up-to-date, and keep the number of plugins you use to a minimum.

It’s like a favourite drink, there’s no correct choice.

I quite like xubuntu. I know that linus tech tips recommended mint to people coming from windows.

Many have a live USB option, that’s great for trying them out.

Also falls back to hardcoded IPs when DNS fails

Take a look at “Rethink: DNS + firewall + VPN”. It is available through FDroid

On all networks, or just when on your home network?

No worries. This whole thing is about the not out of the box experience. :)

Start with ubuntu live https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#1-getting-started,

It boots from a usb stick instead of your hard drive. Try it out and see if you like it or not.

I default to xubuntu

Nah, just minesweeper. But instead of north south east west, there’s also behind and in front. And all the corners.

sleep 5 && yourcommand

(1)

3D minesweeper

Worms?

I use syncthing

Maybe now they can shift to more ethical business models?

You can’t honestly expect that?

NPCs don’t mind

I’d suggest to start with ubuntu. I’d the distro that has the most guides/resources available.

Personally, I prefer xubuntu. Which is ubuntu, but with a slimmed down UI.

I’ve heard good things about https://www.linuxmint.com/, maybe read about that one too.

To get started, I always use Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/) which downloads the required files, and makes a bootable USB flash drive.