fzf has some unique features of its own, like multi-select. Maybe one day Fuzzel will add that.

That’s right! We are just waiting for someone to focus a pinentry/fuzzel script now. All the necessary features are there it seems.

I’ve tested them all and they all launch fairly immediately.

I discuss some of the other feature differences here:

https://mark.stosberg.com/rofi-alternatives-for-wayland/

I think for most people, Fuzzel will be the best choice, but compeitors offer unique features like Rofi-compatibility, HTML formatting support or the most important one: being written in Rust.

The support for running apps in the Linux container feels fairly normal. I had a family member using LibreOffice and other apps that way for years and it worked fine. We bought a more powerful Chromebook and performance was fine. One family member is using ChromeOS on the Framework laptop. Performance there is great.

FydeOS is a de-Googled ChromeOS based in China.

https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/fydeos-vs-chromeos-flex-which-is-right-for-you/

Unattended upgrades is for updates in the Linux container. Sometimes it’s used primarily for security updates. The whole thing is so locked down and containerized, I don’t think security updates in the container are as important.

It’s true that Chrome always installed, but you can put whatever icons in your launcher.

I’m not sure about changing the default browser.

Regarding ChromeOS being corporate, it is nearly all open source. You have to login with a Google Account, but once in, you don’t have to use any Google products.

You can use Firefox, Fastmail, whatever you like.

I tried older relatives on Ubuntu and ChomeOS and for the less technical ones, ChromeOS was best.

For ones with confidence and a growth mindset to learn new things, Ubuntu was fine.

If in doubt, I would recommend ChromeOS.

ChromeOS Flex

https://chromeos.google/products/chromeos-flex/

Yes. But sometimes pasting doesn’t work. Then I switch my focus to another window and back to WezTerm and it works again.

I’m thinking of switching back to Foot.

This is somewhat re-inventing some things Ansible can do, which is download and install software whether it has a formal or informal source.

Ansible is the automation I use to manage personal and professional servers.

No matter where you install from, you have to trust the source. Indeed, you have to trust every step in the supply chain.

If you are getting your code straight from the author, you are eliminating an exploit that’s introduced by a compromised account of a packager.

Carry on.

The same containers can be used for dev, test and production.

I rarely spot /srv in the wild.

I use /data for local server data.

If I need systemd for a specific use, like testing systemd services, that’s essential, not bloat.

For all the cases where musk might have advantages.

https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/muoqis/what_are_the_advantages_of_using_musl_in_place_of/

I like that musl helps build smaller containers. And sometimes I need systemd in a container.

Ghost has a lot of these features as well as being a blog and handling paid subscriptions and donations.

As a former Ubuntu user, I’m more likely to try Fedora Silverblue at this point.

I like Podman so swapping it out for LXD isn’t compelling.

You use an IMAP syncer, like this one:

http://www.offlineimap.org/

A word of caution: I professionally hosted email for over a decade.

90% or incoming email will be spam. Anti-spam tools will need regular updates. Backups are also super important.

All things considered, I don’t host my own email anymore although I know all the pieces involved.

There are also some independent email hosts that are good like Fastmail or for extra privacy, Proton Mail.

If the emails live on your server, can’t you use software there to send, receive and search emails?

Maybe start over with whole kernel OS in Rust?

https://drewdevault.com/2024/08/30/2024-08-30-Rust-in-Linux-revisited.html

There aren’t log visualizers for every artisanal log file format. But there’s a movement towards supporting JSON format logs for more services, and lots tools that can understand JSON logs making generating graphs and metrics from arbitrary logs fairly efficient.

If this tool is making the logs harder to parse by using a custom format, that’s something the tool could improve.

Some apps support both plaintext logs for humans and JSON logs for tools.