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Never use tor with a VPN because it can make you easier to identify on the tor network.

Edit: https://support.torproject.org/tor-browser/general/vpn-with-tor/

Also, it is only fine to use a VPN with tor if you know what you are doing.

Just want to let you know from my canoebooted laptop that I run a 100% “free as in freedom” OS (trisquel GNU/Linux). Also you have convinced me about striving for a goal instead of doing it perfectly, which is not possible. Well said.

What if I do not use a desktop or a wm? The tty is comfy here.

I was referring to stable distros. But once you got all your games set up, aren’t you kinda good to go? But I get your point still, though.

I understand that you do not want to fiddle with a computer, I was once like that and that is what kept me from switching to any OS on my computer. I want to let you know as an experienced Linux user though that once you setup linux, you do not need to do any more fiddling. For the files and personal stuff, just back it up to an external hard drive. That is pretty much it. I could help you for free, but I do not really have somewhere to message anyone.

Gemini is probably going to go the way of the Hurd sadly, IMO. It is a niche that only privacy enthusiasts and FOSS enthusiasts wish to succeed. The Hurd is doing pretty good for how little people are working on it. If anyone is interested checkout my community, which is centered around the GNU Hurd.

You can always use a invidious instance to watch YouTube. Last time I tried it was not bad, but some instances use anubis so I cannot watch YouTube without JavaScript.

Good luck with it. You will learn a lot. Also there is no such thing as a Wayland wm, but rather a Wayland compositor, and that is a distinct difference between X11 and Wayland.

osdev is the way, https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page. I am also following this, so I do not need to build a cross compiler, https://arjunsreedharan.org/post/82710718100/kernels-101-lets-write-a-kernel. I am writing a 64 bit kernel, so I am going to use limine as the bootloader.

I learning about kernels by writing my own.

I’m actually not sure about this. I wish the FSF or someone would come out with more licenses for different use cases.

I disagree. I find that there is a license for every use case. What use case are you thinking of that does not have a license?