wow sucks if that’s true. why wouldn’t they just fallback to GTK+3 file picker when dbus isn’t working well?

i also kinda have dbus killed on my system, gotta see if i get this issue after my distro gets ESR 153…

it’s fine but honestly there’s much better machines (performance wise) for better price these days, and the screen on T480 is usually pretty shit. i’d get something else if this is gonna be your primary machine.

nope its just how the file system works, same on hdd. in fact recovery programs like testdisk/recuva usually work better on hdds because ssds have trim and garbage collection running periodically

nope, i mean that’s just useless. (it does kinda do the job, but wears it down, and not as effective since SSDs aren’t really predictable because of wear leveling stuff and lie to the OS) there’s an ATA Secure Erase feature that can be used instead.

some relevant link https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716

this is just gonna cause useless wear on the ssd. only do this to hdds

tbh i’d say debloated windows is much better than chromeos… its the worst of both worlds

we did have those with BBSes for sure

save everything you like from the internet. nothing lasts including youtube videos

i believe it’s still being used by ubuntu touch (ubports) though

ubuntu just feels like debian with unwanted mods on top. if some specific proprietary sw you need only support ubuntu officially then ubuntu’s the better choice, but if not i see no reason to use it tbh

looks neat, will look into it. tysm!