it’s just more configurable

That’s an understatement 😄 The amount of configuration KDE offers is mindbogglingly to me. Again, UX and degree of configuration are very subjective matters.

You may try immutable OS like NixOS. Modern-day kernel has way better hardware support than earlier days.

Same for me, but via Cloudflare tunnel. No need to expose your system to world unless that is what you want.

On Ubuntu, only the server version of driver is available at this point.

nvidia-dkms-565-server-open

nvidia-dkms-565-server

Variable refresh rate (VRR) allows your display to match the framerate of an image source, such as a game — and doing so prevents screen tearing. Support for VRR has been added to the cosmic-comp compositor and Displays Settings. You can set VRR to be either always on or automatic, which will enable VRR for fullscreen content.

Source: https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4

If you just want to “try it out” and not planning to store any private data then you may try this:

https://distrosea.com/

I miss my computer’s performance being held hostage by “Active Protection” feature of Virus scanner!

Flatpak version is not v3 optimized, I think.

It is 🙂

Self-hosted Invidious or public Invidious instances.

https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

My (docker based) configuration:

Linux > Docker Container > Nvidia Runtime > Open WebUI > Ollama > Llama 3.1

Docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Nvidia Runtime for docker: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html

Open WebUI: https://docs.openwebui.com/

Ollama: https://hub.docker.com/r/ollama/ollama

Miniflux supports PWA app.

Just a note that it’s now also available on F-Droid

https://f-droid.org/packages/net.thunderbird.android/

The beauty/advantage of Linux Eco-system is one can pick and choose based on his/her preferences.

GB or MB?

Info at FlatHub -

Here is a screen-shot of latest Thunderbird (ESR) Email client: https://www.thunderbird.net/media/img/thunderbird/new/screens/mail-screen.png

Note that -

Operated by MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird community.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird

Thunderbird 128 ESR has a really nice/modern look. Besides, if you don’t like the default look, you have plenty of themes to use with.

It’s really helpful and quite fun.

Thanks OP for sharing.

I’m currently sticking to production branch (550) which seems to be more performant for daily usage.