it is open source https://github.com/stoatchat/

ChromeOS and Android both prove that you CAN provide an experience sans terminal.

I think anything with flatpaks or snap store will be in a pretty good spot

Gnome is very good at this

have I been pwned has the details for this.

I got the email of doom from them. if you aren’t showing up on there then you’re probably good

it is exactly what I think it is. you can use your own certs

distro barely matters beyond how you get the packages.

there’s a reason arch is popular, it can be whatever you want it to be.

tbh, it sounds like you don’t have a great understanding of Linux (not an attack!) so I would definitely stay away from Kali, and other distros like that.

stick with Arch if you’re confident you can maintain it, or if you want to have a system which you don’t have to poke at Fedora is a great option

EULAs are not legally enforceable anyways

yeah, although Linus admitted he is gay

it’s quite modular. I would argue that each individual component does follow that ethos

You can probably guess, but the US

unfortunately definitely not.

my team has a strong emphasis on working with hardware. remote work doesn’t really make sense

Hit me up if you want a job where you’ll be forced to learn about inter-satellite laser links (free space optics)!

This is SO true. I’m hiring for a software engineer position right now. We’ve been looking for MONTHS. Recently, we’ve finally managed to fill the first head.

So many applicants just can’t even code. My company is not a place where you learn how to code, it’s a place where you learn all the stuff which you didn’t think you’d have to do as a software engineer.

We still have a qualified applicants shortage.

I mean, that entirely applies for self hosted git as well

if you’ve ever used one then you know that that is indeed it

it is unusable

Starlink is definitely faster than all but the most expensive GEO services (and those require specialized hardware)

there’s no fundamental physics limitation that makes this true. in fact, light in a vacuum travels faster than in glass fiber, so the theoretical latency of LEO internet is actually faster compared to fiber over a certain distance

Yeah it’s an enormous pain in the ass. I don’t bother anymore

I’m glad it works for you, but this would not work at my company. We have much stricter network controls

it’s also not always easy to buy those. nobody wants to use cryptocurrency unless it is easy to get cryptocurrency