By bloat I mean specifically those kde applications and games that almost all beginner friendly distros bundle in.

How debian is lightweight ? Isn’t it have too many bloats pre-installed ?

A distro i can build myself is actually lightweight. Like Arch or Void.

Ad/Promotion ?

Not recently I think. It’s around in 2022. Acquired by Valnet Inc.

So XDA developers page too is affected by AI Slop.

Tumbleweed is good but everytime I debloat it via the myrlyn in installation window, it breaks and fail to boot. Have issues with ctrl+alt+f2. No built in recovery tools like fedora or maybe i can’t find it if it’s there.

The packages are updated as a group which means no matter how much i debloat, it will always return. I fear using addlock can cause any dependency issues also.

Not for modern hardware from my experience. Instead of suggesting one distribution, I would say Debian for some old hardware models and fedora is the sweet spot for modern hardware.

Adblocker is the minimum requirement for modern web.

Not me. But the author.

It has always been free on f-droid.

But with a always on VPN they constantly ask to verify our identity, even with passkey or phone number.

Even when I successfully verify my passkey, they will still sent a SMS code to my recovery number. It’s almost impossible to bypass that step and try another method button redirect again to the same phone verification page. If I didn’t give my number, then this message appears, “there is not enough information to prove this is your account. try again later.”

Maybe VPN is a factor that triggering their security system.

Because many services only have SMS as 2FA option. Especially government services.

Also it is impossible to use google without enabling the SMS 2FA option. No matter what, with only 2FA authenticator app or email, they will lock down the account by saying “unable to verify”.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.plexer0.nitter/

No, that’s why I wonder why he is messing with me.

He said “your”.

There is nothing to do with me about that. Fuck yourself, bro!

Did using signal with the old SMS feature privided any additional level of privacy or security? Means, no matter what all the SMS are unencrypted and goes through ISP right?

Which means they actually didn’t use signal at all.

They used SMS and are still continuing using SMS.

Then they ask me back, “What’s the point of stopping one threat when thousands of ways exist to track them?”

From my personal research, I found that their messaging tool of choice is not only linked to privacy and security but also some features like status, stories, and the app design. Primarily the popularity and slop.

Actually, deletion of whatsapp and instagram drastically decreased my friend circle. Now i have more time for myself. I don’t think they have a reason to communicate with me. Anyway, am not installing whatsapp anymore.