It depends on what file manager you use. In many, you can turn off thumbnail generation if you believe this might happen to you.

I agree. I’ve been using it for years, since I moved away from Kindle. I only wish it would support socks5 proxy so I could use Tor for metadata downloads from Google or Amazon.

I believe Tumbleweed is available for Pinephone.

I agree. When I run into a page that demands I turn on Javascript for whatever purpose, I usually just leave. I wish there was some way to just not even see links to sites that require this.

I’ve never used anything but systemd. I feel fine about it, but I think I’d feel the same way about not using it.

This is what I did. I narrowed down the distros I was looking at to about 5 that I thought might meet my needs, and made a live usb for each one, then used it as I would my regular system for a couple days. Anything that didn’t work right got eliminated, and I picked the one I liked best out of the ones where everything worked.

If he’s keeping Windows to begin with, then logically he may still update it. It’s helpful to know that it might mess up his Linux installation.

Installing an iso from a usb drive and installing an iso after mounting it as a virtual drive seem like they involve roughly the same level of technical skill to me. Booting from cd or usb was a routine school or business activity for decades. Mounting an iso as a drive has been built into Windows for a much shorter period of time. The last time I used Windows, you needed third party software for that. I would bet on a random person off the street to be able to do the first one more reliably than the second. But, more installation options are always better.

Running up-to-date software gives me far less problems than running software full of bugs that were fixed 5 years ago, personally. If you find a new bug, you can at least report it and hope to see it fixed in the next update. You find bugs that were fixed years ago, but the fixed version isn’t in your repo, and then you have to start building things yourself.

I have no reason to believe the average person can’t manage a usb stick. They’re a common way for photos, videos, and records to be sent from one business office to another. I’ve never worked with anyone who had any particular difficulty using them, and my coworkers weren’t all especially intelligent or interested in computers.

It can also be run as a standalone background service, so you don’t have to have a browser window open all the time. I’ve run one for years. Super easy.

I liked Parrot a lot when I tried it. Very easy to use.

I think I’m good on that so far, but I’ll be sure to keep it aired out and clean. Thanks for telling me that. I hadn’t even thought about fungus.

I like Sakura. It’s lightweight.

7b is the smallest I’ve found useful. I’d try a smaller quant before going lower, if I had super small vram.

In hindsight, I probably should’ve gone to urgent care. It didn’t feel like the pain was in the bone, but in the nail bed.

I probably should’ve gone to the doctor, but I was afraid they’d want to remove my toenail. Now that it’s growing out, I can see it’s cracked all the way across the base anyway, sooo… 🫠

I stubbed my toe so badly a month ago that I’m still recovering from it. It took weeks to be able to wear shoes or socks without pain.

If you like animals, there’s lots to do with animal rescue, and you meet lots of great people. There are ways to contribute even if you don’t have a lot of physical mobility, like helping with internet activities, record-keeping, photography, and caring for animals temporarily while they’re being quarantined.

I can understand that. I think it’s best when the other flavors are also strong, but it a way that balances it out.