On Debian I would choose Flatpak because it will be generally much more up-to-date than native packages (which becomes even further true the longer through the release cycle we are).

Licenses don't matter when corpos don't care anyways. Especially for training LLMs. They don't care about copyright. I choose to use tools based on there merits over simply going "it has my favorite license." Even though I say that, I still prefer AGPL even though I understand that of the corpos want to steal, they'll steal it.

Having JS disabled is very rare for non-bot traffic, so you stand out far more. It isn't about uniqueness, you are already unique if you aren't using Tor/Mullvad browser(s). While disabling JS protects against certain kinds of fingerprinting, there is pure CSS and TCP fingerprinting. Firefox RFP (eg. Librewolf) and whatever Cromite or Brave have help to protect against much of JS fingerprinting. You are only ever going to fool naive scripts which these browsers already do a good job of that.

As for security, having JS disabled is a benefit. Just know since you will very likely have to enable to again quite often for random websites, you'll become used to doing that to the point that it may as well be useless. If a random website doesn't load just leave it, unless it is worthy of some actual trust. Even more useful would be setting up uBlock Origin with a blocking mode, such as medium or hard.

Anything really. Just use Docker/Podman or LXC and then the base OS won't matter.

• Ubuntu is still fine
• Debian I have personally used and it is good
• I used openSUSE Slowroll for a while as well
• Fedora server is just as good as RHEL derivatives IMO

Next thing I am looking at is secureblue for Fedora CoreOS. Security matters and a rock solid base with hardened defaults is really nice. It also is Atomic and because it is effectively just CoreOS, you install it with a JSON file (I think). Using the provided example butane file it took like 30 seconds to install. Now I need to customize it further.

I am not trying to say that SailfishOS (or Jolla) isnt a cool project, it just doesnt belong here. Whenever people post Obsidian.md in here I say the same thing for the same reason. Try posting in the Linux phones community. I don't subscribe to this community to see proprietary software invade the FOSS space.

AOSP is open source, Google's Certified Android is not. You can contest that if you want.

That doesn't change that SailfishOS is straight up proprietary for most of its developed compotents. It does not belong in this community. The Wikipedia page for SailfishOS says under license "proprietary with some open source components".

Sailfish OS is proprietary. It does not belong in this community.

I still dont understand /e/OS. Just use LineageOS. It supports all the same devices and doesnt lag as far behind. You can choose to run an insecure OS if you like (see: all Windows 10 users) but definitely don't recommend it to others.

You cannot have privacy without at least basic security. Targeted attacks are not the most common kind of attack by long shot. Threat actors scan for vulnerable devices and use automated scripts to execute attacks. Android is one of the most exploited targets. With an outdated OS your browser could be exploited and used to get a sandbox escape, possibly chaining it into root escalation. It all depends on the vulnerabilities found and the longer you wait the more likely for the "stars to align" for the perfect attack. Look at CVE-2025-48593 for an example, zero-click RCE. In recent memory there was also a zero-click RCE utilizing specially crafted MMS, meaning an threat actor could send messages to all phone numbers and try the attack in mass.

/e/OS is by far the most behind on updating security patch levels of the AOSP ROMs (at ~2 months), iode is ~1 and everything else is better than those two.

Privacy without security is not real privacy, it is a mirage.

Security without privacy is like a fortress with cameras inside, a known threat (eg. Gapps Android).

Privacy with security is like a fortess with no known threats at all (eg. AOSP with timely security patches).

Privacy without security is like a fortress where some of the locks have rusted through and if someone tries they can open the doors. It is like replacing the walls with cardboard. "No one can spy on me now" you say in your cardboard castle.

There is no privacy without security. Android is one of the most widely exploited OSes and every month a dozen or more critical severity vulnerabilities are patched. Being 1-2 months behind on security patches is inexcusable for a privacy project.

@Uair@autistics.life

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu Linux. Make sure you are using a .deb which is meant for Ubuntu (or Debian). Laptop is Desktop, as in they are the same OS.

Either double-click the .deb file and click the install button.

Alternatively you might be able to right-click to get a context menu and click install from there.

Last option, you could install the .deb from the terminal app. Open the terminal, type cd ~/Downloads (if the file is in your Downloads folder), then type sudo dpkg -i ./EXPRESSVPN.deb (replace EXPRESSVPN with the exact file name), press enter and type your password.

All these install options do the same thing.

Don't worry about CPU architectures. If you dont know what that is, then ypu dont need to worry. If the .deb has x86, x64, or amd64, that is tbe right file. If it doesnt say anything then just choose the normal .deb.

You can run Genshin Impact on Linux

Fr. Sometimes I use the associated Wikipedia page to find the official site.