No, the average user will never know the difference. I couldn't tell you exactly what the current performance impact is for hardware encryption, but it's likely around 1-4% depending on the platform (I use LUKS under Linux).

For gamers, it's likely a 1-5 FPS loss, depending on your hardware, which is negligible in my experience. I play mostly first and third person shooter-style games at 1440p/120hz, targeting 60-90 FPS, and there's no noticeable impact (Ryzen 5600 / RX 6800XT).

We use markdown notes extensively. Everything is synced to our desktops and mobile devices with Syncthing. Markor editor for Android, and VSCodium/vim on the desktop. Works great for tech notes, medical info, shopping lists, recipes, etc.

I've been running Fedora Silverblue on nearly all of my PCs for about a year now and overall it's been great.

• Automatic and unobtrusive updates for the core OS and user apps (everything happens in the background without interaction; flatpak updates are applied immediately, and OS updates are applied at next boot)
• I can choose to apply many core updates immediately, but rarely do
• Atomic OS updates means that everything must be installed successfully or none of the OS updates are applied, which prevents a partially updated system
• Being an image-based distro, I can and do easily rebase to Fedora's test/beta/remix releases, and just as easily rollback, or run both stable and beta releases side by side for testing purposes
• Being image-based means there's no chance of orphaned packages or library files being left behind after an update, resulting in a cleaner system over time
• In the event that anything does go sideways after a system update (hasn't happened yet), I can easily rollback to the previous version at boot

Some elements not unique to Silverblue but part of its common workflow:

• Distrobox/toolbox allow you to run any other distro as a container, and then use that distro's apps as if they were native to your host system; this includes systemd services, locally installed RPMs, debs, etc.; I use distrobox to keep most of my dev workflow within my preferred Archlinux environment
• Flatpaks are the FOSS community's answer to Ubuntu's Snaps, providing universal 1-click installation of sandboxed user apps (mostly GUI based); Firefox, Steam, VLC, and thousands of other apps are available to users, all without the need for root access

My only complaints about Silverblue are more to do with how Flatpaks work right now, such as:

• Drag & drop doesn't work between apps, at least not for the apps I've attempted to use; for example, dragging a pic into a chat window for sharing; instead, I have to browse to and select the image from within the chat app
• Firefox won't open a link clicked within Thunderbird unless the browser is already open, otherwise it just opens a blank tab
• Many flatpak apps are maintained by unofficial volunteers, and this isn't always clear on Flathub; I view this as a security risk and would prefer to see a flag or warning of some kind when a flatpak is not maintained by the official upstream developer

That said, I'm confident that these issues will be addressed over time. The platform has already come a long way these past couple of years and now that the KDE and GNOME teams are collaborating for it, things will only get better.

Like I said though, overall Silverblue has been a really great user experience, and as a nearly 20-year Linux veteran it has really changed the way I view computing.

Well said, and this should really be the top comment. Yes, I am mostly a Fedora user these days, but I also love Arch and Debian. I have a lot of respect for the significant contributions that Redhat have given to the community time and time again, and I had zero issue with their recent stance.

I can't speak for all methods but in the case of GNOME's greeter, autologin doesn't apply to remote sessions.

Gmail will work fine, including push notifications, assuming you enable Google Play Services. Using either will of course come at the cost of privacy.

I really wish the 70s and 80s aesthetic had lasted longer, particularly where automotives were concerned. Would love to have something like this today.

For me, it came down to contributing to open source projects in a meaningful or professional capacity. Commits and correspondence generally contain identifiable contact information, and if you have a professional website or email address using your real name then it's only a matter of time before the two worlds collide.

As a result, I stopped using aliases for most things in the early 2000s. For Steam and other gaming platforms, sure, but for social media, it's just plain old me.

Kodi has fallen out of fashion these days but it's also an excellent solution, depending on your streaming needs. I've used Plex in the past and found it to be sluggish on Samsung's Tizen OS. Jellyfin was a lot slicker, but also a fair bit more work to set-up if you want to stream remotely.

In the end, I put one of my pi4s to work as a Kodi box, since I only stream to my TV. It's running LibreELEC, which is a barebones OS providing just enough to run Kodi. Media is fetched from a samba share on the home server. It's been far better for me than Plex ever was, and way easier to set-up than Jellyfin. Kodi is essentially a standalone player, so not the right solution if you're wanting to stream to multiple devices or remote clients. Just throwing another option out there for anyone looking.

Usually, just clicking the community link at the top of the sidebar is enough to re-enable the Subscribe button. OP, it's a bug that's being addressed.

Are there plans to bump to v0.18.1 at the same time? Only asking as my themes will need to be updated when we do.

Sounds great. Shoot me a message if you want a version with your instance logo and title back to normal. The latest version I pushed is just playing around with some design concepts on a unified branding, and I'll probably revert things or try something new in the coming weeks.