For my use case, I wanted a hybrid distro that is more rock solid/no hastle but also updated enough for gaming. Og Debian's update cycle is too slow for some of the things I was doing with proton and wine, while rolling release distros like Arch/Manjaro broke or required fiddling too frequently for my taste. I feel like LMDE is the perfect balance for me personally, taking the rock solid stance of Debian even further than og Mint or Ubuntu, while also being updated enough to not have problems gaming.

Secondly, I greatly prefer flatpaks to snaps, so that's another reason I stay away from Ubuntu or Ubuntu forks.

I also respect the ethos of Mint and Debian much more than "corporate" owned Ubuntu. It feels much better being on a Debian based fork rather than an Ubuntu based fork, in case Cannonical wants to do stupid things to their OS.

Overall I think it comes down to me just wanting to use Debian, but with more frequent updates, that isn't Ubuntu.

I use my pc for similar purposes on Linix Mint Debian Edition. Basically mint which is based on Debian instead of Ubuntu. Steam and emulation have been a breeze on it with flatpaks and I've fiddled around with Lutris as well. A lot of features are plug n play in many aspects, but the os gives you enough freedom as to not feel restrictive.

I've found that the community is helpful and big enough to have all my questions answered. You might need to do some tinkering if you use an Nvidia GPU though. I have an all AMD system, and it was relatively easy to get and install graphics drivers, which will probably be your biggest hurdle/headache with other distros outside of PopOS.

Greedy corpos aside, going back to BO1 the audio design was fantastic; everything from the subtle crunch of a boot on gravel to the clack of reloading a gun. Pure ear candy (except for maybe the crazy over-dramatic melee sound). BO 2-5 were good too in terms of sfx but nowhere near 1. I feel like that era had a special attention to detail to audio that modern games don't care to emulate. Maybe they will with 6; either way microtransactions suck and I'll stick to playing the older COD games for this very reason

With firefox or a hardened fork of firefox (like mull/fennec/iceraven etc.) there is a button in settings where you can install/add to homescreen and have an app-like experience for any site including instagram. (Not sure if this is on ios though.) You can also have noscript, ublock origin, and privacy badger addons running for a bit of extra protection and as you said email alias and vpn at all times. If you're on a hardened OS like CalyxOS or Graphene you can also sandbox or work profile the browser to add another degree of separation.

You may run into problems during signup because meta has been known to use viseo/photo upload verification for accounts made with alias emails and/or from a vpn IP, but once you're in there shouldn't be an issue. If there is, you might want to bite the bullet and sign up in a normal way, then use privacy measures to mitigate data collection, depending on your threat model.

I only use Indeed.com so that my info is only siphoned from one place. I feel like they have good listings and they have options to hide some of your info from employers and random observers. Avoid linkedin at all costs, having a profile has gotten me zero benefits and it is an extreme pain deleting your account.

You can also take steps to protect your contact info, specifically your email/phone/address. I only put the city I'm from on my resume and you can use email masks or alts like firefox relay or protonmail plus, or just make a separate email only for work. For phone numbers I use JMP.chat to give me a second number to use solely for work and Indeed.

In the end a lot of your work info is gonna be pseudo-public, because you do need to convince prospective employers of who you are, but you can control the sphere of that information to keep it confined. Imo, having a stable job is worth that trade; you don't have to do a deep dive into your personality or personal life to get a job. Just enough to be convincing

I second CalyxOS, been using it for about a year now and I think it's a good compromise between privacy and convenience. Is it the absolute most secure and private? Maybe not, but my threat model is low and I don't mind trading a little bit of privacy for a bit of ease of use.

Go ahead, eat the Lemmy upvote beans

I've played most of them, and minish cap is definitely the best imo. The music, story, world, and nostalgia were all there for me. I also think LOZ was at its peak in the 2D era.

Also special mention, crossbow training for wii is C tier and LOZ CD-i is definitely A tier because Morshu

I switched my daily driver to Linux Mint Debian Edition recently and it definitely does combine the best of both. It's easy to use and coming from plain debian has everything that I'm used to. Been loving it so far.

Interesting, I will give it a try (cause I'm bored and why not)

Biblical: 1 Eve (Genesis) 2 Rebecca (Genesis) 3 Leah (Genesis) 4 Sara/Sarai (Genesis) 5 Rachel (Joshua) 6 Ruth (Ruth) 7 Naomi (Ruth) 8 Esther (Esther) 9 Bathsheeba (Samuel) 10 Tamar (Samuel) 11 Jezabel (Kings) 12 Mary (Matthew) 13 Mary Magdeline (Matthew)

Music 14 Taylor Swift 15 Lana Del Rey 16 Bille Eilish 17 Selina Gomez 18 Demi Lovato 19 Halsey 20 Doja Cat 21 Nikki Minaj 22 Megan Thee Stalion 23 Cardi B 24 Ice Spice (Isis G?) 25 Laura Brehm 26 Veela (Victoria) 27 Tori Kelly 28 Anvril Lavigne 29 Katy Perry 30 Carrie Underwood 31 Kelly Clarkson 32 Nelly Furtado 33 Dolly Parton 34 Shannon (let the music play) 35 Paula Abdul 36 Meg Myers 37 Olivia Newton John 38 Seline Dion 39 Janet Jackson 40 Latoya Jackson 41 Natasha Beddingfield 42 Olivia Rodrigo 43 Sara Ross 44 Kylie Montigue 45 Lily Alen 46 Ellie Goulding 47 Mariah Carey 48 Tinashe 49 Samantha Fox 50 Shakira

TV/Movies/Pop Culture 51 Terry Ferell 52 Marina Sirtis 53 Nana Visitor 54 Nichelle Nicols 55 Carrie Fisher 56 Billie Piper 57 Jenna Coleman 58 Alex Kingston 59 Catherine Tate 60 Karen Gillian 61 Scarlet Johansen 62 Gal Gadot 63 Marina Cosgrove 64 Janette Mcurty 65 Belle Delphine 66 Rachel Ray 67 Jojo Siwa 68 sssniperwolf 69 your mom

History/Authors 70 Cleopatra 71 Hatshepsut 72 Marie Curie 73 Marie Antoinette 74 Jane Austen 75 Louisa May Alcott 76 Laura Ingals Wilder 77 Mary Shelly 78 Emily Dickinson 79 Queen Victoria I 80 Queen Elizabeth II 81 Margaret Thatcher 82 Princess Diana 83 JK Rowling 84 Emily Rodda 85 Pokahontas (prob buchered spelling) 86 Sakejawia (also buchered spelling) 87 Jean de Arc 88 Kamala Harris 89 Rosa Parks 90 Hariet Tubman 91 Betsy Ross 92 Mulan 93 Helen of Troy 94 Penelope (Ithica) 95 Hypatia 96 Sappho 97 Mona Lisa? 98 Aileen Wuornos 99 Anne Frank 100 Mother Tereisa

It actually took me longer than I thought, about 35 min, and it did get pretty hard towards the end

I got to level 20, RIP Paul 🥚🪦