The laptop is certified to run Ubuntu 22.04, so try that out.

Although they do mention:

Standard images of Ubuntu may not work well, or at all.

There’s probably an efivar that reads the current microcode version.

Nice. Any plans on mobile clients?

This would be great for my spouse, but she don’t really use desktop/browser apps. A mobile app could also integrate with the existing reminders/notifikations of the OS it’s on.

Is there a bug report about it?

If not, did you create one, providing logs etc?

Last time I had to eject a DVD, my kwin didn’t crash, but that is a couple of months ago now.

Libquotient just added cross-signing support, which works in Neochat if it’s build against the new version. I’m not sure what else was missing from E2EE support.

Most of the KDE apps cost money in the MS store. But you can compile them yourself if you want it for free.

1: I have been using subfolder of /mnt for different things when self-hosting. Different external drives go in different subfolders of /mnt. Example: Media drives are mounted at /mnt/media, data drives at /mnt/data etc.

2: I’m lazy. Mine are located in my server users home folder. I then use scripts to sync between them between desktop and server.

3: Just make sure than your server user, the docker user and root user can all read and maybe write to them.

Near instant camera images! Yes please!

You could bind mount the folder you want it to go to, into the /var/www/webdav/ folder.

mount --bind foo foo

        The  bind  mount  call  attaches only (part of) a single filesystem, not possible submounts. The entire
       file hierarchy including submounts is attached a second place using

I technically still have a hosted website, but it’s rarely updated anymore. It’s very low priority compared to my self-hosted stuff.

~/git/AUR|dev|whatever/$(git clone) is where mine usually reside.

I have the WTR R7 (N100 model 2 bay) and I can’t really complain. It was fairly cheap and it does what it says it does. Power draw with 2 2.5" SSD’s is about 11W average, but the RYzen one will be more.

Isn’t rawhide the “rolling” version? If so, it does not really count as 42, just what packages 42 is likely gonna have.

I have some on freezers, and one on an air fryer that does 2400W. That’s the biggest loads I have.

While mostly an issue on Windows computers: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/dont-plug-it-in-how-to-prevent-a-usb-attack

Just to clarify. In-kernel drivers is not the same as open source firmware. Most bluetooth dongles use the in-kernel driver, but require proprietary firmware to be loaded before they work. Most of that firmware is present in the linux-firmware packages/repository, but the setup would no longer be FOSS only.

If that’s the case, then you should answer the OP with how it’s set up. OP is specifically asking how to do it with random drives other people hands them, not trusted drives always connected.

What is the disaster that could happen you’re referring to?

Auto mounting random USB sticks has never been wise. No telling what random malware they contain.

You shouldn’t just automount external drives. That’s a recipe for trouble.

What’s wrong with manually mounting them? Pretty sure the desktop environments also require you to push a button (eg, select the drive in file manager) to mount external USB drives.

I can whole-heartedly recommend the Aqara Power Plugs. They are Zigbee, has energy monitoring, works flawlessly with Home Assistant via ZHA and come in US/EU/UK formats. I have about 10 of these and I have not been disappointed in the 5 years I have had them.

Windows might have locked the drive, making it read-only (hybrid power off stuff) or you might just need to mount it with rw permissions.

How did you mount it?