thanks but i swear i must be missing something here:

1. Settings / Apps / Defaults Apps / Opening Links

2. Vanadium => Open in browser. It now says Dont allow to open links

3. Firefox => Open in App. It now says Allow to open links

I assume Vanadium is still aet as Default browser in Settings/Appa/Default App / Browser app. Then, I only do the steps you show above.

Test: tap on anylink => vanadium opens.

i thought its overkill too, but i tried it out and it works surprisingly well. I use the Automation script like this, alao using Via because for some reasons Firefox/Brave keep playing audio even when you minimize. Everything from Unshort to Toast are the defaults, I only added the last 2:

“Unshort bit.ly”: { “regex”: “https?:\/\/bit\.ly\/.", “action”: “unshort”, “enabled”: false }, “Send everything to webhook”: { “regex”: ".”, “action”: “webhook”, “enabled”: false }, “Toast example”: { “regex”: “TrianguloY”, “action”: “toast”, “args”: { “text”: “👋🙂” } }, “YouTube to Secondary Browser”: { “regex”: ".*(youtube\.comyoutu\.be).*", “action”: “open”, “args”: { “package”: “mark.via.gp” , “enabled”: true, “stop”: true }, “Everything else to Vanadium”: { “regex”: “.*”, “action”: “open”, “args”: { “package”: “app.vanadium.browser” }, “enabled”: true, “stop”: true } }

It works. If I tap a Youtube link, Via / Brave / Firefox opens. Otherwise, it is Vanadium.

that unfortunately only works if you have another app (not browser) that can play Youtube video like Revanced or NewPipe. If you have 2 browsers and no Youtube apps installed, there will be no options to select the youtube.com links.

if only more people move away from Google shit. The problem is always about the sheer number of apps Google has. I can switch no problem, but convincing my relatives or even a company to switch? Thats tough.

Working on updates

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Please dont turn off your computer.

Instead of completely moving to 1 service, I would try to compartmentalize the digital life better. For me I tried:

• all banks and very sensitive stuff => Proton Mail

• every other emails => Gmail.

• Password Manager: yes Proton Pass is nice but i like things to work offline and access whenever i can => KeePass. I secure my database with a password and a keyfile. I transfer and uodate my database with Syncthing.

• 2 FA stuff: i had Authy but it is a piece of shit app now. So I am moving to Keepass. Yes, you can add TOTP to anything in Keepass. The only thing i still need Authy for is Steam.

Ctrl + L is very nice… holy shit

holy shit how many subpackages/libraries of texlive did you have?

yeh i’ll guess i’ll try some of them out. Anything above $50 is too much for me though. Also i am aware of the privacy stuff on the new S25.

It is not what i meant in the OP, the S24 Ultra was the 1st one to have that anti reflective coating on. It was difficult to get a screen for that one because Samsung did such a great job, i.e. any screen protectors will just reduce the factory coating.

The ads themselves got worse too, not just about skipping them.
I see toooooooooo many ads about Taichi for men over 60. Fml, now it becomes Military calisthenic for men over 40…

Also those ads with the zombie games…

well well here we go again old friend:

sudo pacman -Syu

If youre not picky and want to use the default setups, arch install is so easy now. The script is very easy to follow and takes like 10 mins to install depending on your network speed. The only “hard” part during the install is connect to the internet. But iwctl takes care of that

bro… wtf should i use now??

Back to Arch??

Back to Debian??

or fuck it go TempleOS…

Name: Biggus Dickus DOB: 06/09/1969

spez has a very punchable face. After that API fiasco that forced many devs out of business, i didnt think i can hate him more till now

I’m a noob when it comes to deep linux stuff.

So how does this affect end users and are we at risk of leaking personal info? It looks to me they are adding a birthDate field along with other meta data. Will these metadata be sent to whatever local authorities or whatever data hoarder on the web (like Google) without user consent?

I meant what stops me from listing false info like: Name: Biggus Dickus DOB: 06/09/1969 Nationality: Spartan …etc. ?

I usually use systemd for stuff like hibernate/suspend, e.g.

systemd suspend

and if on i3wm, I edit configs for sleep and lid close in /etc/systemd/sleep.conf

Are these affected too?.

HolyC is the real C

agree. I used to have time to tinker and if things break, I distro hop. Dont have time for that now, I want things to work.

Suspend , hibernation and resume

yes laptops may seem like they suspend and hibernate and resume properly on Linux. But they do not work reliably. Back in 2010, you could have laptop running hot inside your backpack just because it failed to suspend on lid close. Fast forwars to 2026, the lid close action works but for me, there are still small chances that it doesnt suspend properly or slow to suspend. I blame Intel and Micro$oft for the new standby mode.

As much as I hate Macs, those fucking money grabbers suspend 200% well. I dont care if you’re alert or drunk or 30,000 ft in the air, if you close on the lids on these laptops, they suspend quickly.

ffs how can at this much further into Windows cycle, and we still have shit like this? I mean the main drive is the most important one, I can understand if this happens to Win 1 or 2 but after soo many iterations? Just no.