For gaming on Linux, use latest release (e.g. v575) of Nvidia driver. And for everything else stick to production release (e.g. v570).

If you have read the article, then this is more akin to switching from using two condoms to just one.

While that’s true, but the main issue here is the unavailability of frequent security patches that Fedora now appears to be attempting to solve with X11Libre.

Playing was almost as thrilling as seeing it work.

This is GOLD!

You can use Cosmic DE on any device that can run Linux. You do NOT need to purchase System76 laptops for that.

Stick to Production version of Nvidia Linux driver - v550, v570. I’m using v570 on Ubuntu 25.04, no issue in either day to day work or in gaming.

Did you compile the kernel by yourself, or used Mainline to install?

Operated by MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird community.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird

Yes, Gnome extensions shall be impacted once again for sure. But, at least that is not a deal breaker for me.

I guess it takes time to built a DE from scratch.

Thanks for the context!

Alpine has been used in Docker, and Docker is now run everywhere

This is exactly what came to my mind while reading through the article.

Your home server might have the required bandwidth but not requisite the infra to support server load (hundreds of parallel connections/downloads).

Bandwidth is only one aspect of the problem.

That solves the media distribution related storage issue, but not the CI/CD pipeline infra issue.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-NTSYNC-Merge-Request

Exactly the same rationale as mine.

On Ubuntu, replacing Firefox/Thunderbird snap version with actual deb version.

Remember NOT to store any private data or login to any account as this VM is not hosted on your system.

Use this server just to test out distros quickly.

If you just want to try a Linux distro out, you may use https://distrosea.com/

it’s just more configurable

That’s an understatement 😄 The amount of configuration KDE offers is mindbogglingly to me. Again, UX and degree of configuration are very subjective matters.