This has been my experience as well.

It doesn’t help that, prior to 2023 (I believe), Microsoft’s OpenSSH fork simply did not recognize ProxyJump. I administered a server behind a bastion, which meant every Mac and Linux user could ssh in. Windows users had to use some strange program like PuTTy.

Fastmail, 100%. Reasons:

• “Encrypted email” only works between encrypted providers. ProtonMail and Tutanota are both very inconvenient, and all I want is an email that’s not scanned for marketing.
• Since 2018, ProtonMail kept getting worse, especially with the recent AI stuff. Dodged bullet, IMO.
• $6/month = Custom domains, and any amount of emails under those domains. I can send and receive from any domain xxx@yyy [dot] lynndotpy [dot] dev, for example.
• CalDav and CardDav provider = Contacts, calendar, and reminders sync. Works perfectly on iOS too, if you like that.

It replaced my finnicky NextCloud for half the cost.

Learning Linux was probably the very best thing for my career.

The fact that I use Linux as my primary OS has been a positive in almost every interview I’ve been in as the interviewee. Linux has been used everywhere I’ve been, and that represents a huge amount of upskilling they can skip.

As an interviewer, I’d say that developers who use Linux generally understand their development stack better.

This has been my experience since 2009 :) I’ve been using Linux for 15 years now, across four laptops and two desktop PCs, and I’ve only had a few rare hardware issues. (Sleep not working properly, BIOS update overwriting GRUB, and Wacom tablet mapping needing to be fixed. That’s it.)

The hardest part is almost always the installation, and that’s almost always attributable to Microsoft Bullshit.

I’m happy you’re having a good time :)

Presently, I use Linux regularly (desktop, servers, etc.) I love it and prefer it, and all the games I play run on it. There are a few devices I don’t use it on yet:

• Work laptop runs Windows :(
• Got a Macbook Pro for a good price. (Was MacOS curious for awhile, hadn’t used it since MacOS 9)
• Mobile phones run Android and iOS. (Linux on mobile is not good yet)
• Windows dualboot just in case I want to use it for something

I know this is a joke, but if you line them up to cut 1/3rd of each apple, then you have four parts which divide the apples evenly:

• A 2/3 part of an apple
• A 2/3 part of the other apple
• The two 1/3 parts of both apples

While non-fiction, I can recommend W. E. B. Du Bois’s “Data Portraits”.

The context: DuBois and his students presented a series of data visualizations at the 1900 Paris Exposition. They mainly focus on the lives Black Americans, particularly during and post- Reconstruction.

It has a striking cover, and each page with a plate has a diagram that is contained enough to be thought provoking.

It does quite explicitly address racism, but conservatives might readily excuse it for addressing pre-1900s racism.

I would be so happy to see Lemmy start to replace Reddit for tech support.

If I find an error message, and I want to dig into it, I can find the relevant Git (or other source) repo and search through it for the error message. From there, I might find the exact piece of code that failed.

I can vouch for GitLab. I first heard of it in the self-hosted context. If it goes down, it’ll either get the community supporting it (open source), or at the very least, a plethora of “Guide to GitLab alternatives” style-posts.

I used to be a big fan of fancy coffee prep methods, but I’ve turned to grinding my beans very fine and dumping them in hot water. The grounds will sink to the bottom once it’s ready, and it’ll taste very crisp and clear :)