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

I came here to tell my tiny Raspberry pi 4 consumes ~10 watt, But then after noticing the home server setup of some people and the associated power consumption, I feel like a child in a crowd of adults 😀

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.

You may try immutable OS like NixOS. Modern-day kernel has way better hardware support than earlier days.

Same for me, but via Cloudflare tunnel. No need to expose your system to world unless that is what you want.

On Ubuntu, only the server version of driver is available at this point.

nvidia-dkms-565-server-open

nvidia-dkms-565-server

Variable refresh rate (VRR) allows your display to match the framerate of an image source, such as a game — and doing so prevents screen tearing. Support for VRR has been added to the cosmic-comp compositor and Displays Settings. You can set VRR to be either always on or automatic, which will enable VRR for fullscreen content.

Source: https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4

If you just want to “try it out” and not planning to store any private data then you may try this:

https://distrosea.com/

I miss my computer’s performance being held hostage by “Active Protection” feature of Virus scanner!

Flatpak version is not v3 optimized, I think.

It is 🙂

Self-hosted Invidious or public Invidious instances.

https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

My (docker based) configuration:

Linux > Docker Container > Nvidia Runtime > Open WebUI > Ollama > Llama 3.1

Docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Nvidia Runtime for docker: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html

Open WebUI: https://docs.openwebui.com/

Ollama: https://hub.docker.com/r/ollama/ollama

Miniflux supports PWA app.

The beauty/advantage of Linux Eco-system is one can pick and choose based on his/her preferences.

GB or MB?

Info at FlatHub -

Here is a screen-shot of latest Thunderbird (ESR) Email client: https://www.thunderbird.net/media/img/thunderbird/new/screens/mail-screen.png

It’s really helpful and quite fun.

Thanks OP for sharing.