Everything was simple and straightforward except for updating an app after new release before the distro maintainers updated it in repos (which often took months).

Too bad that Purism’s stated values are the opposite of their real business practices.

I’m in a golden cage where my job earns about twice or more of what a large majority of remote jobs offer (available where I am, which is Europe).

I guess I could get very lucky and find a great paying remote job, but I feel like I could lose in the end.

People still want the money, tho. It’s the main reason I’m staying in my no-remote job.

Rules for thee but not for me

It’s normal that there are different rules for authors and bug reporters.

It’s like you’re complaining that there are different rules for guests and the owner of a house.

Programs shouldn’t get confused since RAM/swap is transparent for them.

I used GNOME for close to 20 years, but finally dropped it with the release 40. I’ve had enough of them breaking features.

By that time KDE finally stabilized and it does everything I want, my way.

Why not, sounds nice. But I think it will remain a niche thing. Open source qualities are IMHO not that critically important for art, and I believe neither artists, nor art consumers care that much.

And properly and concisely describing a bug or glitch is usually the key to getting it resolved quickly.

Often the most difficult part of solving it is being able to reproduce it / find the exact situation in which the problem occurs.

The biggest issue was the phone - Librem 5 - many customers waited 4 (or 5?) years and what they got was underwhelming. Purism originally provided “refund anytime” policy, but once customers started using that they lied they didn’t promise that (disproven with wayback machine). The only reliable way to get the money back is to sue them in small court. They also had some other shady stuff.