Exactly what dubyakay said. Also you don’t have to share anything if you don’t want to. No automatic upload.

I use Nicotine+. It connects to the Soulseek network. I find many audiobooks there. Usually fast downloads. People share directly from their computers.

Might give it a spin, currently using Organic Maps.

I hope it works out for you in the end. Good luck!

I work in a small lab. Our systems are controlled using two computers that run 24/7. The main real-time control stack is open source and open hardware. I happens in a Linux box that runs NixOS. I would trust my life to that machine and fly it to the end of the universe and back again. It just never fails. We can even run updates while everything keeps running undisturbed. Some devices need drivers that only work with Windows. The second computer runs those under Windows 11. In contrast we have to babysit that machine constantly, USB connections are unreliable, things fail randomly. When we have to update, the world comes to a halt. It‘s an amazing difference.

I‘m very glad the company where I work has explicitly prohibited the use of AI for coding, in fear of spilling their company secrets.

You are totally right. Thanks for this thought.

Nice read, thanks.

Not true, we all know what those uncontrolled kids do with the skin care products after pirating the porn.

I believe he’s talking about Germany not allowing critique on war crimes and mass murder if perpetrated by Israel.

Same.