Not all built-in apps had that option but for everything else you can.

block them from accessing the Internet on non-GrapheneOS phones

This is an important feature in GrapheneOS. You can deny network access for any app.

Evolution is a Gnome software so you’ll probably need to install gnome-keyring.

I use session restore with my KDE and most windows end up back to the workspace they were. It’s somewhat annoying that not all go back to where they were but I’ve learned to live with it. May or may not have anything to do with kwin rules as I’ve not manually set anything.

You can always use virustotal if you want extra malware checks.

The US has truly become the Fourth Reich.

Have ran into the same problem at some. Try running btrfs balance on your drive. Both metadata and normal data. It won’t delete anything. On my phone so grabbed just q quick linking https://commandmasters.com/commands/btrfs-balance-linux/.You need to run it bit by bit (see the filters).

You answer your question yourself with

in fear of breaking something and having to reinstall (and losing something in the process)

Version upgrades are a big thing and unexpected things can happen. Would you be a happy user if the system auto updated to the next version and something truly broke? By forcing manual upgrade they can better inform users about possible unexpected things, and e.g. advice to do backups first. Thus users would be more prepared for this. Also version upgrades take a lot longer time than normal updates since it has update all packages, do other changes to the system etc.

Also on Nebula https://nebula.tv/videos/people-make-games-rockstar-vs-union-we-went-to-court-and-saw-the-evidence

Xrdp won’t work if there is already an active user session locally with the same user account that is trying to connect remotely.

OsmAnd+.

They didn’t change name. OpenOffice still exists. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.

Single applications yes by using X11 over ssh. Needs X11 server on windows side too.

mailbox.org

German company.

Also available on Nebula https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-the-billion-dollar-race-to-replace-windows

Support your local European companies.

Maybe. Though I haven’t seen anything of that sort over the years. They’ve been around quite a while and long ago they removed all ads from their platform.

We do. It’s called Romeo. No nonsense. No AI. Just people. They listen to their users.

We don’t need this crap on Linux. Sleep is meant to be a low power mode where everything except ram is powered down, and you can pick up near instant where you left off. Not this kind of “sleep” where about everything is running like before. A desktop/laptop isn’t a mobile phone where this behavior is the standard.

Correction: Sysinternals Process Explorer was developed by Sysinternals long before MS bought them.

Bluetooth headset are quite problematic in Linux due to missing drivers, codecs and/or firmware. As an output device they tend to work but I’ve never gotten microphone functionality working on my WH-1000XM3.