Yeah, I already understood that. I just thought the comment above was saying it already had ARM emulation, but it was bad or something. I just misunderstood what the above comment was saying.

IIRC, it is a current limitation of rpm-ostree, which results in an ISO that is nearly double in size.

Pretty sure Waydroid uses the x86 image of LineageOS, cus last time I used it (like a year or more ago) I had to get x86 version of APKs I wanted to install.

I moved an older relative to Mint and I regret it. Weird lagging and display server crashes sometimes, probably because of X11. Plus it’s release cycle is very slow, so old packages. Ubuntu is far from my favorite distro, but at least it uses a DE with first class Wayland support.

Here are my recommendations from last time I saw this question asked: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/17912220

Yes, which is why i very much like what GrapheneOS does with Storage and Contacts Scopes.

Understandable. Though the security difference between Flatpak and Xen VMs, or even between Flatpak and Snap, is pretty big. Flatpak is mostly sandboxed to provide a consistent run environment to apps across distros, and id say 50% or more of the Flathub apps seem to have weak default sandbox security settings. Snap does a better job security-wise of reducing sandbox escape potential, but is still a far cry away from the containerization of Qubes.

Android doesn’t expose any app data and requires a permission for accessing storage (unlike Linux).

Freebsd is also on distrowatch. Qubes is not desktop Linux because it doesnt function like normal linux. It uses the Linux kernel, but in a similar way to how Android isn’t Linux, neither is Qubes.

Your hardware is most likely not free and open source. If you use non-free hardware, it is better to have security fixes then leave it unpatched. If you are using non-free hardware it doesn’t matter how free your distro is, you still must depend on hardware blackboxes. Your hardware can directly interact with your distro and do something malicious regardless of the presence of firmware blobs.

Those distros (Fefora & Debian) are fully free, but acknowledge that hardware isn’t in most cases. And like responsible and reasonable developers they choose what is best for stability and security.

I agree with PrivacyGuides on why to avoid Libre Kernels

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/linux-overview/#choosing-your-distribution

Linux-libre kernel and “Libre” distributions

We recommend against using the Linux-libre kernel, since it removes security mitigations and suppresses kernel warnings about vulnerable microcode.

AND

Proprietary Firmware (Microcode Updates)

Some Linux distributions (such as Linux-libre-based or DIY distros) don’t come with the proprietary microcode updates which patch critical security vulnerabilities. Some notable examples of these vulnerabilities include Spectre, Meltdown, SSB, Foreshadow, MDS, SWAPGS, and other hardware vulnerabilities.

We highly recommend that you install microcode updates, as they contain important security patches for the CPU which can not be fully mitigated in software alone. Fedora and openSUSE both apply microcode updates by default.

Recommended Distros

General Use:

• Fedora KDE
• openSUSE Slowroll with KDE

Gaming Focused:

• PikaOS
• Bazzite
• Nobara
• CachyOS

When picking a distro for gaming, I always recommend using one that gets frequent/fast updates. All my recommendations get fast updates. If you are mainly just gaming, go with a gaming focused distro. If you want a system without many apps or modifications, go the general use route.

I can elaborate on each of my picks on request.

For setting up and selecting Piper TTS voices, use Pied. Then use KMouth by KDE to have an app to paste text in an make use of Piper TTS voices.

That plus KMouth would be exactly what OP wants. KMouth is an app you can paste text in and have speechd play it.

Mullvad has many methods of obscuring the fact that you are sending VPN traffic, specifically designed to fight VPN censorship and firewalls.

Matrix with either Element or Fluffychat

You can think yhat Wayland adoption was artificial, bit X.Org is unmaintained software and no developers are picking up reigns of X11. X is dead.

It is possible on both GNOME and KDE iirc. I never use that feature, but i am sure i saw it in the settings.

Because of the their choice to hold back package updates by a bit, it breaks AUR support. I have Aldo heard people talk about stability problems. The biggest reason IMHO to choose EndeavourOS (or even CachyOS) over Manjaro is that the former is much closer to base Arch Linux. Manjaro just has a bad reputation. When I used Manjaro like 6 years ago it was fine.

More streamlined installer, less/no command line in favor of GUI. Comes as an appimage but requires some packages to be installed on the host.