@mosgaard @amadeus if you just want distraction-free editing, you may want to look at #VScodium [1], #neovim [2] or even #NvChad [3] for editing depending on how you feel like and what suits you best.

• I recommend using #Markdown for Text until you want to turn it into something printable (unless you know #LaTeX), but noone's gonna judge you if you prefer @libreoffice to get a script written.

If you want or need to switch computers rather often, consider buying a SATA (or NVMe) - SSD with DRAM-Cache and a matching external enclosure and install your #distro of choice on that instead, as unlike #Windows, basically all #Linux distros allow installations on external drives.
-Don't forget to use #FullDiskEncryption!

If you need to share your work with others or sync it across devices, consider @nextcloud / #nextcloud.

• If you don't have any admin already in your organization.and it's permissible but you don't want to setup your own, consider @monocles / #monoclesOcean and @Stuxhost for a fully-managed Nextcloud at reasonable prices.

As for #audio I'm shure you know #audacity and #LMMS...

If you use the terminal rather often, consider setting up some nifty aliases to make things faster.

• For example if you want to just check if something is reachable, i.e. internet / network connection works, consider adding function isup() { ping -a -b -c 1 -D "$@"; } to your .bash_aliases file in your $HOME directory so if you use i.e. isup duckduckgo.com it'll do a single run of ping to reach said domain/FQDN/IP...

But the final #ProTip I can give you is to #backup your $HOME-directory under /home/yourusername because in it's hidden subdirectories, espechally $HOME/.config/ are usually all the settings for your applications stored so in case you need to setup a new machine or restore one from backups, this is where all the minor changes of yours to make your system work best for you are being stored.

• You may need to press Ctrl+H IN THE File Manager to see hidden files.

• For backups, tools like #DéjàDup make it easy to setup, backup and restore your files as you want or need, including encryption and deduplication.

I hope that'll help you not only get started but also get the maximum efficiency out of your distro as a creative tool without fuss.

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@puppygirlhornypost2 @navi yeah, but that's a common problem based off #TechIlliteracy and lack of proper explaination!

• Given the #CryptoAPI of #Windows is #backdoored for #Govware [#NSAKEY_ & #SSL-Updates I'd consider #BitLocker insecure and the least of it's problems!

Bonus points if #TPM bs prevents #DataRecovery.

• My biggest problem with #FDE/ #FullDiskEncryption is that is mandates direct access to a system to authenticate, thus one needs to manually mount stuff on servers post-boot instead.

@tokyo_0 Well, #VeraCrypt does get audited from time to time, and it's so far the only #CrossPlatform #FullDiskEncryption solution there is that isn't a #proprietary "#TrustMeBroWare" or flatout #backdoored.

There are numerous reasons why #TrueCrypt got forked into VeraCrypt and I'm shure the #Wikipedia articles mention why...

@bls @Wintermute_BBS @f4grx @RaspberryPi if it also supports setting up #LUKS-encrypted #FDE without storing the key insecurely in plaintext, I'm interested.

• Bonus points if it even supports #SSH'in into it at boot to remotely unlock it.

Cuz #FullDiskEncryption is a non-negotiable essential functionality and manually setting up LUKS post-install is just a pain in the ass...

@wravoc so basically #Apple prefents people from setting up #FullDiskEncryption properly...

@ariadne Personally, I wish #arm64 - #linux would be a good option for my workloads...

Sadly @ubuntu doesn't even provide a feature-parity in terms of #Installer, because #LUKS-based #FullDiskEncryption is a non-negotiable necessity...