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  • “Think about 720p” or “Also think about 720p” principle.

    The problem with that is if only a few people have 720p then the majority suffer for no real reason. The only way to know for sure is hardware surveys. That said, Linux is known for running on older hardware so maybe it should be taken into consideration. The only way to know for sure is hardware surveys, everything else is assumption.

    If, like KDE’s, they are opt in, anonymous, allow you to choose how much information to share, and can’t track an individual over time then I think they are a positive and an easy way to contribute back to a project. If they are like the Manjaro proposal, which is none of those things, then they are a negative and should be opted out of.











  • Again it depends on what those repositories do.

    EndeavourOS (Arch based) adds a repository which appears to be for their utilities, otherwise they use the Arch repositories. You could probably continue using it with minimal disruption although the utilities would be unmaintained.

    Manjaro (also Arch based) uses its own mirrors of the Arch repositories and adds some of its own. If it vanished, it would quickly become out of date and full of security holes. A new install would be necessary.

    In either case, I’d do a clean install of Arch because why give yourself the headache.










  • You should have basic maintenance knowledge like checking tyre pressure and the fluid levels in your car.

    By doing it all for them, you are perpetuating the learned helplessness encouraged by Microsoft and Apple over the last few decades and doing them no favours at all.

    Consider what they would do if you were unavailable to help them.