What are some of your favourite searx instances? I know I’m going to get some heat for this, but because of how slow searx can be + missing search results forcing me to use brave search. I usually use brave search over ddg.

Any tips for searx to make it faster etc. would be appreciated

I’m proud of you. It’s challenging to convince the younger generation about the importance of digital privacy. Keep up the great work.

I wish it had instant answers feature like DDG and Brave search.

Brave search* sorry for the confusion. I use floorp as my main browser.

It’s my backup search engine. I use Brave and Searx as the main search engines.

Time to ditch duckduckBing

So yesterday, I tried Bazzite os, and it’s pretty good. Works perfectly with Nvidia GPU. You have to use x11 instead of Wayland. So far, I’ve tested BF1 and Hell Diver 2. Experience is excellent, with no lag whatsoever. It’s the first time I’m giving Linux a proper shot. However, I will need some advice on optimising it. For example, fan control or any other tips/tricks I can get.

(I had app flickering issues, and changing to x11 fixed it)

Dual monitors are working perfectly with 165Ghz refresh rate.

Thanks for the update. When it comes to dual monitors, I’m in the same spot. Reading through the comment section, I found that Bazzite OS is what might suit me. As for the environment, I was going for KDE; however, after reading your update, I’m sceptical about it.

Thanks for your reply. Bazzite looks amazing. BTW the tier chart is 9 months old. I will check out Bazzite.

I hear you. So far I’ve tried:

• Ubuntu
• Pop Os
• Manjaro
• Garuda

I had a terrible experience with popOS, manjaro and Garuda. But it was back in 2020. Some of the issues you’ve mentioned and + a few more. I couldn’t use them as my daily driver. I’m using Nvidia. GPU had too many issues and lags. (I’m gonna dual boot to see how it goes).

After watching Chris Titus’s Linux tier video, I’m interested in trying:

• Kubuntu
• Nobara (sceptical about it)
• mint

I like the look of Fedora Plasma KDE (I wonder if you could get that look on the ones I have mentioned)

Please do an update later on. I also want to try out Linux gaming. Gaming is the reason I keep going back to Windows.

My set up OTP app + YubiKey

What would be the best for pixel 8 running grapheneOS? (I’m unsure if the pixel watch can run third-party firmware).