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I personally use Niagara after years of Nova. I like it’s clean presentation and the alphabet on the side to quickly jump to less frequently used apps. I will say though, if you’ve experimented with other launchers and still come back to Pixel, there’s nothing wrong with that. It sounds like it meets your needs.

I’m also going to add that any online service you sign up for, always check through their privacy settings and make sure the options to not gather data are enabled. Another one is to check through settings for your ISP and cellular plans. Some collect various data to “enhance” services. Lastly I’ll mention that on mobile devices switch to a privacy oriented browser like the recommendations below, and use Progressive Web Apps instead of native apps. These will include the browser’s privacy protections by default.

I want to second this. Paid is only $2 a month or $20 a year. Excellent for blocking various trackers on all devices even those not on your home network.

For SF, I recommend Primer. Its definitely a challenging movie as there’s no clear exposition, but I found myself wanting to watch it several times to piece it altogether.

Bit of a side note; when I’ve had users with low storage and too many apps, I’ve had some success moving them to PWA’s. Social media apps in particular seem to be storage hogs.

I enjoyed season 4 as well, particularly in the original format. Season 5 on the other hand, I have no idea what that was.

If you’ve purchased any videos via iTunes, be sure to link it to Movies Anywhere so you can watch them on your Android. Most movies are supported except those from Paramount, last I checked.

I find roku to have the simplest interface for people to learn. Fill it with free channels like tubi and pluto. For your personal library I’d suggest jellyfin. Simple and free.

Also going to add that Proton makes my favorites VPN. They offer a completely free version with no data cap (but limited locations) if you wish to try it before buying the full product.

It depends on what you are trying to learn. If it’s just using it as a desktop then it’s more a matter of just using it for a while to change your muscle memory from Win or Mac.

If you’re looking for more of a command line/server experience, most distros have excellent documentation. This may be a minority opinion, but I personally like Oracle Linux (a Red Hat clone) and their documentation; https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/index.html

I also like FreeBSD which isn’t technically Linux but very similar in a lot of regards. They also have excellent documentation; https://docs.freebsd.org/en/

Ultimately, which distro you wind up liking is entirely subjective and one of the great aspects of the open source world. Oracle in particular you may see a lot of hate towards, but I’ve always had good success with their products and support. Best of luck!

Try not to look at it as getting a $100 of technology, but rather if you’d get $100 dollars of entertainment out of it.