I did this. Was a ThinkPad Linuxer for years and now I just use an M1 for sysadmin/programming/web/vids. Quite happy to just use Linux on my servers these days. MacOS does the job nicely on laptop. I suppose it depends on how FOSS you want to be.

Just use a $5 USB-C to 3.5mm DAC?

Demagogarule

Isn’t it quite common to have /boot on an unencrypted partition?

Wow. I’ve been using dd for years and I’d consider myself on the more experienced end of the Linux user base. I’ll use cp from now on. Great link.

How would the update affect stuff like a GoCryptFS volume which I mount and use periodically but not all the time? Would those files be processed much faster than previously?

This is why I love having luks covering my entire system disk. If I want to upgrade the system with a new drive or move the drive to a different pc or sell it or dispose of it I just dd the first couple of gigs to obliterate the luks header.

It’s obviously essential to have a backup strategy, of course, but full disk encryption is the only way to go for me.

It happens in the UK too.

I use a Topping DX1 DAC with Fedora for sending sound to my soundbar. It’s great.

Yeah. I don’t know of an extension. I think you could create an extra Firefox profile and run two versions of Firefox (home and work) at once on the home PC. That might be a compromise that works?

Hmm. I wouldn’t risk it, personally. I bet the data that syncs can be quite specific. Have you looked for an extension that can just do tab syncing?

Ooh. I did not know about vscodium! I’ve removed vscode and installed it on my Mac. Thanks.

Some good answers here. Thanks.