Some first reaction feedback:

It's good but there are two things taht I don't like.

1.) It uses Breeze system tray icons that I am not a fan of at all; they look very outdated, not fun, boring, and its a smidge hard to get information out of them.

2.) Again in Dolphin, it uses the Breeze icons in the Places tab. I really don't like those minimal icons; there's no fun pop color, while at the same time looking modern (ala Kora).

Just to give you an idea of what I mean by non-perfect icons.

I think the overall culprit in Plasma, and as evidenced here, is that I feel Breeze is a really bad icon theme. And a lot of people use that as a starting point...which leads to unsatisfactory results.

How do you get the Oxygen theme?

I went to global themes, and I can't find it in there.

Can you expand on that? That's a really interesting conclusion and I'd be interested in hearing how that would work.

Personally I use that setup and am quite disappointed to hear that using wifi calling isn't the best idea.

May I should just have wifi calling off the entire time, but I would appreciate an explanation so I can plan on how to tailor my phone usage next.

Thanks

Even if you're using a VPN?

I have a question about methods 1 & 2: do you know if having your phone in wifi calling mode with airplane mode on, prevents that form of tracking?

So two things

1. This is relatively "new." I think they implemented this a few years ago. I used to like using the methods of old where you could use LUtris and not have to log in.

2. On the topic of this post of sailing the high seas, then this makes it difficult does it not to use Lutris and its install scripts?

Yes sorry for the ambiguity: I meant that lutris requires you to log in through them to the platform of choice (in my case GOG).

Have you tried it recently? The download scripts in my experience require you to log in.

For some games that I own, the install scripts have been tweaked so as not to require you to log in.

Just as a warning with both launchers, to use their built-in install aids (install scripts) you need to log in with your respective accounts.

Then they will try to download the file directly via your account.

I don't know how to bypass that.

So basically if you use Lutris, you won't be able to use their install scripts and will have to install the game manually.

Or am I mistaken in that?

I just updated to the latest version on my computer and phone (1.18), but discovery doesn't seem to be working.

It was very frustrating. Restarting both did nothing...I really don't know what to do.

The only solution was a new button called share by link or something, where you manually type in the web address.

So the transfer mechanism still works...it is just discovery that is borked.

I'm going to go on a rant here, but I was disappointed in the launch of the Pi 5 and even more frustrated at the lack of pushback by the tech community.

I'm forgetting the details now, but it launched much later than it was supposed to (they used covid as an excuse, but I'm not sure). That's not the issue; the issue is that it was only slightly more powerful than the Pi 4.

Given that the Pi 5 was launched 4 years later, it should have been more powerful. But considering it wasn't, it meant they were using cheaper silicon.

But the real kicker is that I think it had a $10 (like a 25%) price hike.

So more expensive for marginally better power...screw that.

That along with the locked down nature of arm, I was done with the company. Especially considering the strides x86 has made in low power applications.

It just sucks can't afford anything right now.