Not quite a tablet but if you'd consider a convertible, the Framework 12 is a solid choice.

If you're looking for outgoing requests, check out OpenSnitch. It should do exactly what you're looking for.

Is... Is that a garbage bag vest?

Preface: I don't have any experience with Garuda or Nobara but I have used Bazzite.

Not to make the choice harder, but Bazzite does come with Plasma 6. You can have it boot to the SteamOS UI or to the Plasma Desktop.

Bazzite is a great choice for stability but you need to be aware it doesn't operate like a traditional Linux distribution since it's based on ostree and is immutable. Package installations are primarily done through Flatpak, AppImage or exported via Distrobox.

My kids. Not much else though.

It was right there.

Always has bean

For me it was

— I’d seen weirder things in Perl scripts —

Just perfect. No notes.

The AUR requires an AUR helper like paru or yay to interact with it that way. Otherwise you can clone the repo using git and make the package yourself.

Heard about this the other day. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising.

To be fair, arch could look like that after a few days.

I set up a notify group for each of us. I use notify.me and add/remove the devices as needed.

notify:
- name: me
  platform: group
  services:
   # - service: mobile_app_pixel_2_xl
    - service: mobile_app_pixel_6

- name: her
  platform: group
  services:
    - service: mobile_app_iphone

Then you can use it like any other service:

service: notify.me
data:
  message: Test
  title: Alert!

The Home Assistant team publishes the analytics they collect (for those that allow it). The integrations and add-ons pages might interest you if you haven't seen them.