I wasn’t using hyperbole and I specifically added this at the end:

(at least nothing you can see)

I know that it’s installing but as a user, I don’t really see anything happen or any indication of the progress. I just have to wait for some amount of time without any idea of how long I will have to wait. That makes it feel so long.

And don’t call me an idiot for doing something I never did. I don’t even know what you misinterpreted. This whole post is about how the time it takes to install an app was reduced and I shared my own experience to show why I think that’s a very good change. In response, you told me that an app has to be installed after downloading it. I never said that that wasn’t the case, so I didn’t understand what point you were trying to make, which is why I asked you.

Yes, I know but why are you telling me that?

I just said it’s annoying and making that waiting time shorter is a good change

I know, what’s your point?

Did you install it using Steam?

It’s honestly pretty annoying when you have to update an app and after it’s done downloading, you just sit there for like 10 seconds while nothing happens (at least nothing you can see)

Downtime in this context means the time where you can’t use the application while its update is being installed

They’re the exact opposite of a fascist…

In addition to what other people have already replied, gaming is also the entertainment medium that makes the most money.

But those are just for music, that’s why I didn’t list them. I assume most people use Jellyfin (or Plex) for video content.

Speaking of third party apps, here’s some recommendations:

Android: Findroid
Works absolutely great, it’s very rare that I even find a bug.

iOS: Swiftfin
I don’t use iOS but this is the one I installed on my friend’s phones.

Linux (and maybe Windows): Delfin
This is a GTK 4 app for Linux and maybe it has a Windows build too but I didn’t check. It’s not perfect, there’s bugs here and there but it mostly works fine. The developer isn’t very active (which is understandable), so it would be nice if someone, who has the time for it, would help out.

Here’s also the official page with Jellyfin clients: https://jellyfin.org/downloads/clients/all
It doesn’t seem to include Delfin though.

Sorry, didn’t know that. But they only own the trademark to the name? (Not saying that that isn’t bad enough already)

No, Java is owned by Oracle, Javascript has nothing to do with it

That was the case in the past but it’s not true anymore. China is just the best in a lot of sectors and also oftentimes the only one who can produce certain things. Here’s a video where someone tried to make a product in the US only, it explains a lot of that: https://youtu.be/3ZTGwcHQfLY

Keychron keyboard

VR on linux actually works just fine from my experience. I’ve never had a game not work. The big issue is just headset support. The HTC Vive and Valve Index are the only headsets with official drivers, since they were made by Valve. Standalone headsets, like the Quest for example, also work using ALVR. Anything else doesn’t really work. There are open source drivers but they’re not complete enough to be useable unless something majorly changed there since I last checked.

Can confirm that yt-dlp works perfectly for TikTok videos

Thank you for telling me about Podlet. I’ve been using podman-compose for all my containers but I’ve thought about converting them to systemd units. The only thing I’m unsure about is whether it’ll still be easy to access the container files. Currently I have a containers folder with a folder for each service inside it. Inside that, there’s the compose.yml and the folders with the container data. I map all container folders, with data that needs to be kept, to a folder that sits right next to the compose file. If it’s just temporary data (like caches), I oftentimes map it to a volume because it doesn’t matter if I lose it. Do you know if I can still do it like this (or in a similar way) if I use systemd units?

I meant to write OnlyOffice 😭
But thanks for pointing it out, I fixed it

Those distros are fine, I haven’t heard anything bad about them. The only distros I wouldn’t recommend are Ububtu and Manjaro (I can explain why if you want).

About Excel, it doesn’t work on Linux unfortunately. But you have some options. You can try LibreOffice and OnlyOffice (you can install them on Windows to try them out before switching) and see if they’re enough for your needs. There’s also a web version of Excel which you can use in your browser but it doesn’t have all the features. If you really need Excel, you can also try using a virtual machine with Windows and run it inside of that but dual booting might be easier for you at that point.