That sucks a bit I won't lie, no idea how somebody like me is supposed to already know exactly what they need, from who, how, where, etc. but I guess I'm in the minority here haha, no worries. Also thx!
Just anything that can act as a hub/referral place of sorts to direct me to where is most appropriate for my needs or for whatever I need to consult with an expert on; legal, financial, employment/work, immigration, social, mental, safety, etc.
It's totally fine, no worries!
And again as I've said before I don't wanna distro hop anymore, this isn't my first distro (but am not a linux expert or anything, very much a normal/casual user here), jumped around a lot for a good while now before eyeing up Fedora to be my main, have a good idea of what I want and so am focused on the long term and reliability of the thing.
And well, you kinda said it yourself haha, it's up to date but stable, and it's basically taken the place that Ubuntu originally held as a jack of all trades of sorts, that's literally it, that's my reason for being interested in it, Ubuntu has been extremely hit or miss for me in regards to stability and updates (literally the system at one point nearly bricked itself when trying to upgrade and am now stuck on a specific Ubuntu version forever because of it, the updating thing seems completely borked for me, can't upgrade it without wiping the whole thing and this isn't the first or last time anything Ubuntu based has done this to me before, updating it is very dreadful for me because it's a complete gamble), and as far as I know Fedora seems to be a lot more stable and polished on that front, haven't heard anything majorly bad about it.
That's good to hear, well alright then, what legal stuff would be concerning if I may ask? Heard at one point they were gonna get rid of hardware acceleration or something because of legalities or whatever?? But then changed their minds? Idk, stuff like that worries me a bit haha.
Really appreciate the in-depth explanation, thx! I'll take a look at the links then.
So with all of this considered, do you personally think it's safe to go with Fedora long term? Even in a worst case scenario? And if not then what else should be considered for me?
I also am curious about Fedora's whole "leading edge" thing, do they push for new technologies even when it'll cause issues or are they careful with it?
Thank you for the kindness and patience, it's really appreciated.
Can you elaborate on that? Again I live in a very shitty part of the world, there's barely - if anything at all - here for people like me, and it's also risky, could be fatal for me to reach out locally and expose myself.
It's alright I understand, but different people have different lives and experiences and are treated differently, keep that in mind, not all of us are fortunate enough most of the time sadly.
Well, do you have matrix? We can talk there if you want.
But again, reason why I'm asking for a general professional/consultant of some sort is because I have a lot of life hurdles and their all linked together, don't even know who exactly to look for for what or how, and one field is not enough to tackle all of them, and getting dozens of professionals for each one of them and somehow trying to juggle between them doesn't seem realistic or doable at all, though idk how any of this works so maybe that's just how it is.
Sorry for the late reply, appreciate the comment though.
See, the thing is, ask people for help and they'll usually say to seek a professional instead, and when I ask where exactly do I find these professionals they shrug and either go silent or tell me to just ask others, no clue what to do with any of that.
Regardless it should be a given to not rely on internet strangers for life issues - let alone very serious ones and multiple of them at that, that's never gonna go well, not everyone knows everything and they can't all be expected to fill in the roles of specialists and people with experience and keep up to date with all the bullshit of life and how to navigate it all, so I need professional help unfortunately, no getting around it for better or worse. So no, I'm not "better off" doing what you've suggested, trust me I've been there.
Also like, another obvious is privacy and confidentiality, not a good idea to go into detail on these things on a public internet forum.
Do you know of anything that might be helpful or no?
Congrats! What's your use case like then? How long is it on for usually? Have you noticed any other issues like dead pixels or dimming or what else?
No worries! It's still very much appreciated, thx for the in-depth explanation!
'Black magic optical fuckery' I like those funny words haha.
Though one thing that I still don't understand is why the Q stuff uses blue light over white light, I heard it's supposedly better for colours or something? How so? Isn't blue light in OLEDs especially the most likely to degrade first or something?
I also heard about different versions and tunings of the LCD panels that try to fix their inherent disadvantages, i.e. IPS black, Fast VA, etc. how are those made?
They still seem to do if you push them which is what I'm worried about, using one as a PC monitor probably would qualify as you "pushing it" as you'll inevitably have long periods of static stuff up frequently for hours, my use case definitely leans towards that rather then causal on and off usage.
it's definitely gotten better overtime it looks like but it's still very much a thing which I'm anxious about, not helped by how expensive they are, no idea how it'll hold up for me.
Though I heard different organic compounds last longer and behave differently then others, do you know what 4th gen QD-OLEDs use for their pixels?
I did, only got told some general pieces of advice, followed them, and narrowed it down to the motherboard and or the CPU. I fumbled severely on its initial power on it looked like, bricked it just like that...
Thx for that! Didn't know those even existed, I'll definitely look into it later. Might not be useful for some things though as I need the length of the screwdriver to reach certain areas that I otherwise cannot.
For me it's less of a learning experience and more of a "the consequences of your incompetence" situation, guess I'm in the minority here but I just can never avoid making mistakes and I always gotta deal with the consequences of it. It is what it is I guess, it really sucks though.
I see. Yeah it's super confusing, but thanks for the explanations, really appreciate it. I wish microLED would be ready, cause right now there sadly just isn't anything that can fully rival OLED on the picture quality, there's a few super rare awesome LEDs out there but none on the level of OLED right now, and again very rare to find.
I definitely have major concerns about OLEDs as I recently got one and am anxious about that burn in, it's a monitor and I'll be using it as any other monitor per my needs so I'm a bit worried haha, I'll try to take care of it obviously but I still wanna use it as a monitor.
Should I make another post somewhere asking about OLEDs longevity or?
Thx for this!
Though sadly most of the ones you've listed seem dead, very small, or inactive. I'm guessing there's still not much on here yet, so do you know of anything outside of Lemmy? I've been trying to search but can't find anything besides strictly regional stuff.