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Udemy with email: Udemy gets your email, and will probably require a verification process to verify that you own it:

Udemy with Google Sign in: You click through in your browser, to authorize Udemy to obtain some details (usually just email + basic profile details), Udmey gets a "token" (effectively a random string) which they can send to google to retrieve these other details, and verify you still have an account and you (or google) haven't revoked access, which they can use now and in the future. They don't need to verify your email as they have a token that is "proof" already. To you it's a click through, to everyone else it's a bit more complex. If Udemy has a data leak, if they didn't store your email directly, it's possible that the token could be reset before someone is able to obtain it. But it's unlikely they aren't obtaining the email address as soon as you log in and storing it.

Biggest issue I've encountered a couple times is some applications like Gitlab etc it's much better to use the backup process they provide than to try with disk copies etc. Although I haven't tried to use a btrfs send but rsync / cp / tar etc all seem to fail with the special files and extended fs attributes.

I get the UX issues but it's those features which is what add value to me sadly especially when it's integrated into one entity. I find dolphin substantially less flexible in a way that limits my workflow. I am not sure if a compromise exists between perfect UX and good functionality. The plugin architectural approach isn't working with KDE as the plugins need to be distribution managed.

It's a great app! Not all of it has been replaced, like the man:// and info:// kpart

Probably because there is no interest in open standards. I find ical is more a file format than a transport format, an actual standard protocol around it would be great. Although I suspect that the "transport" was always supposed to be email.

Linux is a kernel, but people often refer to the whole thing as linux..

Everything else is independent free software, which without a distribution you would have to source yourself, configure, and install. Plus provide small programs / scripts to glue everything together. This same software can run on other operating systems depending on what it is. Unlike Mac and Windows, these are often by one vendor and highly integrated, less so with other operating systems.

KDE and Gnome, are desktop environments which are suites of applications, including a "window manager" which is the thing which draws borders, and allows you to minimize and maximize. Typically this is what non technical users think an "operating system is"

Distributions are highly varied in terms of the glue, and updates they provide. The idea is they keep up to date on the software and take responsibility (most of the time) for integrating it and ensuring that the configuration works.

RoG adds a lot of content which makes the early game a bit easier, and opens up a lot of possibilities later.

The other expansions are only worth it once you have "completed" RoG.

It has sleep tracking with snore and cough tracking

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I've definitely moved back to desktops. Still have my laptops but I use them in limited cases.

ah. Sorry