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I don't know if it works in iOS, but I found that Moneymanager EX was by far the easiest to set up.

Basically, you keep the database on your NAS and run the software client on Windows, Android, etc. and just open the file from there.

But I'm considering Firefly III just for the web interface (no software client needed).

Ok, a quick update.

After posting, and a little soul-searching, I decided to install Ubunu and give things another try.

Installation failed the first time, seemingly right at the end! Tried again, and it went through.

Set things up, and things seem to be OK. I'm only running a browser, and needed to try a paid windows program through Wine, which installed and loaded up without any real issues.

I go for a walk during lunch. Come back to the Linux login screen (expected, as I'd assume it locks like Windows). Log in... blank slate. All my work was closed, and it was like a fresh reboot. What the hell??? No error messages or anything. I literally have the browser and like a few other programs installed, so it's not like the system is a mess from years of bad software installations.

Sigh...

Then I try another paid Windows program used to convert video files. It seems to work, but it's not detecting my Intel graphics card. As I look for help on how to do this (officially, from my Laptop vendor), I get pages and pages of things to try... all through the terminal.

I mean, this is stuff that just works on Windows. No messing with stuff.

I really want Linux to be my daily driver, and even I type this from Ubuntu, I can't help but feel like something is going to catastrophically self-destruct at any moment, and that kind of anxiety is never felt while using Windows.

I couldn't imagine setting linux up for my wife, if this is the experience I'm having.

I appreciate the reply. I really didn't mean that you can't design away ALL stupidity, as there are clearly infrastructure and road designs all over the world that force motorists to drive in a way that causes less harm.

But my thoughts are that if you have to design infrastructure to "be safe", rather than have drivers drive safely, then we really should re-evaluate whether these vehicles should be allowed at all. I've seen multiple cases of motorists driving over concrete barriers designed to keep cyclists safe. It's nice that they didn't kill anyone, but the fact that it even happened is highly worrisome!

Same with speed. Yes, you can design all sorts of things to physically slow drivers down. But the fact that someone would choose to drive 2 or 3x the speed limit is the real problem, not that the roads physically allow them to.

We, as a society, have to change a driver's behaviour and attitudes.

One thing at a time 🤭

I guess we still have a lot of work to do then 🤭

OK, so same question as before: how bad do their sales need to be for them to tank? I mean, we're seeing over 70% drop in some countries. Could they possibly sustain that for six months? A year?

If the general public had a target, I'm sure we'd get there!

but will always be a big player in the EV market.

Not for long if their sales continue to tank, because that revenue will be going to other manufacturers, who will become bigger than tesla, eventually.

And I don't simply want Musk out. He'd still be rich because of Tesla. I want the company to fold completely. I want his fortunes to be zero, and his influence to be less than zero.

40b doesn't sound like a lot for such a big company, though. That money will burn through quickly, unless they start mass firing their workforce.

There must be a breaking point. No large company can just exist without sales keeping them afloat.

What numbers would cause them to go bankrupt? I can't imagine any business surviving such significant losses for very long.

From Window's perspective, there's no need to dual boot. But I get what you're saying. I'm not trying to defend Microsoft, and think that they've been enshittifying windows for years now.

But everything works without jumping through hoops. And if it doesn't, the fix is usually very easy and done through a GUI 99% of the time.

But you are right. There are many flavours of Linux to try. Aesthetics aren't my priority, though. I do need things to work without spending hours trying to figure it out.

I'm at an age where messing around on my computer for days on end is long gone. 😵

Yeah with Linux if it doesn't work you're often just screwed.

This has been my experience for decades. Even if it works, something will suddenly stop working and I'll have no way to fix it without hours of research and messing around.

With windows, I can fix anything quickly through the GUI. But haven't had to in a very, very long time.

I'm going to look at other options. I want to stick with a distro that is fully supported by my laptop to avoid even more issues. But the options are limited.

I appreciate the reply.

Fedora and Ubuntu are officially fully supported by laptop, so it's Mint and a few others to a lesser extent.

I won't use Fedora due to it being American, but the Fedora experience was quite nice the last time I tried.

I may explore other options through the Framework (laptop) community to see what else I can try.