There’s some instructions here but basically:
sudo apt install zram-config
append to end of /etc/sysctl.conf:
vm.swappiness = 180
# disable swap readahead (since using zram swap)
vm.page-cluster = 0
Can check these have been applied with
cat /proc/sys/vm/page-clusteror.../swappiness
I also live in Europe
My x1 carbon, with tlp and kubuntu, idling with screen on estimates 20 hours battery life. Haven’t had the patience to test it yet.
If you run iCloud and syncthing on the same machine you can point syncthing at the icloud folder, and you’ve got a way to sync icloud to Linux.
Also there are plenty of Ubuntu-based distros that look different!
This looks like the kind of thing I would like to use, but I’m already tied into the plain markdown files “ecosystem“. Maybe I can import my stuff into anytype?
It solves a bunch of stuff caused by IMAP being a bit of a mess. Top of the list of JMAP benefits is:
[JMAP] is stateless. It doesn’t need a persistent connection, which is better for mobile use, which may have intermittent network access and where battery life must be conserved by turning the radio off whenever possible.
It’s not just about trusting the code (which anyway isn’t a small task to review it, and all future PRs, and run your own builds from reviewed code) but also there are some people who will avoid Russian developed stuff at the moment for moral reasons, you know, because of the whole Ukraine thing.
This might not be a factor you care about, but Adguard is developed in Russia.
I just tried this and it was blurry until I logged out and back in!