Retired and still looking for an OS that lets me do what I want, not forces close down, unwanted new software, and updates I can’t control, when it wants (At the user interface layer the fake “control” they give you is to delay for a small period), and it must be online. advertising 24/7 costing huge bandwidth to deliver advertising videos uninvited. You know the OSs I am talking about.

I have no computer certified skills, except SOHK for over 50 years by tinkering with them. Primitive hacking skills and willingness to build computers using USB as the main bus to all devices (Shonky as hell, but incredibly flexible and cheap flexible fun AND SLOWER) :-). My first Haiku build only used the CPU, RAM and video adaptor on the host NUC (That was all Haiku recognised). LiveInstall and HDD, Wifi, WebCam, sound in/out, and network were all through USB dongles for about $50 (I pick up EOL USB devices that Haiku drivers seem to recognise :-). I still don’t have Bluetooth and TV dongles working

Otherwise you will find me hacking about trying to get software running, like LyX and JabRef, that I used to use, so I can do more than store and access my information cleverly.

Extra things:
I absolutely do not subscribe to the Silicon valley “Move fast and break things” mantra. I break lots of things even when I make considered decisions, and I suffer the consequences of “breaks” (as the users of any OS that fails does).

On my current focus: File Systems (as databases) I will comment here that If it ain’t broke and it is still in the race, don’t fix it: PLEASE. I got to Haiku after reading the horror stories people post about loosing data with BTrFS, which sounds brilliant and is better than ZFS for personal use, EXCEPT people lost the whole lot, due to /“mythical”/ “bit rot”. I will post to correct channels when I get enough understanding to be of any help with the experts already posting there. BeFS has features it seems very few are taking true advantage of (Based on the scarcity of guides and posts about how to do things with it). Great technological ideas should not be shunned, but if poorly implemented when half completed, just as Haiku is gaining some traction, would be a disaster. Read up on BTrFS (which presumably has more developmental resources) to understand the impact of a brilliant FS, seen as flawed. of course everyone who has looked at FS will know the ReiserFS tragedy.