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hard disagree about the permissions. If I want to run closed source programs like games, discord, zoom or whatever, I like knowing they can't log all my keys, take screenshots or even run their own version of windows recall without my explicit permission
yeah. the thing with the stuck keys and crashes is not normal. I've never experienced it (though I wanted to restart the window manager once), but also I'm using KDE
and you know what? if you still need x11 for some things, log in on a 2nd TTY to another user with an x11 session. you can then switch the active TTY to use the other. Though I admit, I have no idea how the 2 users' sound system work together
hard disagree. if your software is missing baaic functions, you shut up about roles and permissions or even force that crap on others.