Lemmy has that same problem, maybe even worse since our user base is way smaller

Zorin or Garuda. Cachy is also nice

Aye but things like same account use isn’t quite there yet.

As in, you can connect your phone to a pc and use it from there. But then u can’t use it on your phone, while connected with another device… if i remember correctly.

At one point I had a group chat with my phone, home desktop, and work laptop. Whereas whatsapp u just connect once and go.

It’s probaly to secure your privacy and technical stuff under the hood…

It’s a great app nonetheless, so I shall always shill it over Signal lol.

SimpleX, best anonymity. Not really what u are asking for in terms of use case. It’s a great messenger app, but still needs some refining in their UX. But I still like to mention it. Probably Signal then.

Luckily linux does 95% of the work for you nowadays! Follow a 15 min tutorial on youtube, and pick Zorin or Mint. No configuring drivers, no setting up grub. Modern distros truly are a Penguin blessing. Want software? Open de software center and click install!

It’s not moving to a different city or country lol. Upload what you need to a cloud and put linux on a usb and install. If this takes you longer than a week… Then idk.

Only those apps that aren’t linux compatible is a pain the ass

If you like the color green pick linux mint. If you like blue pick zorinOS.

If you really want to use arch as noob pick Garuda.

80% of recommendations will be an Ubuntu/debian child so pick whatever looks good and works. See the first two.

If you really don’t like Ubuntu/deb check out Fedora. If you want a big screen steam mode pick bazzite.