I wanted to give new life to an old acer laptop/tablet hybrid. I installed Linux, but the webcam and microphone just won’t work no matter what. The power button also doesn’t work.

There’s still a long way to go before any casual user would accept this.

In the Netherlands, almost all houses have a thermostat. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have one

Thanks! Unfortunately my VPN is OpenVPN and doesn’t support Wireguard yet :(

Cool! And you can easily control the mini router from your devices so that it connects to the hotel WiFi or whatever network you want?

Interesting! I’m new to this, this is really valuable! What made you choose this approach?

Understood, yes it’s a kill switch. I’ll test your set of rules in a bit and let you know!

Except that that set of rules doesn’t work, or do you mean defining a default gateway?

Interesting, but by the time I apply the rules the VPN connection has already been established. Wouldn’t that remove the necessity for the last line?

I guess what I’m really trying to do is make sure that whatever happens, if the vpn fails (tun0), there is no more communication with the Internet.

Hmm, but wouldn’t that allow applications to communicate on wlan0 without using the vpn?

Thanks for your help and excuse my ignorance.

I see, but then how would I disable everything else? Should I not use the default rules?

It does, but later I have the rules to counteract those, for the VPN specifically: sudo ufw allow in on tun0 sudo ufw allow out on tun0

So that would open that up again, or am I wrong?

That makes sense, but it’s possible that the VPN connection drops for a second, and then it can’t re-establish it, right? How would I deal with that?

I installed MX Linux on an old tablet/ laptop with 2GB RAM AND 30GB storage. Works very well except for the webcam, but that’s because the hardware is made so that only windows can use it correctly.

There’s group accommodations all over Europe, we use them frequently with my family

Linux isn’t that far behind anymore in terms of gaming. Business applications are a real issue though. I use Adobe Premiere Pro, as far as I know there’s no good alternative on Linux

I just switched everything over to a European provider: cloud, email, office programs. I’m also seriously considering using Linux now

In what way does it look outdated?

So when does the heritage end? As I said, they don’t have much Irish anymore

I understand the cultural grouping that happens when large migrant communities form. What I don’t understand is why Americans portray themselves as Dutch when coming to the Netherlands. Their customs, language, culture, and nationality are different. They’re not Dutch whatsoever.

Use it to identify yourselves within the USA, that makes sense. Don’t use it to claim being part of a culture that you know nothing about.