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OpenSUSE might be a good one but you could also experiment with archlinux in a VM learning it really helps in making you more comfortable with GNU/Linux in general. They have good guides and a good wiki.

I use GNU Guix System and I really like how it works. Is it the best? There is no best really but to me those distros with 100% free software are the best. Like Trisquel, Parabola and GNU Guix System

Me: Emacs for everything (using it as my window manager, IRC client, music player, watching youtube and even browsing the web (without js))

They don't need to go that far, I am just saying this is simple enough to do. Probably more complex for big corporations but the big corporations have the means to pay for their more complex system. As for small business this is simple enough. I am not saying they should build all their own hardware from scratch. And yes data is important and its better not to rely on some third party like I said what happened with cloudstrike affected so many and cost millions in damage. Same as so many company rely on Microsoft for everything. What's so bad about not needing to trust another big corporation with all your data and your business?

Depends on what you need, if you're a small business you won't need much and it won't cost as much as if you'd run a big business. Anyway, the whole point was to be more self reliant, how is being self reliant a bad thing? Why should you give all your information and trust a third party with everything you have?

I am broke af I would never have bought the game if I didn't get it for free. So they lose nothing if it's from me. Same for TV series and movies.

I think you could easily hire people who do that job at your company or someone who maintain it at least or some contractors.

Well companies can also have their own servers. It would even be better than relying on a third party where when the company does a mistake then all their clients (other companies) are affected. The Cloudstrike bug would be a good example of that.

I mean that's good and all and I am sure those companies are way better than those big American tech companies but my point was about not having to depend on another company. Because you have to trust them with your information and just because it's Canadian doesn't mean they are good automatically. Another advantage of self hosting is if for any reason you lose internet access you still have access to your local network and all your files and passwords when you need them. This is also why it's important to not create a dependence on any online services. Like if this site were to shut down I wouldn't lose much, I would just lose my posts which to me aren't that important as people have read them already.

I think we should stop relying on cloud completely. The cloud is just someone else's computer. More should learn about self hosting and not depending on some other corporation to hold all your files and data. I already self host many things myself so as to depend less on other companies and being more independent.

There is drama in everything. I don't think GNU/Linux is any different. I don't really care about what distro other people use tbh, I can joke about it but never seriously argue for which distro, text editor, programming language, etc. is the best. I just like that I can choose and get just what I want.