That's definitely up to personal preference; but I like using mine in light mode only if I am in an extremely bright room and/or if there is a glare on the screen.

Other than that, I do prefer the general feel and aesthetic of dark mode in my code editors.

3) Install VLC.

sudo dnf install vlc

This package also comes with some multimedia codecs you may need.

Enjoy your first venture into Fedora! It's a great distro.

2) Once you enable rpmfusion repos, you will likely want to install these codecs to allow all media to play as expected:

rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multim...

Sure! Off the top of my head:

1) You probably want to enable the (3rd party software) rpm fusion repos for access to as much software as possible:

docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-...

To be clear, GrapheneOS is Android, but hardened and including the ability to opt out of Google Play Services and use more private and anonymous methods to access Google Play applications.

GrapheneOS even provides a tool on their website to flash the appropriate image to your device.

If needed, the original OS can be flashed back on through similar means.

grapheneos.org

lineageos.org

Some phones' operating systems are more difficult to replace than others. Google Pixels are famously straight forward to flash, which I have experience with on old and new Pixels. GrapheneOS is a good alternative option, but it is just for Pixels as far as I know. LineageOS is another alternative.

Linux user here. I would recommend that you use any old "regular" computer to introduce him to Linux instead as the rpi3 is very weak and using it with a GUI would likely frustrate your 11yo with how laggy it is. I use an rpi3 headless (no GUI) and I love it, but it is not suited to a GUI, IMO.

I like classical for when I am coding too, but also any instrumental metal or even ambient noise. Binaural beats are nice to listen to while coding as well.

Here is an instrumental metal piece I was listening to today.

Cool playlist btw!

open.spotify.com/track/1ycypF...

Gentoo, no joke! Easy access to different versions & features of packages with no stable or unstable repo distinction. Customize the kernel to support only the hardware & features that I need. The system can easily be setup with whatever combination of init-system and DE that I like, using profiles.

Here are some decent articles on the subject if you are interested:

www.baeldung.com/linux/deskto...

www.maketecheasier.com/create-deskt...

You would name the file like: .desktop, (angle brackets not included), set the values for the executable and icon, and you should see an icon

If you do end up wanting to add icons accessible from the quick search for your external software, you should be able to use .desktop files. They are formatted like the attached image, and you can put yours in ~/.local/share/applications, or whatever the value of the $XDG_DATA_DIRS env variable is.

That's my understanding of it, yes! For example, there is nothing stopping me from making a new directory called "Software" anywhere in my home directory and storing all my external software there. As long as your appimage executable is owned by your user, it shouldn't have a problem in ~/<anydir>