The data leak is of AADHAR database. Which is a proof of identity that is required by everyone to avail government services. It is even used for SIM registration and opening bank account.
Government has been recently trying to link Voter IDs to AADHAR. It is already linked to Tax Account called PAN.
It has been turned it to a surveillance tool and this leak can be huge if true.
That's just one specific issue. It doesn't mean that the whole plasma wayland session is a pain. Been using it for more than a year now.
The conflict was triggered when the state High Court gave a verdict in favour of the Meiti community for a long standing demand for special previliges.
The Wikipedia article about the violence has a good overview.
https://scroll.in/article/1052938/video-shows-kuki-women-being-paraded-naked-by-a-mob-manipur-police-confirm-fir-filed
Of course they need the software and that's why they contribute to make it better. That's how most of the FOSS development works anyway. People have an 'itch' to fix the issues or add a feature and they do it and the license makes sure that others benefit from that itch.
Apart from RHEL, RedHat contributes to hundreds of FOSS projects and hires a lot of FOSS devs. So their contribution in progressing the desktop linux is huge. You can see the contributions to the various project here: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/open-source-program-office/contributions
Believe it or not corporates play a big role in making Linux what it is and their enshittification is bad for Linux ecosystem.
Sad that RedHat went this way.
I understand and X works fine for a lot od people but do remember the number of developers maintaining it have been dropping year on year. No harm in trying IMO. If you are on Plasma or Gnome, you get a simple switcher on the login screen.
Google officially ends support for the AOSP Dialer and Messaging apps and will remove them from the source manifest. I spotted this change last week but didn't think it was a big deal (because it isn't), but since it's now being picked up on by news sites (https://www.osnews.com/story/136235/google...
These are some of the apps that I use daily. Suggest yours and I will add it to the list.
- URLCheck - Set it as your default browser and quickly analyze links, remove tracking params and more.
- SMS Import/Export - SMS Import / Export imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, and contacts from and to JSON files.
- InnerTube - With this app, you're like getting a free music streaming service. You can listen to music from YouTube Music and build your own library.
- Loop Habit Tracker - Loop Habit Tracker helps you create and maintain long-term positive habits in your life.
- Coffee - Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings.
- Private DNS Quick Settings Toggle - Adds a Private DNS quick tile to the Android Quick Settings. (By ryuko)
- Noice - Noice is an app that allows you to create personalised sound environments. It enables you to combine different sounds at different volume levels to create perfect ambient atmospheres. (By OsrsNeedsF2P)
- Organic Maps - Open-source, community-driven maps for travelers, tourists, cyclists & hikers based on OSM (By vxnxnt)
- Feeder - Simple RSS Reader (By drilly)
- UntrackMe - UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter, YouTube and Instagram links will transform them into Nitter, Invidious and Bibliogram links and delegate the action to another app (By https://lemmy.ml/u/shreddy_scientist)
- Did I take my meds? - Did I Take My Meds? helps keep track of when to take medications. It is designed to help prevent a user from skipping doses and/or overdosing (By Velveteen)
