Unmounting does not mean the device gets invisible. You could still mount it again by e.g. clicking it. Still it is unmounted and safe to be removed. Disconnecting the device from the system makes it disappear but that is not required for unplugging/ejecting.

This would be a flight mode switch that reliably works. But it also means you are offline, which is no solution to the average “daily” problem of being tracked.

As much as I would love to have a Linux phone, it will not fully help with privacy. The devices are logged into a cell tower and have a unique ID. This alone makes them trackable.

It is not worthless. My understanding is that management only trusts sources that are expensive.

Which version did you try? I used the 24.12.something version earlier this year for some rather complicated project and it was very stable.

I know they had stability issues before but not with that version. Disclaimer: I did not do video editing since, so I cannot say if the stability issues are back.

Ever tried asking in Ubuntu forums for help for Mint, Pop or any other derived distribution?

It might be toxic but I understand if people that donate their free time to help others get tired of being asked for help for problems that were caused by the offspring distribution. I did not follow it nowadays but back in the days this was the same with Manjaro which caused issues every now and then by holding back some upgrades.

They changed their slogan a while ago. Guess why…

Do you mean sandboxed?

Unfortunately Mozilla is going the enshittification route more and more. Or good in this case that the Firefox Phone did not take of.

Let’s call it “soonish”. The old proton versions still need 32 bit libs if they do not backport the feature.