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My phone's just bitten the dust and now I need to look for a new one again.

Thought I'd test the waters and see what kinds of phones people on here are using nowadays and what for, what features set them apart if any etc

Bonus points if anyone's managed to get mainline linux running on them either via KVM or bare metal

Edit: Thanks for everyone who talked about their choices of phone, I am now writing this on a fairphone 4 and am quite happy with it so far.

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[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"Alot" doesn't exist, it's always "a lot". Above meme depicts an imaginary animal, the alot, in order to make the difference clearer.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Alot

I get that, but I didn't use a lot or alot in my comment. Did you reply to the wrong person?

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de -1 points 8 months ago
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

To the people who treat that as a hard and fast rule, I wonder what opinion they hold of the word "another."

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nothing, that's my point. It's a fusion of the words "an other" which is a phrase used in English so frequently that it became its own word, "another."

People are fine with that but they treat "alot" like it's a problem.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I guess they would think that an other and another have different meanings, like car pet and carpet

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What does "an other" mean that "another" doesn't?

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Give me another apple. (Another: one more of the same)

We regret to inform you that we chose an other candidate. (An other: a different one)

But the form "an other" is extremely rare, most likely because it is confusing in spoken language.

I don't think I've seen that usage, "...an other candidate." They'd either just use "another" or there would be a verbal ellipsis, like "We chose an...other candidate." Or they'd just say "a different candidate."