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[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

postmarketOS, native, on pinephone. There's a few mobile devices these days that can run mobile Linux.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Random hardware suggestions, using mobile Linux support as a litmus test

  • Pinephone (Pro): Main downside is that OG Pinephone has extremely anemic hardware, and the charging circuit is not controlled through hardware for some insane reason; hope the kernel devs of whatever OS you put on it knows how to not turn your phone into a bomb. Also Pine64 as a company has gotten flak for their support of Manjaro. Can't deny how good the price is though.
  • Fairphone 4: Good hardware, but expensive. I don't own it, but it works good on postmarketOS according to the wiki.
  • Librem 5: Overpriced compared to the earlier members on this list, but you can guarantee the phosh interface will work well considering it was developed by Purism as well.
  • OnePlus 6 and 6T: I don't know much about these, but they're very popular with the mobile Linux crowd.

As for the pixel, there's work on it but it's still broken at the moment. As for the hardware being too old, I haven't used anything Android in a while, so I don't know how much performance degrades each release, but a mobile Linux distribution should run just as good today as it will 20 years from now, assuming you use the same interface.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah I ain't about that rust life

cgi on the other hand... 😍😍😍

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't trust the google kernel when it comes to privacy or security. You think with how many people use Android and with how bad actors Google are they wouldn't put a backdoor somewhere?

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

It's as easy as following any set of instructions. Whether or not you actually understand what the instructions are doing is an entirely different story. If you actually want to learn how to operate a posix system, doing a bunch of command line installs of Linux isn't going to help you with that. What will help is living in something with excellent documentation like OpenBSD, with minimal reliance on external tooling. Once you have the skills, they'll transfer anywhere.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I run a real linux on my phone, so I can use it for anything I can use my laptop/desktop/unix for. I think what people forget is that phones are ultimately just computers with a WWAN radio, and the restrictive nature of Android and especially iOS obfuscate that.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 2 days ago

And "illegal" means "business expense" at this stage of dystopia

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 days ago

Or even better, write userscripts that can be used anywhere instead of inside some non portable extensions framework

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 days ago

I'd like to see this "CEO of AI" stand on the same ground as the CEO of Sex

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you're going to give GNOME shit, at least let it before how much they destroy portability of GTK, enabling cancer like Client Side Decorations, and ignoring their community when it comes to things like desktop icons.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Russian/Chinese software contains spyware: 😡😡👿👿💢💢

US software contains spyware: 😇👉👈

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Baldur's Gate 3. Currently 20% off on steam, but I want to wait for at least 50% or something, especially for a $60 game.

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