Common within a very small niche. I got it, but still assumed you were trying to circumvent some kind of censorship

This is the fediverse you don’t need to be cryptic about it

https://annas-archive.li/

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I’m not wild about it for desktop, but I did convert a laptop into a gaming PC for the living room (for lighter titles). I went with Bazzite for the Steam-deck like features and it has been great.

Man anyone else remember the Nexus 6P?

I mean, being stupid thin is something that a foldable phone has to be, so that it ends up being normal-ish thickness when folded. So it tracks that they’d design it like their ultra-thin phone.

You need at least better than average internet and even then it’s not the best experience.

Sometimes you can get a really good trade in deal. Just pay it off immediately and it will be unlocked, then you’ll usually get bill credits for 2 years. You’ll have to stay with that carrier for 2 years if you want the full discount but every month is you saving off of the full retail price, so as long as you plan to stay a few months anyway you’re still saving.

Pretty much all phones still have SIM card slots.

It’s really mostly North American models that have been releasing with no SIM card slots lately, but they usually release it in other markets with one.

Pretty much all phones still have SIM card slots.

It’s really mostly North American models that have been releasing with no SIM card slots lately, but they usually release it in other markets with one.

Usually because they include by default some proprietary software. Usually that is firmware for processors or graphics. Or they by default include repositories with non-free software. Also media codecs are a common one too.

The FSF takes a pretty extremist approach to FOSS. Which isn’t necessarily bad.

It is - that’s just how URLs in non-latin fonts look unfortunately. URLs, (and a ton of tech infrastructure) is hugely English/latin script biased.

The URL is Japanese.

I have a Roborock that supposedly has Matter support (over WiFi not Thread, but still) and integrates into my Home assistant fairly well.

I wonder if it would break without Internet.

For Linux, you find out if there is a package. If not you go to a website and see if there is an app image or zip file. You then need to know where to place the downloaded file, how to get it running (making it executable), knowing how to chmod and chown (it is better to have to do it like in Linux, but it is an extra step), and how to add it to your desktop (there is no right+click and add to desktop/create shortcut option in Arch based distros like there is on Windows). If there is a service component you may need to go into command line and systemctl to enable it.

I don’t think I’ve ever followed that workflow to be honest. Except for when doing something niche and way above and beyond something a casual user would do.

Open the software center, search what you want. Click install. Done. I use the terminal to the same effect but that’s by preference. Installing packages as you described is not at all recommended… They won’t update with the system.

The “add to desktop” thing really depends on your Desktop Environment too. GNOME not really, KDE and most others yeah.

I don’t think the learning curve is any harder than someone who’s learning Windows for the first time.

It’s just different. Honestly in some ways simpler IMO. But if you were a life long Mac user and touched Windows for the first time today you’d probably have a rougher time I think.

Bypassing the battery?

I have a couple in my Bitwarden (Vaultwarden)

But I already have issues with Android trying to force me to use the system Passkey provider, and companies like Apple only supporting their own device’s built in manager for Apple accounts.

Installing anything. Updating. Formatting drives.

For most streaming? Yeah.

Give me a good 4k Blu-ray though. High bitrate 4k

They should but they wouldn’t be optimized for touch or small screens