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  • If you’re looking at getting a new (used) phone, I would suggest GrapheneOS (the most secure/private de-googled rom afaik).

    You need a Pixel phone, the newer you get the longer you will keep getting software updates for the future (if you keep the phone past these many years of support, then I believe switching to a other rom will be required for security patches etc. Each phone is supported until Google stops supporting them I believe). You said you don’t care about updates because you can keep it from connecting to the internet, but it’s a plus anyways.

    If you plan on never touching a google service, GrapheneOS allows for that (nothing google by default), but on the other hand, if you need google play, etc for banking apps or whatnot, they have that covered with Sandboxed Google Services (which you can run solely in another user profile on your phone for added privacy).

    Anyways, I think GrapheneOS in a great option & their website has much more info if you’d like to continue hearing about it:

    https://grapheneos.org/

    p.s. you can check their website for how long different pixels will have continued support before (if) you get one (incase anyone else is reading this).




  • I’m lucky all the apps I use worked on linux when I swapped over, native or otherwise (through wine).

    Sounds like if you fully migrated over, you’d have to give up quite a lot of software and relearn different tools, which is probably close to impossible (given the ones you listed).

    Hope the Windows 11 transition is at least a smooth one for you!


  • They don’t have to, I was simply providing a solution to a problem they don’t have.

    If they want to, but can’t because of they decade old configurations, this solution could ease the process or allow them to figure out if it’s even a possibility.

    Basically just letting them know they can try it without destructing their existing Windows setup.



  • Slowly switching may be an option for you. You could always dual boot a Linux distro alongside your current Windows install.

    Then once you have Linux running with all your apps, etc, you can see what you’re missing from your Windows install and if you can move stuff over, etc.

    You could even try it in a VM, see if you can set it up in a VM to how you like first before doing the whole install, may or may not be a bit easier (easier in the sense that you can directly compare whatever you do on Windows with the Linux install in a vm).




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    22 days ago

    the only thing I miss is the big preview window in the file manager

    I may be misinterpreting you, but I think this is a thing with Dolphin. It has a preview pane, which supports all the file types I commonly interact with (F11), which can be dragged to resize bigger or smaller.

    I haven’t used any preview thing on Windows, which is why I think I may be misunderstanding.

    Anyways if you haven’t tried Dolphin, maybe it has a solution for you (made by kde project, but I believe it should be installable for any desktop environment).

    https://apps.kde.org/dolphin/



  • I have no source, but I remember seeing a graph of where iPhones sell and places like China/India were 80% android phones (mostly Samsung I think).

    I don’t think the asian marketplace puts Apple products in such high regard as the US.

    Samsung phones are still premium, I think they appeal more in other countries.

    I see what you mean though with 20% of just China being almost the US population, but they are still losing 300m customers.