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Hopefully they plan to stabilize what they see as core functionality, and then build out features. Some people won't consider it ready until this or that feature is added, but many of us who just want a WM+ can start using it once it's relatively stable.

Yeah, as a Graphene user, there simply aren't any other options. I could switch to Calyx or e/OS, but none of the phones they support are really worth it.

Unless I decide I need whatever satellite SMS support Google brings with the 9 (I live very remote, and rely on wifi calling 95% of the time), I'll probably target the Pixel 11. My Pixel 8 should be fine until then, and I imagine they'll work through most of the issues their first fully in house SoC has in the Pixel 10.

And hey, maybe they'll decide to make the regular small Pixel smaller than the small Pixel Pro, by then.

You called them naive.

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If you add the Calyx repository to F-droid, you can install their shim that will allow you to use a different gallery app.

So you're paying $19 for 1GB and unlimited text/voice, plus another $15 most months for overages?

You can get 2GB with unlimited text/voice for $10/mo or $96/yr ($8/mo paid upfront) through US Mobile. You get your choice of Verizon, T-Mobile, or I believe they're adding AT&T very soon. You can add a rollable GB for $2 a pop, but I'm not 100% sure you can if you pay up front for a year of the $8/mo price.

They also have a 10GB and unlimited plans for less than you're paying, if I'm understanding your statements correctly.

We're not on the right track for much of anything.

Sure, but that's irrelevant to the point being made.

That said, I'd love to have expandable storage. Functionality out of the box aside, we need to start taking e-waste seriously, and upgradability is a major part of that along with long term software support, durability, and repairability.

Ok, but you're still dealing with the guest desktop as a windowed container. Unity mode in VMware presents individual windows to the desktop environment, not the entire desktop.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html

Things like Distrobox will obviously be better for most Linux on Linux workloads, but for BSD or Windows, it's pretty damned cool.

But they don't break windows from within the guest, into the host desktop environment. You see the entire desktop as a container.

It really depends, but generally, I want to use as much Linux as possible, and for me a bigger part of that is the UI than the hypervisor.

Microsoft pays extra attention to Ubuntu LTS and RHEL. Not my first choices, but in particular you'll see stuff like AAD auth on Azure VPN supported on Ubuntu LTS. There will also be some work going into proper Intune support, if that matters.

I would prefer Fedora or Debian for a more stable environment, and use Arch at home, but we have to keep interoperability in mind sometimes.

Another thing to look into, and I really hate to since Broadcom bought them, but you can run Windows inside VMWare, and use unity mode to break individual windows out into your DE. Beware of the new licensing.