unknowing8343

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Gmail should be one of the first apps you uninstall with the universal android debloatter.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 5 days ago (6 children)

It's bad. If it was good, the story would have been pretty different.

Obviously some people will still like it. But even those will have to admit it's an incredible mess, and it shows why no company wanted to invest in it.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 days ago (7 children)

It's bad. It's bad and we've been knowing this for months, as it premiered in some festival.

It's so bad no distributors wanted any piece of the cake (because the necessary costs are astronomical).

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is any chinese company going to sell some european-sized cars in Europe? Does any model exist already? Sedans are too big, and SUVs are simply an inneficient aberration that should not exist.

😅 thank you!! Following ISO 8601 is always appreciated.

That's an actual great point, noted.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Another week, another incorrect weekday format.

It's 2024-W39, you are welcome.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What is up with all of you people complaining about chargers not included? Don't you already have like 3000 at home?

It is one of the few decisions that Apple did that were completely right.

Also the complaint about "price was still the same without the charger" is useless, they've increased prices forever, it's not about the charger.

Move on, people.

Edit: some grammar, and also some disagreements without actual answers. I'd really like to know why you'd get angry at less trash in the world.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't worry guys, I'll watch it.

The title specifies that it's the apps that are open source.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

But Wayland is waaay better than X in basically everything? Performance and security are simply in another league entirely. And these 2 are the most important factors.

The rest of the "features" will be eventually there. In fact, mostly are there already. I've been using Wayland 2 years without issues. The important thing is that now the sofware is solid, the code is clean and the performance is amazing. Growing from there will be so much better than from X11.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Turns out that is your experience, and it cannot be extrapolated to the rest of the world.

In fact, my experience is actually opposite. Everytime I go back to Windows to do some task... Wi-Fi has trouble finding my access point, and when it finally connects (sometimes after having to reboot) the connection is simply not as strong. Oh, and some bullsh*t software got reinstalled and it even set itself up as launching-at-start-up, after I had to almost hack the OS to allow me to do that.

So, do I extrapolate to the rest of the world?

 

I know how to do it in the battery section through the GUI, but I'd like to set it up through a command, for automation purposes, and particularly for KDE Connect commands.

 

When I read about Overture Maps like a year or 2 ago, it seemed to me that basically they were going to create a whole new thing from scratch.

Let's be honest, with enough resources, it's easy to see that they could pull off some kind of OpenStreetMap 2.0, where all the issues from OSM are modernised and cleaned up.

What's really going on? Are we getting something soon from these people? What's the relationship with them?

On their website, they say "coming this fall". Are you excited? Scared? What should I think?

 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21298994

I'm trying to feel more comfortable using random GitHub projects, basically.

 

I'm trying to feel more comfortable using random GitHub projects, basically.

 

They don't need to be brilliant, just decent enough.

 

I am talking about this kind of livestream.

It looks nice, with all the different layouts and so on.

 

Is Linux not free software itself? I thought propietary stuff was added downstream.

Am I getting something wrong?

 

So, what I want to do is basically to be able to publish some of my own IR remotes at home to some public database, very probably IRDB. Of course I'd also be using the device for automations and so on, which I know it works great at that. But my main goal is to make it possible for people to not have to buy a stupid remote for some old hardware they have.

From the docs, it seems like it is possible.

Do you have any experience on this?

 

Is there a database of sorts for these things? It seems like there should be.

 

What's your pick?

 

The OnePlus Watch 2 has 2 chips, and basically runs a lightweight OS while keeping the hungry one in very very low power, and only powering it up when necessary.

I was thinking that maybe such idea could be applied on a Linux phone that could run all your banking apps without Waydroid's "you-must-be-a-hacker" issues, literally by having a half-asleep Android running on another chip, which you can wake up whenever to do your "non-hacker" things, while at the same time you can run the rest of your system (calls, messaging, calculator, calendar, browser...) on your lightweight, private and personalized Linux mobile OS.

I think I would pay big bucks for something like this, and it could serve as a transition device for ditching Android in the future when Tux finally governs over the world.

What do you guys think?

 

publicació creuada des de: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/14108486

Go and check the link, but essentially:

  • small
  • 2023 release (Android 13)
  • HEADPHONE JACK (I was almost sold here)
  • NFC
  • 8GB RAM (that is powerful)
  • 256 GB internal storage
  • Dual SIM or SIM+MicroSD
  • IR BLASTER (whatttttttt)
  • LED indicators (front AND BACK)
  • fingerprint scanner
  • face ID
  • FM Radio
  • PROGRAMMABLE BUTTON (ok I'm in love already STOPPP)

I mean... this list is mindblowing. So...

What's the downside?

Honestly, you can go and check all reviews... but this phone is virtually perfect for the size, the only issue I have is that the screen is a bit too tiny, 3 inches, and 480p, and I think this will make many people run away.

It should make me look elsewhere also... but where? Any other small phone with a bigger screen is pretty bad, old, etc... and I really needed a new phone, so I realised this was an opportunity to commit to the cause, and buy and hopefully push this form factor from Unihertz to mainstream brands.

Hopefully one day we can get one with a slightly bigger screen, I believe 4 inches and 1080p would be brutal. But for now... I think I've found my new phone. In fact, I bought it 3 hours after knowing its existance.

If you are not sold yet...

Go check reviews on YouTube (example). Honestly, you'll see every reviewer falls in love with the device, even non-small phone lovers. It looks like it performs pretty well, it's decently fast, battery is solid, screen is bright and colorful, the LEDs are really useful, even Face ID (which I'll probably disable) is quick, it does not heat up at all, and even photos are pretty decent...

And it's something like 200 $. Come on. What a deal.

Will report back.

So, what do you think?

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