@roundabout@feddit.org
member since 12 Aug 2026 22:34
comments
- on European Citizens' Initiative Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification in c/europe@feddit.org · 2d ago
-
on #STOPEUKIDSACT NOW! in c/europe@feddit.org · 6d ago
Keep Industry’s Duopoly on Smartphones Act
-
on RIP Palm and Nokia in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
What is OPAL, and does it allow one OS to run without device-specific porting?
-
on RIP Palm and Nokia in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
My dream phone:
- UEFI (can boot any OS without 2 months of porting and a risk of bricking)
- Repairable, but also upgradeable (thanks to UEFI)
- Keyboard
-
on Filesystem? GPT is enough. in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
Ooh, JSON! The Electron crowd can now extend to the FS!
-
on Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable 'pervert glasses' | TechCrunch in c/europe@feddit.org · 5 Sep 2026
Not sure why I didn’t think of that.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 5 Sep 2026
Most people do not think of them as ‘windows power users’.
-
on Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable 'pervert glasses' | TechCrunch in c/europe@feddit.org · 3 Sep 2026
How would they show the picture?
-
on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
Torvalds is not vibe coding, and he doesn’t control the OS (GNU/Linux) anyways.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
You could probably use a local password file like Keepass.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
Thankfully it looks so unserious that it will not capture anyone except ‘windows/mac power users’.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
It preinstalls their app.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
They have repos now, but nothing in them is too advanced, and they absolutely do not deserve the money. GNU/Linux Mint offers THREE great desktop experiences, which are not kitsch slop (even if you don’t like them, they’re very high-quality) and have a much smaller budget.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
They are nonfree.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
Probably because Omarchy is preinstalling 1password.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
Which are slop.
-
on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
To me it isn’t pretty, just kitsch.
-
on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
Oh, and I am on the Moto/Lenovo ThinkPhone, by the way.
-
on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
Motorola ThinkPhone.
-
on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
I am very pleased. It runs all the apps a desktop GNU/Linux runs. There are many apps from GNOME which have a small enough window, they aren’t very advanced, but the only way to get better apps is to actually use the phone with them (I am actually planning on writing some apps, whose GUI should fit this small screen too). However:
- Waydroid exists, though it is much worse than on a PC for some reason. It cannot play sounds, it does not have a shared clipboard and it crashes the compositor when trying to play a video. I am primarily using it for WhatsApp (which also drains the battery a lot). But it’s Meta’s fault: if they allowed us, I would have been writing a custom client.
- The camera app is pretty basic, I am probably going to write a new one including manual controls (tell me if you’re interested). Most normal GNU/Linux camera apps will not open the camera, because it is not bridged to libcamera apparently, though it will probably be bridged at some point.
- You do not really feel that you have Android drivers, they are pretty well masked.
- The proximity sensor is buggy (often, when the phone rang in a pocket, it would not allow lighting up the screen until the ring ended) and so I disabled it completely.
- Battery life is actually OK (without Waydroid running), but I haven’t measured. What’s impressive is that the phone never suspends, and the battery is still OK. With WhatsApp in Waydroid, it is short.
- As a phone, it is reliable, it does not drop calls.
- Of course, it is not treacherous computing and so it doesn’t pass Play ‘Integrity’. If you’re in the EU, in 2028 banks will be required to provide non-smartphone access to services (see the new PSR), but we have to see if the new ‘age verification’ app will not do the opposite. I am not accepting it on Android/iOS, as it should be possible to have the same functionality by using a web portal with a smart card reader (see my GitHub thread about it).
Yes, there are disadvantages, but I am enjoying the vastly greater freedom and it’s the first time I can say that my phone isn’t working against me.
-
on Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
Thankfully, I switched to Droidian at the start of this year. I am NOT looking back.
-
on would you wait for the Grapheneos-Motorola phone or buy a new pixel now? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Aug 2026
Is its bootloader unlockable, or locked to Graphene? Graphene seems to be trading freedom for ‘security’.
-
on would you wait for the Grapheneos-Motorola phone or buy a new pixel now? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Aug 2026
Refuse it, ask for a chip card-based solution, which is very feasible. EU will require banks not to ask for smartphones with the PSR.
-
on I can't use Linux! It's too hard! in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 14 Aug 2026
Too often I see desktops where the only two graphical apps are some ultralight terminal and Mozilla. Why do they want to suffer?
It also forces Android or iOS.