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I agree here as well. Criticism of linux here is like condemning Jesus at times. I just use windows cause it's easy and everything almost always works on it.
Nobody doubts that Windows works flawlessly on Windows-certified hardware. Same with Linux (on Linux-certified hardware). As a bonus, you get no tracking and no adware in the latter.
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I agree here as well. Criticism of linux here is like condemning Jesus at times. I just use windows cause it's easy and everything almost always works on it.
I'm a contrib on a bunch of nix projects and people are shocked when I tell them my home desktop "chill machine" is windows. I do work dev on osx. I had so many problems with my 16" macbook running my 49" monitor I threw it all into void linux desktop w/ kvm and gpu passthrough. A whole lot of work to use osx on a machine that doesn't constantly throttle, but not enough work for me to justify spending $3-5k on the ap…
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Nobody doubts that Windows works flawlessly on Windows-certified hardware. Same with Linux (on Linux-certified hardware). As a bonus, you get no tracking and no adware in the latter.
Windows works better on custom PC's than linux thats for sure.
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google doesn't control for device screen sizes, software that other vendors load on, or the CPU/ram/storage on the phone, watch, or tablet. they also allow 3rd party app stores. this creates an experience that is out of google's control and in a lot of cases is sub optimal for the user. it's not as stream lined or polished as it could be.
Any example? I've been using both iOS and Android devices of all shapes and form factors since both launched (and I work at a mobile app editing co) and have no idea of the inconvenience for end users.
For those studying MacBook alternatives, I think the most underrated “serious” notebook computer in the world is the Panasonic Letsnote SX/SV. Matte screen that actually works outdoors, removable long-life battery, unassuming vintage design (“let’s not rob that guy, he can’t even afford a new computer”). I haven’t investigated the Linuxability of this thing yet, but it’s super-light and impressive as a mosh terminal…
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> Phone - Google Pixel Pretty sure your photos are still getting scanned for CSAM anyway, then. Google Photos normally are backed up in their cloud, and they do scanning there.
Yeah, so don't upload your pictures to google photo. The main take away here is find an alternate backup cloud spot or host your own. Apple is forcing spying software on their phones on the customer to use your very own device to spy. Unless you're simply trying to avoid false positives as a reason, most people are complaining about apple turning their device into a government 4th amendment free zone.
Every cloud provider has been scanning for CSAM all along. If you're rolling your own on a major hosting company they're probably doing it as well.
> most people are complaining about apple turning their device into a government 4th amendment free zone.
Apple is a large company but they're not the government, so the 4th amendment has nothing to do with this. It's like saying a hotel that doesn't let you bring crates of assault rifles up to your room is violating your 2nd amendment rights.
Desktop - Ubuntu 20.04. Everything works and my requirements are quite advanced - bunch of games on Steam, pro level audio production studio just to mention a few things. Laptop - Dell Precision 7750, Xeon CPU, 64 GB RAM, bought with Ubuntu pre-installed. Beast of a laptop, superior thermals, wipes the floor with a mac. Phone - Google Pixel. I consider that a lesser evil choice to Apple's walled garden. It's rooted,…
Did you try/consider GrapheneOS for Pixel?
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Replacements, all decent or better: - Preview: GNOME Document Viewer (now supports PDF form filling), Master PDF Editor (paid and proprietary), built-in PDF editor in Firefox/Chromium, Okular; GNOME Image Viewer, Gwenview, Pantheon Photos (part of elementary OS) - Mail: Thunderbird, Evolution, Kontact (KMail component), Geary, Pantheon Mail, Claws Mail, Mailspring - Calendar: Thunderbird (built-in calendar), GNOME Ca…
A couple of weeks ago I needed to do some very simple PDF "editing": I had 2 PDFs (A and B) and I needed to get some pages 2 (of 5) from PDF-A and 2 (of 5) pages of PDF-B into a single PDF. I tried to do that on Linux Mint and it was a nightmare: Download PDFSam, create PDF from PDF-A with 2 pages, create PDF from PDF-B with 2 pages and then merge those 2 PDFs. The way I achieve that in my Mac is by opening both file…
One thing I'd really like is to find a semi-dumbphone I can use Signal on and just get rid of having a smartphone with me. I'm not sure if I'm going to drop Apple completely and this morning I was wondering how far I could get with an Apple Watch and something like the Nokia 8110. If anyone has suggestions for a small, minimal phone I can still run Signal on I'd love to hear it.