Yes, you should support open source when possible if the project(s) you use are beneficial to you! Your dollars are far more valuable to help out a small team of independent volunteers vs multi-billion dollar corporations that really don’t need it.
If you can’t donate money, donate your time / skills or do both! Make the world of software a better place, one small contribution at a time!
Used to hate it being on the bottom but now prefer it as it’s easier to reach. All the way at the top with as large as phones are these days isn’t as convenient. But ya, at least they give the option for either.
I had a flip phone up until 2012 and then got an iPhone 5, then switched to Android in 2016 with the Samsung Galaxy S7. I really liked my iPhone 5 but have stuck with Android since then.
I got my first taste of Android in 2008 though when my brother bought the T-Mobile G1!
The original Sims + expansion packs. I haven’t played any of the newer ones but I spent a lot of childhood playing the original with my mom and we had so much fun together.
Livin’ Large was my fave expansion pack because of the servo. Such a fun game!
Ya Plex vs Kodi is really more an apples and oranges comparison. Should be Plex vs Jellyfin.
That said though, I did start off with Kodi as my own media center on a Raspberry Pi, but eventually discovered Jellyfin and have really enjoyed it. Kodi is great too, but I think Jellyfin is the more refined modern streaming equivalent akin to Netflix that’s fully open source unlike Plex.
Butter. Kerrygold is simply the best.
I used to use Brave, then used Bromite but that got abandoned. I think there’s another fork of it, but ultimately I just use Firefox which has worked better for me overall.
Browsers are a big attack vector for exploits and security is very important. Firefox releases patches regularly and I don’t have to worry about it being abandoned like some others. I disabled whatever telemetry / sponsored stuff they have enabled by default and feel it’s a good balance of security & privacy + doesn’t have the DRM crap chromium is trying to add.
Their extension support is nice too.
Glad it has an actual display as compared to all those previous imposters /s.
If this has HDMI output over USB-C, I might be tempted to buy.
I really want to get one, mainly because of the smaller size. The only thing holding me back is lack of video out over USB-C. If they had that, it’d be perfect for me.
While Termux doesn’t require root, my device is rooted which allows for a lot more.
A few examples:
mitmproxy to capture and analyze app traffic from phone apps (automated w/ a widget shortcut to configure android proxy settings on launch and then reset back when I’m finished).mosh is useful to keep connections alive if network cuts out). I have my own homescreen widgets to automatically launch for specific nodes. Also use tmux everywhere to handle multiple sessions.man pages about a commandThis app alone is one of the huge reasons why I prefer Android. I love that I can natively run a bunch of Linux utilities directly on my phone and use it like I would a regular computer. Everything from Vim, Python, and various networking utilities, I’ve played around with so many different tools which has helped expand my skillset over the years.
I also use the Termux-X11 addon to have a full xfce desktop environment running on an external monitor with HDMI out over USB-C.
Phones are quite capable devices and using tools like these really unlocks their full potential.
Ya my paranoia only allows me to expose Wireguard to access everything. I sleep better at night knowing that’s the only thing exposed. Too many instances of major companies getting hacked who have dedicated security teams to manage that. I am one person, learning to manage my own stuff in my free time.
DHARMA stations (from the show LOST)
Arrow, Swan, Flame, and Pearl so far :)
Edit: also funny to see there’s 108 comments as of now
Happy to be part of the top 1% in this case.