now with the Pixel device-specific code being closed sourced

I have yet to update my Pixel to Android 16 specifically because of this.

Calyx is going to be my next update. I say that a lot, but I’ve been methodically going through all of my apps and making sure everything I use will work on a de-googled ROM. It takes time.

Graphene OS devs tend to sniff their own farts and claim it’s roses.

Unless you have a legitimate need for that kind of locked down security, I wouldn’t worry about any of what they have to say.

I use KeePass (Keepass2Android, KeePassXC, OG KeePass, and KeePassium) for everything. Been using KeePass in general for 20-ish years.

Recently, I decided to export all of my passwords from Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, import the data into my KeePass database under their own folders, then delete everything from the browsers. That way I can move entries that weren’t already in the database to their respective locations in the database hierarchy, delete duplicates, and change insecure passwords.

The database is hosted on my phones (work and personal), laptop, gaming PC, and a server at home, all synced with Syncthing. My work laptop also has Portable KeePass that accesses the database via WebDAV to my server.

I do the same thing on my laptop and gaming PC. My only beef with KeePassXC is that they refuse to implement WebDAV, despite the OG KeePass having it. Otherwise it’s fantastic.

Games run faster with LMDE6 than they did with Windows 10 on my 5800X3D/7900XTX PC.

You want a peach or strawberry, ideally a peach, but they’re both rotten. Instead of just getting rid of the rotten fruit, you picked a rotten strawberry.

You want to use an AI slop machine (rotten peach), but it doesn’t work on your device because reasons, so instead of not using an AI slop machine (throwing away the rotten fruit), you chose to use a different AI slop machine (rotten strawberry) that does work on your device.

Yeah, super hard to find…

It never went away. It’s still a feature. It’s just stored locally on your device. Thats it.

Misleading as fuck. The Timeline feature never went away - it’s just device-only.

Yeah, the one with a bit driver on the back

¿Por qué no los dos?

You can see the corner of it poking out of my pocket if you zoom in

So instead of a rotten peach, you went for the rotten strawberry.

Odd.

Waze has been owned by Google longer than it’s existed on its own, for several years now.

These 6.5" and 7" phones don’t fit in pants pockets. Yet I don’t see any guys out there wearing fanny packs or carrying purses around with them like women. Where do they stick them? Are they all sticking their phones up their butts?

Let’s play “where’s the Pixel 9 Pro XL in a case with a magsafe wallet attached”:

Size was never the point of the Pixel A-series. The point was “less features for less money”. Sometimes it happened to come in a smaller device.

Not just manufacturers, my friend. People use their phones for media, which is always better on a bigger screen.

First and foremost: nobody buys them. Manufacturers would build smaller versions of their flagships, but many would be severely limited or use lower-spec parts compared to said flagships. Or, the models that were high-spec like their larger siblings would cost almost as much, and so the average person will just get the bigger one because to most people, bigger = better.

It may not make sense to those of us more familiar with tech, but that’s not the point.

Also - nobody has heard of Sharp Aquos phones. I’ve got one of their TVs (from 2007 lol), but even I didn’t know they made phones until this post.

Ah, this makes sense now. I was wondering why it hadn’t been updated in a while, that was my only hangup.

You can get a Dell micro Optiplex for less money and have a full fledged i5 or i7 processor with similar power usage.

Absolutely, I’ve got a cluster of mini PCs with 7th/8th gen T sku i7s, plus an Optiplex SFF running a standard i7-7700, and everything together draws less than 100W on average.

What if I decide to digitize my entire movie catalog? I would have to rip those DVDs and blurays…