About 3-4 years ago, yes. I unlocked my Redmi Note 8 and installed LineageOS.

I’ve used it on a Redmi Note 8 for 2 years, and am using it on a Samsung Tablet. I never had any issue.

Halo Reach was an awesome game, and so was Halo 3: ODST.

My question is that is this a USA only thing? Or is it practised in other nations as well?

Is carrier locking an America-only thing? I have never seen this in India, and have never heard of this in any European country either.

There is no objective answer to that. Maybe tell us your needs, use case.

Both of them aren’t good enough for privacy use cases. Using something like Universal Android Debloater is recommended.

If possible, buy a used device on which you can install official LineageOS.

I really, really want Ubisoft to redeem themselves with this release. But I know they won’t.

https://freelinuxpcgames.com/

I use this site. Not all games work, though.

Another option is to use 1337x and search for jc141. They put either native linux game or sometimes have wine built-in their setups, but they require you to install a lot of prerequisites.

Another option is to use emulators like PCSX2 or RPCS3 to play other games with relatively less hassle.

Valhalla base game + ragnarok took me over 80 hours. Amd I didn’t do most of the side stuff. Mirage was about 20-25 hours, iirc.

Yay?

The f-droid team goes through the source code and builds the app themselves before publishing. I think it’s better to trust them. Obtanium is great, but only if the app is not on f-droid or f-droid is lagging behind updates.

That is not ideal, especially if you will be the only one using it. If you are using it alone, YouTube will still be able to profile you, as all the videos will be watched by a single server. It would be just like using YouTube.com with a VPN. If you are self-hosting and a few people will use it, YouTube won’t be able to profile everyone, as it will think all the videos are being watched by a single person.

I use mailbox.org and I manage my own PGP keys. You can also encrypt your whole inbox with your key. To access your inbox, then, you will either have to use something like Thunderbird or give your private key to mailbox.org. And yes, I recommend using your own domain. Also, there is no free-tier.

Nobara. Because it makes gaming on Linux very easy. It’s based on Fedora, and out of all the operating systems I’ve tried, Fedora and Nobara are the most stable on my laptop.

I am using NetherSX2 on my Android devices. NetherSX2 is a modified version of AetherSX2 with no ads and many improvements.

Also, I think it is the only PS2 emulator supporting retroachievements.

How’s your experience with Moonshine / Sunshine? Latency on local network?

If you aren’t relying on transcoding, you’re good. I am sure it can handle one or maybe even two streams. Most modern devices can decode H.264 and H.265/HEVC easily, and some even AV1. Watching videos with these codecs on any Smart TV or phone won’t give you a hard time.

Pretty sure you won’t get stable 60fps at 4K even with a 4080.

10, imo.

Futo?