Thanks! I had no idea about this, wish it was a little more robust but I’ll definitely be sharing this app with others!

Well I found good alternatives(Fossify stuff) or most apps I use already have GitHub releases. I just need to try these apps out and if I dont like them then find other alternatives. Like map apps, calendar, voice recorder, etc. Again I found alts, just not sure how they’ll actually function until using them.

My biggest one is the Steam app for their authenticator. I read some stuff online that Aegis supposedly can work as a Steam auth, but yeah.

I’m about to make the switch myself. I have a Pixel tablet and a P9 Pro. I swapped my tablet over just so I can test things out. I want to deGoogle completely. No play store.

So far I’ve had to make a list of all my apps I have on my phone and go one-by-one seeing if there’s an apk for it somewhere outside of play store, and if not, then if there’s an alternative app, and then website or PWA it is.

I’ve come to realize I have a lot of unnecessary bullshit on my phone to begin with. Think I’ll make the switch this weekend, just need to find a few more alternatives to specific apps.

Jellyfin is great! Unfortunately I’m neck deep in Plex…been using it for 10+ years now…I have a Jellyfin instance spun up but sharing it out to others is a pain, but works well on my Tailscale.

YouTube

I have two kids and I won’t allow them to watch YouTube until they’re teens or if I watch the vids with them.

Between ElsaGate, disinformation, sexism, and just disgusting ads that play on there…and then there’s YouTube Shorts for brainrot…you can’t just blindly allow them access. Even the “kids” version of YouTube is fucking terrible.

I download Ms Rachel’s videos and play those from my Plex server for them if I need a break or have chores/dinner to do and need a hour to distract them. No ads or auto play videos or anything else.

For your teens, best you can do is make sure they use an ad blocker if possible and teach them how to vet info. I hear people at work say the stupidest “alpha male” sound bites and a simple Google search proves shit wrong 99% of the time, yet these idiots gobble it up.

1. The OS needs to support X device the person is using
2. People need to know how to flash the OS(Graphene has made this SO easy, but still)
3. People have to want to flash a different OS

I remember flashing Android on my HTC HD2 20 years ago. I’m a super geek for this stuff. I’ve been wanting to flash Graphene on my pixel but…I need my phone every day. I can’t have a phone out of commission to try and find a way to install all the apps I need. With Graphene I can resort to just installing the Play Store but…I’d rather not use the Play Store at all if I’m already de-Google’ing.

I’d love to have a Linux phone, not android, but I haven’t seen a solid alternative yet. Correct me if I’m wrong.

netbook

Damn, I haven’t heard that in a long time…and you’re completely right. It is a netbook and we do need more of those in this new world(even though I don’t like what that means(ownership of hardware or lack thereof)).

Right, kick ass. Well, don’t want to sound like a dick or nothin’, but, ah… it says on your chart that you’re fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit’s all retarded. What I’d do, is just like… like… you know, like, you know what I mean, like…

It’s hilarious how Apple was caught off guard to begin with.

Just going off of the triangle of “cheap-fast-good”, the Neo literally hits all three categories really well.

The majority of standard users only need a web browser nowadays. I’m not sure if it can view/sign PDFs and send print jobs, but I’m sure it can, and all of this covers the 99% use case for a household device.

I’m the tech guy of the family. Linux nerd, GrapheneOS on my phone, blah blah blah. If my mom needed a new laptop I would 100% recommend the Neo and be done with it. No frills, no bullshit. Shit I want to pick one up just to play around with it because it’s CHEAP, even though I dont like Apple’s ecosystem.

I’m not sure how it would fare as a college device(test taking, remote screen sharing, proprietary programs, etc) but even for middle schoolers and high schoolers this should cover most, if not all, bases.

I really don’t get it either. Like it’s some impossible task to just stop using certain apps or some shit.

I don’t use social media(except Lemmy, I guess, if you count that(I don’t)). The only notifications I get on my phone are from texts. I haven’t touched Tiktok since 2019. I don’t scroll YouTube shorts 24/7.

Everyone’s acting like this is some drug or addiction. And maybe it is to some, but again it goes right back to self control.

Read the article, just a bunch of morons who have zero self control.

Isaacs specifically pointed to the 1990s as a time with “a lack of phones, more personal experience, but also still some of the ease of modern technology.”

Just this alone shows they have no idea what the 90s were like.

“Waaah my phone does too much, I just want an iPod!”

Delete social media, download Spotify and boom, your phone is an iPod again. Or turn off all notifications on your phone and buy one of those iPod clones.

“Gen Z” acting like the world was better before social media but they have no idea how to function without social media. If they went in the theoretical time machine back to the 90s they’d have a mental breakdown trying to find their way to the local McDonald’s.

I mean I get where you’re going with this, but I still don’t see how this effects Linux. Oh no I can’t access reddit without a government ID…cool I don’t use it anyway?

And if Lemmy or whatever else requires one then oh well, I’ll find the dozen or so forums that don’t care then

You can buy appliances without smart features still?

Best Buy has dozens, if not hundreds, of fridges without smart features. I can buy a 18cu top freezer fridge for $450 right now.

That same type of fridge back in the 1970s cost $300-$400. Adjusted for inflation that’s $2,000

So I don’t get this post. You can buy cheap fridges still and it’ll probably last a long time if you take care of it. Read repair reports or Google random problems for a fridge you’re looking to buy to see the most common failure points and see what the repair cost would be to factor in future costs.

Stupid post.

I just add the official launcher as a non-steam game and ran through the install as normal.

Granted I haven’t done it in a couple of months, so not sure if that method still works…but I don’t see why not

You should keep an eye on Gnome. Their recent release, Gnome 50, just introduced parental controls to limit access to programs and they’re looking to implement website access as well.

I don’t like Gnome, but my kid’s first PC will have Gnome on it now because of these new features, which I greatly appreciate

Genshin is playable on Linux? I play it on my Steam Deck.

Look man do whatever you want, it’s not my money, just trying to help

You signed a contract. So if you cancel your card and ignore their letters/emails/calls, they’ll keep charging you and then send it to collections, which will then garnish your wages unless you fight it in court.

There’s been numerous examples of this happening. Please get a copy of your contract and read how to cancel it and do it properly.

It’s stupid and extortion, but you gotta play the game.

I think one of the best things I’ve done recently was setup a freshrss instance and grab all of the websites I’m interested in that have RSS feeds.

Now I’m pretty much only using Lemmy to argue with people and go to my rss instance to read the news.

Program doesn’t open all of sudden?

I guessed Windows update immediately, glad my IT skills are still sharp.

If all you needed was admin access to, I presume, finish an installation of something or permissions got messed with, then IT should’ve been able to remote in and fix it within 5 minutes.

Also, have you tried restarting your PC yet?