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  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • They're slow and clunky as fuck for starters. Cellular is very spotty.

    Do you have a good alternative I can look into? I really, really, really want them to work. The only usable Linux phone I've seen is Jolla, but I'd much rather have Mobian or Arch on mobile or some other fully FLOSS alternative

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • Which phone did you find where these are the only problem you encountered? I don't care about any of these things and haven't been finding any usable Linux phones.

  • Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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  • I thought so too, but over the years I have migrated so much of my life away from apps in order to see if it's possible and apart from games I find that with a browser and an email client I don't really need apps. Still use apps though, they are way more convenient.

    Banking is tedious without apps, but works with browser and an MFA-dongle in my country.

  • Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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  • I have the PinePhone Pro in a drawer somewhere. It's just a fun toy, not even remotely usable as a daily driver. But I might have a look at it again and see how many tasks still remains before I could theoretically use Mobian as a daily driver.

  • Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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  • Compling the message*

  • Trump says economic growth ‘shatters expectations’. Data says otherwise

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  • Trump says [...] Data says otherwise.

    Sums up his whole life, no?

  • Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons

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  • I pay flat power bill so I don't really know about the electricity costs. I also live a cold place so for most of the year I need to heat my apartment anyway so I don't really know.

    Apart from patching the Ubuntu VMs that run Nextcloud, Jellyfin and my Nginx proxy I haven't had any upkeep on the services themselves after I got them setup, and even then I have automatic security updates on so I only really need to log in and run a feature update and reboot every few months.

    Whenever I buy a new album I download it and put the files in their own folder in Nextcloud and everything syncs in a few minutes. I have set up an external folder in Nextcloud for my music that is readable by Jellyfin so everything just works for now, but I've only had this setup for a few months to be fair.

    Bandcamp and Qobuz are just apps for me and I download all the music I buy in the apps on my phone and it's virtually no upkeep for those. The only annoying thing is that I can't buy music in the Qobuz app, only on the web site. I assume this is because they refuse to pay the Google tax.

    You might have to look into a Wireguard/VPN setup as well if you need that for remoting into home hosting, but I can't really help with that. I got a kinda special deal in regards of hosting.

  • Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons

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  • I use a combination of Bandcamp, Qobuz and Jellyfin atm. It gives me the combination of using their apps or my own self hosted. The chances of everything going down at the same time is pretty slim I figured.

    I also have all my purchased music stored in a Nextcloud instance so in a pinch I can play the local flac/mp3 files from my computer.

  • Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons

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  • I have sooo much great weird music I got for free or 50 cents per album.

  • Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons

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  • Well yes, probably. But, if you buy on Bandcamp or sites like it you can download the songs and host and store them yourself so it's not like you have to start over when they eventually get shit.

  • YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

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  • I buy my music on Bandcamp and Qobuz and put it on my Jellyfin server. It's great! Also I don't need 10.000 songs at once so it's not really that expensive, I end up paying a little more a month now than for streaming, but I build up a library of music I actually like and don't have to think about losing it when yhe service get shit.

  • YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

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  • You can also buy music on Qobuz, I use it together with Bandcamp to get more coverage.

  • YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

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  • Had the same issue, but between Bandcamp and Qobuz I find I'm not lacking much. Since I'm buying the songs anyway I don't care too much about having multiple apps for my music.

  • YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

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  • I find that it's really easy to find new artists and albums I like on Bandcamp. I just started by following a few genres and listen to a some music at random. If I like it I add it to my whislist and carry on. And I just listen to the "new and hot" section. Gives way better results and more variety than Spotify ever did for me.

    From time to time I go to my whislist and listen to some of it again and usually decide to either buy the album or delete it from my whislist.

    I also use Qobuz for more mainstream artists that's not on Bandcamp.

    Recently started to put all my purchases into Jellyfin for easier management between the services.

    I also have a few pirated playlists of my favorite songs from years ago. I go through them when I have time and money and see if I like the songs enough to buy some albums or songs from the artists.

  • Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps

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  • I hear so many people praise paying with their phones, and there I am, so happy that I can leave my phone at home when shopping. Each to their own I guess.

  • As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges

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  • To build on this, in Norway so many people died that in 1450 (100 years after the black death) 60% of all farms was left abandoned and the term Ødegård (øde = desolated/abandoned, gård = farm) was popularized. Ødegård/Ødegaard is still quite a common family name to this day.

    Anyone that wanted could just go and take a farm and be their own boss.

    Of course, in the 1500s when the population had increased sufficiently the farms all had to be rebuilt and the rich landlords claimed the farms in their area and the King took the rest. The peasants were allowed to work the farms if they paid the lords for the privilege.

    In the 1600s a new underclass of Husmenn (hus = house) was created. They owned their houses, but not the ground. When they moved they would normally take their houses with them.

  • It doesn't get any better at 40

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  • I started doing pilates a few tears ago. I hate it, but really, 15 minutes a week make a huge difference for my back. All it takes is a yoga mat and some pilates instructor lady on YouTube. Curtains is recommended since even if you get good at it you're gonna look ridiculous.

  • On July 7, Gemini AI will access your WhatsApp and more. Learn how to disable it on Android.

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  • In Norway we use Facebook Messenger, which is worse. Wattsapp's at least usable as a messaging platform for more than 1-to-1 communication

  • ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it

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  • Yes, I used web sockets for Signal for a while. It drained 30% of my battery when the phone sat idle for a day. Absolutely bonkers. Made the phone almost unusable so had to revert to FCM or disable notifications.