You don’t carry a laptop around while you’re hiking?

Like as in beer? No. Or free as in freedom? Also no.

However, iCloud will give you a large amount of the feature set for a fraction of the price (starts at $0.99/mo) and will likely give privacy not too far from what Proton gives you.

In the end, there’s always a risk with putting any information on the web.

iCloud+ has this too. 50 seems to be the limit.

This might be due to how easy Apple makes it to implement this sort of thing. Even if the app isn’t on the App Store.

On iOS, apps must be on the App Store, which requires being enrolled in the Apple developer program. I imagine developers then make their apps paid to cover this.

This is what AI is for.

Yes, the MX150 is an option for the ThinkPad T480. You can still use the integrated graphics though.

First, you gotta check for ultraviolet, ghost writing, and freezing temps.

(I really hope somebody gets that reference)

I absolutely agree with you, but look at launchers and such. Steam is very much proprietary and commercial. I find it a little odd that those who might do anything to avoid proprietary software, willingly use it for gaming.

Those are just my thoughts.

Is it just me or has using a brand name as a regular noun become really common? For example, Android-based devices are just referred to as “an Android”.

I’m pretty sure 95% of people don’t even know what Windows is. It’s just part of the computer to them.

It’s so odd how proprietary software is frowned upon so much in this community, but no one cares when it comes to gaming.

i5 4790K and a… 7900 XTX?

Either that or they have 20 useless extensions.

Funnily enough, I’ve got a pretty well-loved ThinkPad T480 16 GB 8350U sitting right here. Used to be my main development laptop. Now it’s just an agent for Portainer.

https://netboot.xyz/ https://www.iventoy.com/

Right. I was just thinking more like the Intel pre-Haswell era. Still haven’t gotten used to the idea of an SoC being in a laptop.

Nativefier was great. I recall that project struggling at the end really needing funding.

Throw in upgradable processors too.

Reverse engineering Touch ID might be a lot more difficult than it looks. It does not behave like any other laptop’s fingerprint reader, and even those often don’t work right with Linux out-of-the-box.

There’s nothing wrong with the software itself. It works great for what it does. On the other hand, it’s a compatibility layer, which always increases friction between things a little. I think the best use for this is running legacy software.

There aren’t many alternatives. Maybe in the future, we’ll see graphics API abstraction libraries like wgpu get used more. This gives developers a single API which can use DirectX on Windows, Vulkan on Linux, or Metal on macOS. This could allow support for entirely new graphics APIs without developers using it having to do anything.

Of course, that’s my opinion. People can build their software how they like.

Until you actually try to use Vulkan on macOS. Since there’s no native support, you end up needing MoltenVK.

You’re telling me you don’t want to update a configuration that updates a configuration that updates a configuration?

Just wait until you use Ubuntu cloud-init which updates netplan which then updates NetworkManager.

Have an update that completely breaks everything on your system? Just revert to the previous image and it’s no problem.

These immutable distros have so much potential. Especially for the tech illiterate. I really encourage anyone who hasn’t yet to give them a shot.

Of course they aren’t for everybody, as it makes it far harder to make system-level changes on the local system.

Along with the ability to disable the PIN button press visual feedback. Stock Android makes it super obvious what you’re typing in.

So… show your PIN to everybody around you? Or should everybody type in a full blown password to just unlock their phone?

I haven’t used Waydroid in a while, but I recall there being an image you could choose at setup for Google Services.

https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/index.html

Gives a surprisingly good Bedrock experience on Linux and macOS. Just needs you to own the game on the Google Play Store.

Yeah, I recently started trying their “network pass” and was quite happy that I got coverage (unlike my current carrier.) Tried creating an account to go with it, now I’m locked out for whatever reason, and my username is “null”.

I guess I’ll just use the eSIM they gave me until they cut off my access.

Moral of the story: T-Mobile mobile carriers suck

It’s likely many users still use Automator (which is from 2005). Removing it could break workflows for many people if removed. There’s a bunch of older apps in macOS like this. The latest version of macOS still has AirPort Utility, for example.

Actually, using a Mac with coconutBattery plugged into an iOS device allows you to see the date the battery was manufactured and the cycle count. I imagine there might be other software to pull this information off an iPhone.

This then raises the question why Apple couldn’t show this information within iOS on older models. It obviously has access to this battery information.

Going a little off-topic, how old is your battery?

I’m sitting at 80% battery health on my 13 Pro, and the battery life definitely reflects that.

This is common with these Linux on Android-based phones. I believe Ubuntu Touch requires you to downgrade to Android 9 in most cases.

Great. Time to update Nginx on my vacuum.

This is my complaint as well. KDE certainly has advantages and neat design ideas, but I always come across some major bugs that make my device unusable.

Definitely not saying GNOME doesn’t have bugs as well though.

Rust is a memory-safe language. So in this case, it could result in more stable software.

No, custom desktop environments and window managers can’t be used. What you’re referring to are applications which simply modify window geometry automatically, which emulates a tiling window manager.

Not only that, you asked for their opinions.

Or my personal favorite:

Hasn't AMD FreeSync already been used by specific desktops that support it? I'm curious how the kernel supporting it makes a difference.

I don't know if KDE got it working yet, but Gamescope's works pretty well out-of-the-box. Nobara and maybe Chimara OS already have this ready with a session for Steam Big Picture mode.

Kinda funny that Windows games seem to always get compatibility with these things first. I guess just adding support in Wine means more games get the functionality at once than developers adding it on a per-game basis.