Those cost money too
Those cost money too
I’d be more worried about the windows bootloader deciding to overwrite grub
For a company this big it would also have to have gotten past a code review and QA team, right? … right? …
Depends. Since this is security software it probably has a kernel driver component. I think in linux a 3rd party kernel module could do the same. But the community would not accept closed source security software, especially not in the kernel.
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It works in KDE + Wayland… mostly… for applications that support it… and there was this update that ruined my color profile for a while but they fixed that now!
Revanced still works but it’s a cat and mouse game. Sometimes it will stop working but the next day someone will have found a workaround. Bit of a hassle to patch the new APK each time.
Has anyone here been in a situation where they thought “man, 4g sure is slow. Hope they roll out 5g soon”? I guess they need a feature to put on the box, otherwise people might think their current phone is good enough.
Mom: “We have Linux at home”
Linux at home: Google™ Linux
That’s just a CPU with extra steps
No config. It should just work
KDE Connect? Edit: It doesn’t look like that supports calling. But it does texting
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That’s a solved problem. You use an app for setup, like so many other screenless devices.
The location permission is because in dense cities there are enough unique, stationary bluetooth endpoint that you can guesstimate a location.
Unless you have the ability to root it, does it matter? It’s likely a completely custom, stripped down distro anyway.
What ever happened to under-screen cameras? It was the one piece of tech on phones where I was waiting for it to improve.
Need? No. But hardware acceleration makes things faster and more efficient.