[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

I've been using GrapheneOS for over a year. I cannot complain about it, it works as advertised and it does it the best way possible. However, here's the list of things I find annoying/missing. Keep in mind, this is a subjective list.

  • some (quite a lot of for me) apps require Google Play Framework (or whatever the name is) to work properly
  • Aurora store tends to be unavailable randomly, which makes installation/updates difficult sometimes
  • some features are wonky, e.g. GrapheneOS has no issues with disabling wifi when leaving my home but I was never able to enable wifi when I'm back home.
  • default apps work ok-ish but it's far from good old iOS/Android experience
  • Android Auto experience was a shitshow for me
[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Linux distros are barely just getting their feet wet in the tablet/mobile world. I would say "barely just getting their toe wet" :)

Getting back to the point. I loved the way iPad was integrated with the stylus (Apple Pencil). My use case for a tablet back then was to write/draw stuff I did "remotely" and export all my, let's call it drawings, to mac and work on that. Today's example. I was planning a garden layout. It took me way too much time to get the stylus working the way I expected and when it did I had more issues trying to export the drawings to a usable format* I would be better off with a good old pen and paper.

  • I'm not a pro Linux user so there's a good chance I missed something
[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

KDE works ok on touch devices but if you're going to switch, try plasma mobile.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

It is usable but I've been using iPad for years before trying Linux on a tablet and it's way behind iPadOS in terms of ux and ease of use. The latest plasma mobile makes it more tablety but it still feels like a desktop with touch support. Having said that, I'm pretty happy with plasma mobile and can't wait for further improvements.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

I wrote it several times and I will write it again. Linux on a tablet is at best average. However, after recent release of KDE 6, plasma mobile got really good. In tablet mode it feels almost like a real thing. I've been using it for some time now and I like the experience.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

That's why you should use "usb condom" when charing your phone from untrusted power source.

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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I've been using open webui for some time but I wanted to test the Alpaka, a KDE app - https://apps.kde.org/alpaka/

When I click on an "Install on linux" button, Discover app is opening and gives me this error "Could not open appstream://org.kde.alpaka because it was not found in any available software repositories." When using dnf there's no such package as Aplaka. I can find and install other KDE apps. What am I missing?

I'm on Fedora 40, KDE spin.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Voice assistant that allows to perform common tasks like setting up calendar events, sending emails, opening apps, etc. Bonus points for "connect to server abc" and the assistant would open the terminal and ssh to abc server.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

I'm about to start my adventure with Raspberry Pi powered TV box. I will try Plasma big screen - https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ It seems like a good place to start.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Before I start, a little bit of a background story. Since I was a teenager, I've lost my close friends and family - suicides, health issues, tragic accidents, etc. Eventually I got to the point where the relationships with people I know and cherish were at most few years old. I cannot tell if the everyday drama made me the way I'm now or was it how I was born but I always was "alone". Not lonely, alone. I had significant others, in fact for most of my adult life I was in a happy relationships. It's a different story why I'm not longer in those but I have no regrets.

To answer your question, I'm pretty happy with my life. I have fulfilling career, clear plan for what's next, some disaster recovery plan if things go awry and I go with the flow to some extent. I lived through some hard times but "whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger".

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Before I answer, I need to give some background. I've been in IT for past 20 years. I've been a backend developer, frontend developer, mobile developer, database administrator and most recently a devops engineer. I've got a degree in electronics and telecommunications and have had quite a bit of exposure to printed circuit board design, including processor programming. To answer your question, when someone refers to me as a "full stack" I don't take this as an insult. But it's diminishing.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

First of all I like how all apps, even the 3rd party ones, look alike. When using a new app I don't have to learn the new UI. Most of the things are in the same place and I can almost intuitively click trough the UI. Also macOS feels smoother - I don't know how to describe it, it just works out of the box and I don't need to adjust the settings. The only thing I was updating was the touchpad scroll direction. Everything else had default settings set to my preferences. I liked the animations, placement of various elements and the fact I didn't have to look how things work. It was as easy as it was designed to be for 5 year olds.

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