Hellmo_luciferrari @ Hellmo_Luciferrari @lemm.ee

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That might be the route I go.

Thank you for the suggestion! I will look into this.

I use KDE on Arch on my Lenovo Yoga 7i, and I don't particularly use the touchscreen as much as I would have thought. Though for Waydroid it does work fairly nicely.

Ubuntu: It's not a lack of features that pushed me away; it's more about the way things are going. I am not a fan of snap packages. I have run into odd issues trying to use them. I used Ubuntu server for my Dell Poweredge and I shut it down until I can find a suitable replacement. I struggled with it respecting my DNS settings which in turn killed my reverse proxy setup.

Manjaro: While I love Arch and some of its derivatives, I can't stand by Manjaro. I thought it would have been a good OS to use since I was familiar with Arch, but it had enough dependency issues where updates broke them. Funny enough, never have I had a dependency issue with just plain old Arch.

I use Arch btw. But besides the meme on it, I legitimately eo use arch and couldn't be happier.

I have seen rumblings about the people regarding GrapheneOS and some problematic behavior and such, but admittedly never looked to deep into it. However, everything that GraphrneOS fits the bill for me, so I never bothered looking into Calyx. From reading, GOS was recommended over calyx for my pixel 7 pro. I admittedly didn't know too much about calyx.

Though totally and completely valid reasoning behind your choice. It was more of a curiousity for me as to why calyx over gos. Thank you!

Completely understandable. It does route location through GrapheneOS location provider, as well as geocoding I believe.

With AA on GOS you have to use the sandboxed google play services, and it will use Google maps. There however may be a way to use a shim for other navigation platforms. I admittedly don't have much further knowledge of how all of the AA, Play Services, or other services are integrated.

What drew you into using Calyx over Graphene if I may ask?

That's how I feel with my Pixel 7 Pro. I opted for GrapheneOS though. I did dabble with LineageOS with root and Play Integrity Fix, LSposed, and various other magisk modules but ultimately decided GrapheneOS was the route for me. I left GOS for LineageOS due to no Android Auto support, but it has been brought to GOS luckily.

Yakuake

I'm no expert, but this isn't a terminal multiplexer.

Check battery optimization settings

Disclaimer: I am by no means a Linux expert, but figured I could give my 2 cents.

I recently installed Fedora on one of my machines that I mainly use for web browsing, file downloading, and general office like activities. And I don't have much experience with it yet. I specifically went the KDE route, as I am a huge fan of what KDE has to offer. That being said, for the most part everything "just works." Sorry I don't have much more to say about Fedora, but I will report back as I use it more.

The distro I have used for a few years now that I quite enjoy is Arch. What drew me to Arch was the fact that it is bleeding edge. That being said, as with anything bleeding edge, you should have backups and other contingency plans for failure. That should be done for all systems, but doubly so with things that are bleeding edge I would argue. Arch has been quite stable for me, but I would say that it is more tailored to someone who is looking to tinker. On my desktop, I unfortunately still run windows due to some proprietary hardware and software that I have yet to figure out how to get working within Arch. The biggest issue I have had with Arch over the few years that I have been using it comes down to the Nvidia graphics card I use in my desktop. I know not everyone has had the same issues I have had with Nvidia, but getting wayland working on it, as well as just general multi-monitor issues, have sort of taken the wind out of my sails for linux on my desktop computer.

Here are a few resources I would recommend checking out to help you make your decision [https://distrochooser.de/](Distro Chooser) - Distro Chooser asks questions about what you are looking for and the like to help you pick a distro to try. [https://linux-hardware.org/](Linux Hardware) - This is Linux Hardware website and is quite handy for looking into getting drivers,and checking to see if there are known bugs for specific hardware you are trying to use on a Linux system.

I have the 7 Pro, which is a bit higher priced than you're looking for but I do have 256gb of storage. Which initially was saddened by not having expandable storage, but switched from usi lng lossless flac files to using a streaming service.

Used Pixel 7 Pro or 7 any other variant may be viable depending on where you're at

I'm going to echo the same sentiment: pixel phones.

Why would I suggest them?

Multiple reasons.

First and foremost (for me) is GrapheneOS. Pixel phones are of the few if not only (don't have source handy) that allow you to relock the bootloader. From my reading the security chips that pixel phones use are quite robust. Pixels are readily available, and the more people that use them the more support a device typically had. GrapheneOS is enough reason for me, but may not be for everyone.

I have also used LineageOS on my phone as well, but with the recent stuff that went down with Play Integrity Fix, LSposed, and I believe a few more projects aimed at rooted phones, I can't rightfully stick with a rooted custom ROM.

Not only do I like the software support, I would personally say that my Pixel 7 Pro is my favorite android device I have owned.

I much prefer utilizing the head unit already installed in my car. Otherwise, before I did just use my phone.

Me and most games that I have ever installed mods for

That's fair, I haven't ever given Emby a shot, and wanted to hear what may have drawn someone to emby over jf. Thank you

I'm on stable, and using it.

What don't you like about Android Auto? What alternative would you use to interface with a vehicle head unit if you didn't AA?