OhVenus_Baby @ OhVenus_Baby @lemmy.ml

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The goal is to not let them take their fucking money and run. Because then it would be real... So you come up with a new idea, a better idea, a NEW STOCK.

IYKYK 😂

Linux Mint would like a word. Best choice tech wise I ever made. Shit just works and it's dead simple, polished, easy to learn and read programs. Fuck Windows. I will never go back. Make the jump!

I'm curious and have no idea. Source? I never heard of this.

I happen to disagree here. I've used Gos for years it lacks so many fundamental features and has a lot of issues. The entire project has really silod itself into some issues they aren't addressing. Let me explain by pulling from some of my posts.

Edit: You can't see everything you've ever posted only a brief history. Basically some issues with Gos are lack of full backups/device to device, which in so many ways is a deal breaker.. Seedvault works I've hopped from model to model phones for years the problems you run into are plentiful and haven't been addressed in years, each profile must be backed up individually not on the same ssd either, seperate drives as the restoration isn't possible without seperate drives due to backup limitations. The easiest I have found it to backup like usual with a flash drive for each profile which is super cumbersome to keep up with at the frequency one really should.

I've restored and tried everything including dev talks, and their forums, they plan to try to fix some issues but it's been 3 years so far since we talked in depth and nothing yet, lack of granular networking controls for almost all reasons possible this is an issue most people think connect to a VPN and your solid. A VPN is a single tool in the chain of tools, compatibility and software issues are numerous. Anyone who has used Gos and really daily drove all the functionality aside from flashing a single device for years knows the pains I am talking about the power users.

The project has silo'd itself into security, when that is just one aspect of any system. It's really not the white knight everyone thinks it is. Yes it has merit, yes it's well done so far, but to truly utilize in all your cases you mention and average person scenarios for daily life given what people try to use it for and or avoid from say confiscation, seizure, etc etc.

There's so many issues aside from just losing your device, your life's data is tied into an OS that well is secure mostly, but you'll never see your data back again once it's stolen or lost or taken.

I can't remember some of the things I have wrote down in my comment history and it's late in my time zone to rack my memory that deep. But there's a lot of reasons most people don't know enough about, or understand why Gos is not the end all be all OS. It's good and has great features for security but lacks most fundamental features of a modern x86 based system. Mobile attack surface is bigger and harder to control, mobile has limitation issues fundamentally on all sides. So does x86 or ARM etc. Understand your threat model and work accordingly. If you want to continue this I will update the post as I remember Gos limitations and problems.

Yeah that's the thing. Hotspots are not any different require the same sim cards except if you choose satellite Starlink. That's it. So the reasoning behind going the route i have is to completely cut out the mobile aspect and every part within except the 5g sim card since modern infrastructure doesn't allow it basically.

All comms, apps, services, everything moved to a Linux x86 device and simply cable tether for internet. It's still identity tied due to SIM (same with hotspots due to sim so a cell is lighter and better equipped to run lean even flashing custom ROMs add to control factor) but again it's realistically as close and hassle free as one can get for daily use as a total phone replacement for a normal person. The entire phone is disabled aside from data and that's behind VPN.

Anyone have suggestions on better paths or methods?

Desktop mode finally? Anything meaningful?

Check comment above. This is a terrible idea. You'll go from 2 stars to 5.

Federal offense and highly illegal. They take this extremely serious. Whatever target you were before, expect and multiple time increase in tracking doing this. They will make an example of you.

Source. Local police chases and FAA raids/reporting. Do not do this. You'd be better off finding another method.

What about walkie talkies? Short wave radios? Older tech comms devices?

Sounds pretty good actually. I repair electronics, I wonder about just removing the GPS chip from the phone?

Either way with internet your going to be tracked the point is to minimize as much ss possible. Triangulation will always be an issue.

I'm not some giant target. Just a daily privacy conscious user like anyone, who wants to support FLOSS projects. I think in my use case I found the least hassle solution. I have no real use for insane amounts of solutions like a journalist or whistler. Just a normal person doing the best they can.

I have decided this approach is such a pain and hassle that I have had to change forms. Mostly due to modern societies infrastructure making it truly impossible.

I moved all phone related things, programs, apps, anything but dumb flip phone calling and texting to a x86 based tablet. (Even a wwan or 5g sim capable device doesn't have a cellular modem so the easiest route is this)

Hotpot or cable tethering from sim card 5g/4Glte/volte from a smart phone, with your carrier sim of choice, best to pick a device matching their cellular band support in your part of the world. Routing calls /texts to the desktop Linux device of your choice laptop/tablet, 2in1, device of your choosing basically. Using the phone for nothing except internet period..., perhaps a backup device if ever needed worst case if your main goes down or breaks.

Secure and private as one could get, and totally power userable due to linux desktop capabilities and granular controls of literally everything, while still having the best reliable internet coverage, with traditional calling and texting for 2fa and other big corpo stuff. Yes the sim is tied to your real identity, but the actual day to day is much more private and secure than mobile, seperate device, vpn, LUKS drive, veracrypt, all desktop x86 (distro of your choice) Linux abilities. Close as one could get without living under a rock daily. Backups full and snapshots offsite sent to NAS or true cloned drives.

What do you think?

Then you harden the hardware further (so many ways to list again device dependant), and software as well (depends on your OS and needs/wants). (Qubes is too beefy to run all day as a phone replacement regardless of hardware. Batteries are the weak link) That being said pick any distro you feel good about and go.

This form is the most stable method, while being realistic to the goal. I have my own personal preferences for which devices, distros, settings, etc. That I can use daily.

This is the way.

Mattress goes on the floor, dead simple really.

Bed frames are heavy, require assembly, annoying to clean around/under. Cost more money.

Its the 7th.... Me tok

Jack Daniels 200 year bicentenial bottle. Its honestly a finger above the rest. The smell is slightly honey maple. But the taste is smooth with just the right amount if bite at the very very end. 1500 dollar bottle retail. 800 to 1200 online.

Decided to go the let app run in the background on graphene. With 3 apps in the background running all the time. Battery last 12 hours, with heavy use less. I'm unaware of how to get or self host push notifications outside of Google. It's not death to your battery but it defintely shaves off 20 percent and that's a rough number.

I've been using a pixel for 2 years with 600 plus cycles and my battery health is still 100 percent excellent, I did a hardware health check today.

Fuck off Fed Boi.

Sometimes you need a little love with your tech posts. It is a single non tech post. Take the love and keep it moving :)

How is Ollama compared to GPT models? I used the paid tier for work and I'm curious how this stacks up.

47 gillete aristocrat. There's alot of old razors in this post.