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I feel like I’ve heard more jokes about Arch Linux and Gentoo than OpenSUSE

I was wondering if Void was still popular. It was kind of feeling like NixOS took all its hype

Other people have mentioned the limitations of the hardware so I won’t bother rehashing it but I do think there is a lot of potential in a Linux distro for phones.

Right now Linux phones are incredibly niche but we have seen some improvements in software around the release of the PinePhone and the Pro model so I have hope that it will, eventually, work. SailfishOS is a paid OS and is a fairly limited but it does feel quite smooth to daily drive on supported devices. Simple frequent tasks (ex. Finding public transit routes to a coffee shop) do seem to take longer to complete on Linux phones but I am hoping that will be sorted in the next couple years.

Oof I hadn’t thought of that. I was more thinking of general use applications like Firefox, Transmission, and Steam.

Doesn’t MacOS have more in common with BSD than Linux?

You could also use Windows Subsystem for Linux.

I don’t think the Chromebook aspect of it matters; it’s just another piece of hardware.

Crouton is available as well if you’re feeling wild

I don’t think it’s really relevant then. The argument is more about wanting a traditional Linux experience on mobile phones and Android operating systems (including GrapheneOS) being too far removed from that. Breaking away from Google is more of a possible positive byproduct

Are you really running Gentoo if you haven’t put your computer in a fridge?

Would you feel the same way about a Linux computer that was limited to Snap packages?

Is GrapheneOS that much more like Linux?

I feel like what you are saying is on the same level as installing Termux on a rooted Android phone. There might be some quirks of GrapheneOS I am unaware of though.

This is similar to the Can Android phones be considered Linux phones? debate. At some point you’ve walled off and pigeonholed the device or OS enough it becomes something else entirely.

Is Cinnamon still the default?

I think it’s any email that’s been excessively used. no@thankyou.com is another example a lot of tutorials use.

I’d say the big issue is how much extra effort things take to do. You are relying a lot on web pages instead of applications and a lot of them don’t feel really well optimized. Actions that would normally take a minute might take four minutes.

There’s some issues with native apps too. When I was using my PinePhone I don’t think I was able to get music to play in the background for example. I imagine this has been fixed by now but it was still frustrating.

That’s like saying you run FreeBSD because you have a PlayStation 5 though.

It’s so far removed people associate it as something different entirely.

I meant for people who use external password managers. Creating a new account and remembering to delete it if you ever stop using it is another issue though.

Seems like a recipe for “drama”

Like an independent forum or something like XDA Developers?

I feel like it really depends on the topic and level of engagement. I find traditional forums a bit hard to follow at times because of people branching off and bouncing around discussions. I might run into the same issue I do with Matrix channels where I’m not regularly checking in. Logging in is also another thing.

It would be nice if more people used Matrix. From my experience though it seems like not a lot of people check in on it regularly because the niche communities they follow are on Discord and even though bridges between Matrix and Discord do exist they are often neglected and fall of out sync.