BadgerInATrenchcoat @ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat@social.privacytools.io

@Wetrix @mistermonster AOSP is just Android Open Source Project, it's just what every Android version ever is based on. It is not private, as its still stock android. Android as a whole loosely uses some Linux components and is sort of based on Linux in one way or another. If you're looking for mobile privacy, security, and openness, use GrapheneOS, which also uses AOSP as it's base, inheriting the Linux kernel.

Ubuntu Touch still is unusable almost three months after installing it. Swipe gestures barely work and only register, much less work properly, like 15% of the time, it's slow, lacks privacy, security, or strong sandboxing, has minimal app selection, crashes frequently, no good browser, etc. I mean Graphene, Calyx, Lineage, OmniROM, GlassROM, or almost any other ROM thrashes it in every respect. I hope it gets better but it is just a horrible choice as it stands now.

@amdac I wish they had any privacy or security so I could get one but that's just not the case for now. Good luck in getting it all working and everything!

@Wetrix I mean recounts have never really granted more than a thousand votes, so I doubt that'll be the deal breaker. I don't really care who the president is other than just the sentiment of the country honestly.

@Wetrix @jonah apparently not, it wrapped up sooner than I expected lol

@TheDoctor It even seems a bit faster to me (even though its probably just placebo.) You really shouldn't install or remove plugins, it will destroy anonymity and make it a trivial task to track you across websites.

@jonah and 48 hours later, still nothing. I don't get how its this close.

What's happening to Grapheme is genuinely so disheartening. I've loved the project (despite and at the same time due to its at times abrasive developer) for the past while and just hate to see this happening to them. If you aren't up to date on the situation then I'd encourage you to go read the legal suit and documents.

@Wetrix always hated trending. It's almost always either polarizing or untrue. Never really saw the point of them.

@Wisedog I'd be more than happy to help explaining or helping with whatever if you would clarify, you're being a bit broad in your question which makes it hard to answer.

Okay so the Google VPN - literally only good for watching like Netflix from another country but even then for really $9.99 (I know it's bundled with other things but still) its a total ripoff. Mullvad or IVPN are VPNs that are ACTUALLY GOOD and are way less money but Google will launch an over the top and deceptive ad campaign that will make a ton of people buy it. It's so destructive to the privacy community but it's only going to get worse when other big tech companies do the same.

@Wetrix @ParmuTownley Windows 10 has already been dropped, no? I'd recommend Pop_OS! if your main focus is gaming, or Fedora for high security and privacy.

@ParmuTownley @Wetrix Ah yeah any games with Easy Anti Cheat or any anticheat for that matter are really hit or miss and even if you can get them to work you risk getting banned. That's why a lot of people do GPU pass through to a Windows AME VM so you have the benefit of Windows compatibility AND the benefit of Linux and everything that comes with that. Certainly not for everyone though due to it being a beast in its own right to setup and requiring another GPU. Maybe look into just using AME?

@Wetrix @ParmuTownley I've been big into PC gaming for the last 8 years and the past one has been spent exclusively on Linux. Out of my 120ish game library on Steam, more than a hundred work either almost flawlessly on Linux out of the box or just require a bit of tweaking. I truly recommend at least checking which games in your library do and do not work on protondb.com. I think you can even link an account and have them run through compatible and incompatible games in your entire library.

@weltsnake Wish him nothing but the best.

@Wetrix I mean I wanted to do some shit with Monero but the U.S. makes is impossible to do without signing your soul away.

@haskal or security or privacy lol

Why's crypto so hard to get without KYC that needs like a social security number or passport? It's invasive as fuck and I hate it.

@L1Cafe That's the point of Rust, though. If you can write in rust then you have an immense advantage in writing private and secure software even if it is more difficult. To each their own but I'm just saying its not as much of a negative as it seems initially.

@ParmuTownley Eh I'm excited to play it as much as the next guy but if 21 days is the difference between a No Man's Sky-esc launch (its good now but still) and a killer launch that has a fully finished game and an engaging story with full platform support then I'm all for it.