Here, a person added GPL as a proposed alternative.

I somehow couldn’t bear the “self-scratch self-praise” top part of the post, but starting with
"But the balance is crucial" it was really interesting to read! Contrary to my initial fears, it’s not a self-praise post, but actually useful and talks about problems too.

Calls - sure.
Texts - sure.
Signal was laggy and inconvenient to install. Other, native, messengers are better, but if you require Signal, you may need to accept lags during startup. BTW, audio (in other messages) with wired headphones was perfect.
Also, battery’s gonna be somewhat of a pain most likely. At least without battery optimization, which IDK if it exists; I never did.

I’ve used it with my PP + “convergence” hub, it worked, but I don’t remember for sure if it was Phosh or Plasma… It was Arch-based though, IIRC simply Arch? Otherwise Manjaro.

Try this setting, I think it may be relevant to your case:

Android -> open Signal (or Molly) -> Settings -> Privacy -> Phone number -> Choose who can see your phone n…

Though you can cycle for free ^^
And that’s most frequently the fastest and easiest transport between two points in a city, by a margin.
(I’m still envious about the rail prices.)

I’m envious. In the Netherlands, you can only buy a train pass for 376 Euros. And that’s just the train: no buses, no trams, not even those faster “intercity” trains.

Grok this grok that…
I’m sorry, but ***k grok. Stop posting about it.

disroot is quite decent. I like their (privacy) vibe and the set of semi-independent services they provide.

Yeah that’s a great idea! I use that too. An encrypted USB drive makes sure you can trust the data not leaking, and spaced repetition can (should) be practiced to memoize the password. Then you’re good I’d say.

Technically KeePass can “merge” and has some sort of conflict resolution, but you’re right that forgotten and unaddressed conflicts can lay around for unlimited time without you noticing. It’s the main problem with keepass + syncthing.

It’s a bit sad that you’re downvoted so hard. You obviously have good intentions, just not having a good grasp yet if I may be frank. The solutions in this post are what you should follow IMO. In short, USB thumb/hdd drives with your important data. Encrypt the whole USB if your devices are under Linux if you wish. Use a proper password manager like KeePass to secure it additionally, with a strong master password of course.

Darn, first I see something fun and interesting, and then I read that the hardware is no longer for sale (available only to the original backers). Uh-oh.

Well, OK I guess. Maybe they’ll be selling again once they start shipping.

If you know the details of this war, you know that the Russian military is not driven by “motivation”. Instead, it’s beatings, threats of death, humiliation etc.

Wrong question. It doesn’t matter who was “first”.

If the first group stops, the problem is gone.
If the second group stops, the problem is not gone but likely growing.

Fully agree on this one 🤝
The feedback loop is real and powerful

I’m not. As I said, I think people have varying degrees of education. I’m not separating between “us” and “them” in terms of education. I don’t make generalised statements of what happens on a global scale without good research into the subject either.

But simple things such as “we need to make education a social priority” is within my reach.

but people are uneducated

So you’re not? OK, as you say.

I’m not subscribing to such statements, personally. I see varying levels of education around, and I see my job as educating when I can, learning when I can.

Or instead of raising the voting question (also known as non-democracy, only-whites-can-vote etc), maybe better agree on the importance of accessible education. Such as, a well funded school system, free or cheap non-corporate universities etc.

… And with this in mind, do you discourage people with this attitude from buying the cybertrack, or rather encourage?..

Dilemma, I guess. Most of us want neither the dumm looking trucks nor the attitude.