Programmer Belch

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Linux and FLOSS enthusiast, trying to unplug myself from the net by selfhosting. Enfasis on trying.

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Two years after windows closes support for windows 10 we will get a massive spike in linux users or a massive spike in landfill users. A man can dream


Nowadays a console is just a locked down, less expensive pc. I think buying the components of a ps5 and assembling the pc is more expensive than just buying a console and liberating it, which is what I would do if I was to ever buy one.


Cool, no Xiaomi for me then, I can’t even bother with that much bureaucracy when I can just buy another phone that’s easier to unlock


I will hve to look out for that when buying the next phone, thank you


I am still using a Xiaomi 7 with a custom rom, I used the tool in their webpage to unlock it. Are current gen Xiaomi phones making it impossible to unlock the bootloader?


So google is lying about rooted devices, they seem as secure as an OEM letting an user sideload apps or google themselves letting malware apps inside their store


Does rooting your device make you the root user or just gives you access to superuser utilities?

In linux systems the root user shouldn’t be used for daily use, you just make an user account with permission to use sudo, doas or su.



You can install custom roms into Xiaomi phones, I recommend LinageOS or /e/OS if you want a degoogled experience. If its not for you, the latter isn’t really user friendly as some google apps like maps wont really work.


Check out /e/os, the only problem I found is it is more difficult to interact with some google services and others are not supported but you can always use a browser to access them


I’m sure it will come with a way to update the map like opening with the second to last update to reformat it. It would be a shame for some megabases I’ve seen to just stop being able to play them


It says that you can still use the old rails but you won’t be able to build them the same way. You can just rebuild the trails you really need or want the other way




Last I saw, you had to compile it from source, can you drop a link?