Came here to say the same thing! Loved that phone, was my first phone on project Fi.

The camera stunk though, always hunting for focus while recording video

Well that’s a first for me, neat!

Yeah my buddies all buy the biggest phone capacity they can get, and I barely thought about my last phones 128gb. I had to check my current phones capacity just now, thought it was 256 but I guess it’s 512.

I’m using 180 ish, but I could easily be under a hundred again if I deleted a bunch of crap that’s built up 🤷‍♂️

I do remember losing a months worth of photos years ago when my SD card died, and my Dropbox had gotten full. That was the day I upgraded my Dropbox. I’m on a yearly subscription, it’s due to renew next month, I hope to be on immich by then. Just gotta find time.

Just bought my FW13 last month. USA. It’s either perfect timing, because tariffs. Or terrible timing, because tariffs. I haven’t decided yet.

Love the laptop though!

This is a minor issue compared to the security risks. See the other comment in this thread for a good explanation.

Definitely you should look into Linux, it’s really gotten quite good. Especially if you don’t need games with anti cheat.

But if you just want to use Windows 11, it’s super duper easy. Just Google “download Windows 11 iso” and grab the iso file from Microsoft website.

Then download Rufus.

Then pop in a thumb drive that’s at least 8gb. Open Rufus, select your thumb drive and the iso, then choose the option to remove windows requirements, then click start.

Backup your files on Windows 10, save them somewhere. Then pop in the thumb drive and install windows 11 fresh.

The requirements aren’t actually required. Win 11 runs fine on all sorts of hardware. Support stops at 8th Gen Intel, but I’ve installed it on 5th Gen. My work laptop is 2nd or 3rd Gen. It’s fine 🤷‍♂️

Technically less secure? Yeah, in some ways. But it’s miles ahead of running unpatched windows 10 after September.

Got a new laptop about a month ago. Put Fedora Bluefin on it immediately. Couple other computers/server have been running Debian flavors for year or two.

My main desktop is still Windows, but I literally never use it, especially since getting the laptop. I’ll switch it over when I get time.

I’m still tied to windows for three apps. I’ve found a Linux replacement for one, I just haven’t done the work to convert the database.

Another one I’m trying to run it’s Android version in a waydroid docker, but I’m hitting walls, no time to dig deeper.

And the last one has no replacement, and it’s too delicate to try emulating, I don’t want to nuke the shared database it’s attached to, it’s not worth the headache. So I keep a Windows VM around for the once a month I need to use that program for 🤷‍♂️

I’m purposely being vague about the programs, they are very identifying, but trust me there’s no alternatives.

Even with all that, I’m not looking back, win11 sucks.

I’m coming back to Linux after a hiatus. I’ve spent most of my time with the Debian flavors. Not afraid of the command line, but not an expert either.

I’m trying out Bluefin right now, semi-immutable atomic os based on silverblue, based on Fedora.

On normal installs, I usually change and install enough stuff, that when it comes time to upgrade to the next os version, I’m sometimes not able to without introducing instability or it outright falling. The former more common than the latter.

Let’s just say I got used to reinstalling and starting from scratch, especially if I experimented too hard and broke something big like my DE or drivers.

So with bluefin I’m hoping to leave everything that’s core, alone. I’m trying to rely on flatpaks, app images, and distrobox for everything else.

So far so successful. I’ve only got a couple minor gripes, some limitations of flatpaks. But I’ve also only been at it for like a week, so we’ll see.

I guess my point is, flatpaks have a place 🤷‍♂️

Just the other day, I was trying to run a CLI program, one I won’t name.

I’m trying out a new immutable distro, and couldn’t install it, so I said hey these new flatpaks are supposed to be all a guy could ever need.

So I downloaded an app that uses this unnamed CLI program as its core. It was a GUI app. And while it worked just fine, I also had very little control over what exactly was gonna happen and how it would happen. I wanted to do some specific things I knew the core program could do, but there was no way to do it.

Eventually I dug deeper and realized I’m an idiot and the CLI program can run without installing it or any dependencies, so it was fine to use natively. I was able to accomplish my task quickly and efficiently after that, happy as a clam.

CLI and GUI both have their place. I prefer GUI most the time, honestly. But having some CLI chops can be extremely useful at times.

PDF has its place. I’m sure there’s something better that could replace it, but PDF is ubiquitous.

I hate getting sent docx files or whatever that stupid iPad notes format is. I open it and the formatting is all screwed up. Or I can’t open it at all.

When I send files, it’s a PDF, so I know they are seeing exactly what I am seeing. Exactly as it was meant to be seen.

Just wait until the AI assistant gets added 🤢

Exactly. I’d love to use jellyfin, but it’s just not feasible

Neat!

👍

New York Times

Non-broken link to the story

Yep. Far superior to DC.

Not even a ton. A variation of this is still my hairstyle today.

A dime sized amount of fiber paste does the job. Start by blow drying the front up into rough shape. Rub the paste between your hands using only your fingers, and work most of it into the front to hold the shape and fine tune it. Use the remainder rubbed between the entirety of your hands to pat down your crown and any flyaways. And you’re done. Quick spritz of hairspray if it’s windy or you’re planning on being really active 🤷‍♂️

Whole process takes 5 ish minutes. Significantly less if my hair is already in the right shape, which it usually is because I blowdry it when I get out of the shower as a matter of course.

Nopopppooooo yoouulll squish the poor kitty!!! You monster!!

/s obviously. It’s crazy how worked up people get online, how convinced they are that their way is the only right way.