You’re unfortunately right that a Linux phone wouldn’t solve these problems and I’m with you that devs who bend the knee to Google have no interest in providing a Linux phone version - at least for the foreseeable future.
Once there’s a considerable market share for Linux phones (which may never be the case…), those users are potential customers and the tides will shift.
Until then it would at least provide a portable computer that can do a lot of the things current smartphones are capable of, but without the restrictions created by Google and Apple.

I have a more pessimistic view of bad scenarios.
Combine Google Play Integrity checks with being unable to install apps except they’re from the Play Store and you are at the whim of Google.
Right now I’m battling an app provider (of an app I rely on) who decided to start Play Integrity check shenanigans, although that’s in violation with their TOS. I know about not so great scenarios already. My alternative would be to cave and forfeit GrapheneOS, which I’m not willing to do.
We. need. Linuxphones!

I’m not saying I’m a fan of that, but at least Apple is upfront about the walled garden they offer and ever has been.
Google started differently, but turned around 180 degrees.

I wasn’t aware of that.
Thanks for letting me know!

And what good is ‘sideloading’ (imo a loaded expression), if you can’t use your phone the way you want because of the Google Play Integrity crap that fails on custom ROMs?
Btw. I don’t think that the amount of F-Droid users are a rounding error, but I may be wrong.

Google is paving the ground for Linuxphones.
It’s so blatantly obvious how evil they’ve become that it makes striving for alternatives a necessity.

Does anyone have one of these phones https://linuxstans.com/linux-phone/ and can say anything about it?
Other Linuxphones would be fine by me as well :)

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I’m strongly feeling there’s an end coming for using Android in the way I used to.
Google Play Integrity bullshit is putting the nail in the coffin, if killing F-Droid doesn’t come first.
Too many lickspittle app developers cave to Google’s monopoly.
Then again, I was able to grow up without a portable computer and while the world has changed quite a bit since that, I’m sure I can go back to that.
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I don’t think that I’m the one in this conversation who appears to be bothered 🤗
I hope you manage to send the email and wish you a good day too.

Doesn’t it open your email program with all selected addressees?
What did you expect to go horribly wrong?

These politicians really aren’t afraid of those they were elected to represent…
For their sake I hope they stop this FAFO, before more damage is done.

Why don’t you just try it? 😉
But the answer is: yes.

The Nvidia GPU in my laptop was the reason to install Bazzite; haven’t looked back since.

Me and my Steam Deck approve.

Lucky me needs Proxmox only for self-hosting and loves it :)

Especially considering this was losless - strictly speaking only the compression of the SSD was… 😈

That’s what they said.

I think so too.
With electric energy, there’s no “one size fits all” solution.
These novel approaches will fit somewhere.

Neither the kite based solution nor the blimp based solution is fit for the purpose of serving single or few people with electrical energy.
For that scenario some kWp based on solar can be had for cheap and some kWh battery on top doesn’t cost a fortune either.
I never insinuated that the kite or blimp are the perfect solution for every scenario - rather that it may be a match for situation that couldn’t be served well by the available means.

I can see those kites being used at remote locations, islands, remote villages, etc.
Add some battery to it and you have a quite reliable source of electric energy.
What option would be better in these cases in your opinion?

I don’t know what you mean by mass use. It’s pretty clear that these approaches are meant to add to existing solutions or provide off-grid energy at remote locations.
If you can bring a standard 30 foot container there, you can consider such a kite installation, if other requirements are met.

How does an ideal site look like?
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I don’t see, you can’t use multiple installations at different locations aka scale it.