cristiioan

I don't have specific recommendations for improving your development skills, I can suggest a few things that may be helpful given the circumstances:

- Download as many ebooks as possible. You can try using websites like libgen.rs(or search the r/piracy subreddit for alternatives)

- Look for software like Briar, which allows for local communication over Bluetooth, WiFi, and of-course the internet. If you have an android phone, download an APK for it(and keep a backup of it to share with others).

- Host a local linux mirror for whatever distro you wish. Also download all the manpages.

- Download a copy of Wikipedia

- Consider setting up projects like Internet-in-a-Box, which aims to provide offline access to digital resources(including some of the suggestion I said above).

I hope these suggestions are helpful.

After using a Linux phone (specifically, the PinePhone) as my daily driver for the past 19 months, I must say that the overall experience has been quite poor. While basic functions like calling and texting are functional, the device falls short in many other areas. For instance, web browsing can be challenging - although most websites do load properly, opening the keyboard has made multiple website completely unusable or behaving strange.

Additionally, while I have experimented with apps for different platforms like Matrix and Mastodon, many of these are still works in progress, and compiling them can be a time-consuming process.It's worth mentioning that even the most optimized apps for Linux phones can still crash from time to time. Additionally, many apps that might work perfectly fine on a Linux desktop are simply not designed to be used on a phone, making them unusable in practice.

While there is a solution for running Android apps on the phone (Waydroid), it too can be unreliable at times and has been known to cause the phone to hang. Furthermore, there are numerous software-related issues, such as crashes after updates, voice-related problems (e.g. microphone or speaker not working), modem connectivity issues requiring a reboot, and the device failing to turn on the screen until a hard reboot is performed (it thinks it's being held up to the ear like during a call). Lastly, battery life is a real issue. It's worth noting that I'm running the Phosh interface on Arch Linux.

I'm not sure if I will add it to my searx instance. The problem is that Brave gets more shady over time(shady BAT "donations" to creators, Brave VPN, ads on the homepage, and the let's not forget the crypto).

I get that they need to pay employees.

They link to an LTT video, but guess what? The video links back to another website: ameliorated.info. The source code linked by the website is also hosted on there. For me it seems like someone is trying to revive an old project without approval from the owner. I'm not sure if you should trust it right now without more information

I don't think is that harder. Also, my Framework(bought in Austria and than shipped it to Romania - still in EU) was actually sold by a company registered in Germany.

EU servers are still up, but very slow

I was able to apply with my student account(it has copilot and pro for free).

Ok, so you find an idea this way. But guess what, it is already taken by most probably another startup/small company.

I'm trying to find startup ideas first, not to verify if my startup idea is worth. And I wouldn't verify it in such a way. I have read books already on the subject and this seems like a bad idea.

There are many tools like lsd, bat, fd and a few more.

Getting that level of trust is the hardest part. If you don't mind losing performance, HEADS + Qubes OS try to get that on older thinkpads.

Isn't that only when using lockdown mode?

Better is to have all your devices in a trusted place(or multiple) or with you all the time(in a backpack).

This is why I keep all the hardware I use at home or in my backpack. If I have to go to the bathroom, I will take my backpack with me when I'm not at home.

I find the idea great, but there are a few issues with it.

The biggest ones I have found is that when there are multiple people flying from the same airport, it won't redo the math to try to find a better location.

Also it is more fuel efficient for just one to fly than two when there are only two people.

I can't imagine myself using such old hardware.

It is cool and I like it(old thinkpads are awesome) but the slowness would hit me every time I do something a bit more intensive(like browsing the web with hundreds tabs). Maybe it is related to the fact that now I have really fast hardware.

Also it really depends on your use case. I have a VM heavy workflow which benefits from the insane amount of RAM I have in my laptop and the number of cores.

After using Mullvad for a while now, I believe they care about privacy more than others. Maybe I'm wrong.

I don't think Graphene OS will support anything else than Pixels and posibily in the future a custom phone made for Graphene OS[https://www.androidpolice.com/graphene-os-phone/]

Android one isn't dead?

Outside the major brands(Samsung, etc), many cheap phones ship with an older version from release. Probably because it is cheaper?

With the mess that is Microsoft accounts system, I'm not surprised to hear this.

I don't think asking here is the best idea