Hello Linux hive-mind -
A non-tech friend is trying to get out from under Apple and set up her
cell phone and computers without Microsoft, Google, or Apple looking
over her shoulder. She is concerned about tracking and privacy.
I can give her help with her future Linux desktop, but I don't even
Hey folks,
I have a couple of these and was looking for another one but seems
they are no longer available. They go nicely into a tower case and
provide cheap drive hot-swap capabilities on a Linux server.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00DGZ42SM
I think they were only about $80 each when I
I've been lurking here for awhile and have no idea how to use the
mailing list so please excuse me if I've made a mistake.
On 2021-01-22 1:15 p.m., Ian! D. Allen wrote:
> Hello Linux hive-mind -
>
> A non-tech friend is trying to get out from under Apple and set up her
> cell phone and computers w
On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:15:52 -0500
"Ian! D. Allen" wrote:
> Anyone out there in Linux-land with experience they are willing to
> share using a cell phone with good privacy that doesn't track you?
Does your friend need a smartphone? If all she needs is a phone that
can make calls and do basic te
On Fri, 22 Jan 2021, Ian! D. Allen wrote:
Anyone out there in Linux-land with experience they are willing to share
using a cell phone with good privacy that doesn't track you?
Cell phone? Privacy? Doesn't track you? Ha, thanks for the laugh on a
Friday!
Actually, that's not entirely true. A
While I haven't looked at all the small low-end phones out there
so I can't say if this is true of all of them -
my flip-phone is low-powered but still a "smartphone".
It is the Alcatel Myflip mumble405thing and runs KaiOS rather
than Android or iOS.
It has a browser and if you wait long enoug
> Hello Linux hive-mind -
>
> Anyone out there in Linux-land with experience they are willing to share
> using a cell phone with good privacy that doesn't track you?
This request eventually reminded me about the Purism phone:
https://puri.sm/
which purports to be a ground-up phone OS designed
When I had a real android smartphone, I put LineageOS (previously CyanogenMod)
on it. So it was less offensive than plain android. But unless you were
willing to muck about with apk packaging, you had to use the Google Play
store.
It was a bit of a pain to find and install apk packages.
Not a
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 12:48:53AM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> But unless you were
> willing to muck about with apk packaging, you had to use the Google Play
> store.
I am wrong! There is FDroid. I had forgotten.
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 12:48:53AM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> I also put ClockWorkMod as the recovery image. It worked well.
Oh man - another correction. I settled on TWRP – an alternative to
ClockworkMod Recovery
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Here's the Toronto company:
https://copperhead.co/#hardware
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