Motorola with GrapheneOS preinstalled.

More like, did I just read Trump’s latest post?

This is why we need Trump’s anti-immigration policies, to prevent another pandemic from entering the USA. It worked back in his first term, right?

My guess would be some value stability at all costs, others value user control, and others value uptime.

simple update and sleep should not result in a black screen on any OS IMO

That’s the thing. Different distros handle it in different ways. Some have the option to do offline updates so it will not actually install the update until after reboot so there is minimal risk of something interfering. That’s why often the recommendation is to try and find one that is more stable if that is what you value more.

Missed opportunity to say “twink 18 beers”

Today I learned there is a term called cottagecore

But can you play Doom?

The reason they are doing that is because the capitalists have painted themselves in a corner. Wealth inequality is growing wider and wider to where it is hard for the working class to continue to ignore. People are upset and need scapegoats. You can only blame immigrants for so much. So they promise to come in and “disrupt” the government’s bureaucracy. Of course the real reason to do that is not for the benefit of the working class, it is to benefit Trump and the wealthy that inflate his ego.

But you are right that they have forgotten that people get upset when the trail of corruption leads straight to them instead of being obfuscated in bureaucracy.

Thanks for the kudos. I mostly keep in contact because we grew up close as kids all the way through college. He got wrapped up into the manosphere crap during the pandemic so for me it’s a relatively recent thing.

I will certainly keep trying and give your advice a shot.

I guess it mostly invalidates what he said previously. Like we can agree that the US government will take away people’s rights if left unchecked by the people, but then he will say that the government needs to deport all immigrants without care for due process, lock black and brown people for protesting, and to keep women out of leadership positions.

I point out the contradictions, but he says it still makes sense to him.

Sometimes that becomes very tempting!

I have tried, for sure. Certain things he seems rational about and can get some agreement. Then he will say something sexist, racist, and/or xenophobic which invalidates what we just talked about.

A have a family member who is full MAGA and does exactly this. Then he will describe something that he thinks is a good idea, and when I point out to him that he is describing socialism he denies it. It is very frustrating!

While that is true, what if we took steps so future generations wouldn’t have to?

I am using the Librem 5. I don’t do anything all that demanding so it is okay for me. Basically light web browsing, Signal messages, some occasional SMS/MMS and calls. I was one of the pre-orders so I saw all the drama unfold with delays and denying refunds, but I received my device and have been daily driving it for 3 years now. I like it overall and don’t plan to go back to dailying ios or android.

Would I recommend Purism Librem 5 to others? I dunno actually. Despite the refunds fiasco, Purism made every effort to deliver a phone to everyone who ordered one. My phone works fine, but it is noticeably slower than most normie phones. There are more options out there like the FLX1, but I have no experience using it so I can’t speak to it. I would say, it’s worth a shot getting the FLX1 for the slightly beefier hardware. Just be sure to temper your expectations and take your time testing things out.

Laughing using mobile Linux

It’s the only Vaporeon meme I’ve seen. Judging by your comment, I don’t want to see the others O_O

Now you have to move on to obscure open source hardware. Linux phone and/or a RISC-V computer

And for Latinx people in LA it is being evicted from their homes to make Dodger Stadium