Search settings? I sometimes can’t remember where something is. I use the search box in settings.

This is a joke or satire, no? Who the F would pay that much for a flip phone. You can get them for free can’t you?

I loved the ease of batch files in DOS - I guess it’s mostly because I used them since the early 90s in abundance. I haven’t yet gotten around to learning the best equivalent in Linux.

Nah, that’s not what I mean. I’m not opposed to those things, I guess I just think that things should get the time and attention based on how important they are. I agree that these things would be nice, but I don’t think the developers are deliberately keeping these things the way they are out of a sense of honor and tradition; rather I’ve just figured they always have something that’s more pressing to focus on.

This drivel - okay not entirely, but I’m making a point - is all the wrong attitudes. “People like Windows, let’s make Linux more like Windows so people will accept it.”

We are not in a popularity contest. Linux is great - nay, extraordinary, phenomenal - because it has most of its shit together. Priorities, functionality, efficiency. If most people are not up to the task of learning something, that’s their problem. And yeah, that’s most people. In case the author of this article hadn’t noticed, the vast majority of people are, unfortunately, lazy and stupid. I’m not saying it’s always their faults but that’s not the issue. We don’t lower ourselves down to meet them where they are. If Linux remains only a tiny portion of the ecosystem, and needs to keep being the thing for only geeks (translation, got good grades in school, enjoy learning things, challenge themselves, etc.) then why does there seem to be this perception that that needs to change? Quite the opposite; the small bit of mainstream corporate elements that have become involved have only demonstrated they’ll immediately enshittify it, because that’s what they do.

Let Linux continue to be the fringe ecosystem for geeks. Why do we need morons to enjoy using it? Why is this a problem?

Yeah those lyrics were derived from Ecclesiastes.

Even so, it doesn’t really jive; circles may be a new age thing, but new age isn’t a circle thing. Linking it to new age has to apply an attribute of new age itself otherwise it’s a dumb reference.

Interesting. I’m sure heat and battery life are noticeably affected. If not very noticeably, I think significantly anyhow I recently got some Galaxy Note 10" 2014 units, and I am trying to get the very best out of it. I hadn’t even known about them. The early Galaxy Note phones were terrific, but still a phone size. Then there are the Galaxy Tab models which basically deals with the size issue but not really designed specifically for what I wanted. This thing is just a very enlarged Note 4. On a couple of them, I put TWRP and custom ROM, while on one of them I kept the stock ROM with its last update, bringing it to Android 5.x. It runs the old school Adobe PS Touch, Snapseed, Sketchbook, S-Note, and a handful of other graphics apps. They all run beautifully and it’s my almost-perfect art device. Rooted and debloated, of course. I’m gonna see how these modified units do on eBay.

I think my long-winded rambling point is that rather than kill your battery and possibly cause severe wear on your device, maybe find one that can use a custom ROM, or at least Root and optimizing by shutting off tons of bloat.

Damn fine turn of phrase!

Even more, resent those who do have it and want to ruin it for them.

That’s pretty cool. I will say that a little productivity is better than none.

Wanted to, but how many ppl actually did and were productive?

Wow, coding on the worst physical topology/topography for the kind of input you need to perform.

A programmer needs to type fast, navigate the cursor rapidly and with easily attained precision, and needs the information displayed on a large screen so that they don’t go blind working on the code. This machine is a friggin nightmare.

So you think Nintendo is fine with a device being sold that has tons of their games bundled without them getting a dime of it? Very odd, but maybe because it’s all “East” as you were saying it, maybe they let one-another do this kinda shit. I have no idea but it’s surprising. Especially if these devices get into the American consumer base. Shrug

Really! How has Amazon not sued them?

I’m using the stock Motorola ROM. I am rooted, and yes I’ve tried installing with root privs. In fact I’ve tried using several installers, including MiX, but also SAI and two others.

I’m installing from saved APK files. I was able to use the same APK and install on a device with Android 6, as well as another with Android 10. I’m really not sure how to narrow down exactly what’s going wrong, but I know that prior to my factory reset, they all installed without any problem. Then again, I had a ton of add-ons and hacks installed. Some that I have not yet reinstalled, such as Gravity Box, and a handful of other LSposed modules and Magisk modules.

Not speaking from authority, but I’d actually think the EU would prohibit it. With all their flaws etc. like everywhere, the EU at least has definitely shown some balls on more than a few occasions in the recent past. They’ve refused to capitulate on a number of issues with major companies - the first one that comes to mind is the e-waste reduction policy that led to Apple starting to use the USB-C standard. If Apple had their way, they’d continue using proprietary cables until the end of time, all to make more money off something that offers no advantage and only adds more poison to the earth and takes more money from the customer. Standing up to them demonstrated that the EU at least has the stones to do that, and isn’t entirely owned by the rich corps yet. In the U.S.A. what happens is that companies like Apple tell the government to jump and they ask “how high?”

But then why put the name on it if it’s got tons of unlicensed copyrighted games? Nintendo is likely to immediately start lawsuits, so why would Lenovo want to attach their name to this?

Why even bother when you’re just giving Google money for reselling hardware they didn’t manufacture. Just buy a decent brand basic spec system. Personally I’ve always stuck with ASUS for my new stuff, and for older hardware I’ve been extremely happy with Toshiba laptops. Get a Toshiba Tecra from ten years ago and put Linux on it; it will outperform one of these new Google units.

Better yet, get a decent spec used Android tablet, one that supports bootloader unlock and for which there are ROMs. Install TWRP, install Lineage or crDroid, RR or Bliss - or any of about a dozen amazing brews that give the device orders of magnitude better performance than with stock OS. Then stick a keyboard and mouse to it and you’re golden.