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• Post #3166455

  Finally checked, and yes, there are a few private space-aware Android launchers available through FOSS release aggregators #Obtainium. Trying some out now.

• Post #2849707

  @archigato@fosstodon.org LineageOS and the like can be installed on many makes and models. GrapheneOS has always been kinda niche, because they provide a privacy-first environment that's only useful to highly committed users, and they don't even bother trying to support phones that would overburden their very limited resources. Currently that means Pixel 6/6a/6pro or later, Pixel Fold, or Pixel Tablet. Used Pixel 9a is typically available on ebay UK for £200 or so. @GrapheneOS@gra...

• Post #2648972

  Just looked for a modern open source ssh client for Android. Haven looked interesting, but a bit kitchen sink-like. Looking closer on github: yikes, it's vibe-coded slop. This is dire. Same user (glassontin) has an account on codeberg where they unsuccessfully tried to push slop into live-coding music tool strudel.

• Post #1328027

  I'm reluctantly coming to the conclusion that I should try to learn a bit more about bootloader configuration. Maybe even read the source code. #grub #uboot #rtfm

• Post #1328025

  RE: https://mas.to/@fsinn/116398741370127338 Trying hard to imagine why anybody would think sticking an armed remotely controlled drone on a ceiling had any role in pedagogy. How much do you have to hate kids for this to appear reasonable?

• Post #900581

  "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in, and becomes absolute shitearse when those old men decide to cut down all the trees for firewood, salt the earth so nothing else can grow and call the younger generation lazy for not planting any trees."