Snowden says he does the same thing.
Technically you can do the same for your TV since the mic is probably in the remote. But that’s not the TVs worst threat. The constant snapshots of your screen no matter what is displayed is the bigger deal. That is a software issue and not being disconnected without an entire custom firmware/OS approach.
Gamepad… I just use it wired because it was an easier solution. Like I said, sometimes things that should be settings become problems you need to solve.
That’s just part of the Linux game.
Its not really a deal breaker to me for the other benefits I get, but it really can be annoying. And more annoying that on average the Linux community doesn’t really acknowledge this.
I can completely understand an average person not wanting to deal with stuff like this, especially since its so inconsistent across distros.
For me its the nuance of things.
Like quality of life settings. Turn Bluetooth on automatically at boot. Yeah, you can do it, but not by looking at settings and turning that option on. No, you need to recognize that’s a problem then search for an answer, determine which of the 2 or 3 answers you find are right, then do it. Is it a deal breaker? Absolutely not. But I don’t want to “solve problems” for every thing I want to do.
My other gripes would be lack of software support. As great as some apps are, others there are no support for Linux.
Ironically I miss Affinity. But se la vie.
Proper power management on my laptop is the biggest one.
There are many software applications that don’t support Linux that I would like to use.
Yes, but controls on local WiFi networks does nothing if they use a SIM to bypass it. So both are needed. And then that doesn’t take into account public networks, so controls are needed there. It’s a layered approach.
Right? Make a product that a majority of people could find useful and not have any backlash at all…but then again, they’ve never been a product company. They’ve always been a personal information broker.
Linux does what I tell it to.
Windows does what it wants. Either what it thinks I want it to do, or what Microsoft wants me to do.
Considering I paid for my computer, I like having control over it. It’s that simple.
This. I use LibreOffice at home and M365 at work. It’s definitely not 1:1 compatible like most people say. That’s not to bash on LO, it’s just the reality of it.
I still swear by Excel. While Calc is fine for essential spreadsheets, I run a VM just for Excel because there’s no alternative for the advanced tools.
Good to know about the odf extension though. That’s a good improvement.
And I’m not arguing not to.
But I tried to get everybody I know to contact me on signal or simplex. For a year. Only one person switched and they did so to signal. Because it was easier and more people were on it. I myself stopped using simplex because not enough people are using it that I know.
So where the rubber meets the road, if anybody wants to use signal I’m good with that because its good for 99% of all things.
If we (as privacy enthusiasts) want to promote the better apps, they need to be and appear less niche so they’re more acceptable.
I appreciate the comment on the matter. This is good information to know and consider.
People should know that Signal is encrypted and private, but won’t make you a ghost.
That being said, the majority of people are not interested in privacy so getting them to use Signal over WhatsApp or SMS is a 99% win.
There’s a lot of info in these comments and a ton of it is good.
I will say that the best advice is to boot from a USB and try out a system for a bit. You can easily swap around that way without a commitment.
I will also say that my opinion is to start with Mint. It’s similar enough to windows in layout/workflow to feel familiar and is “boring” in a stable, easy to use way.
Use it and learn Linux. I say learn, because it doesn’t matter what the OS looks like as much as how it works, and Linux (any flavor) works differently than windows. Learn those idiosyncrasies and then of you decide you want to try something else then you’re up to speed to move on and judge a different system with a baseline.
I don’t think anybody is critiquing the production quality or the right to get paid. I’ve seen nothing but complaints about the content quality (sensationalism) in the comments.
For me, I don’t hate the guy or the channel. But I found I stopped watching his videos. I just felt like they were too long and could get to the point faster. I didn’t really see it as sensationalism myself, but understand that view. He’s essentially building it up to say why this is a big deal and you should continue watching the video.
I just see it as an hour long video can still be made very well if it were half that. There’s a time commitment involved so when I see fluff that could have been cut it makes me not want to watch. The fluff doesn’t add value, not even entertainment wise.
And to top that off, those features have a terms contract you need to accept to use. Yet you don’t know what that entails until you spend a lot of money.
Both your point and this also needs to be denormalized. We should be able to have full visibility for purchase decisions and have no push back on returns if we don’t.
Which is why we need to de-normalize this thought process. People should always ask, why does my vacuum need to go online? Or at the very least, can I turn that “feature” off?
Most banking works fine. There was a time it had more problems but I don’t even need to use a secondary profile with Google Play Services running any longer.
NFC works, but that is app specific. So no, wallet won’t work because google wallet wants Google services to work. But in the EU some banks have their own contactless payments that work fine. In the US none do to my knowledge. For bus pass etc that would be down to your app and if they require google services or not. There’s always the option for secondary profiles.
To me, I was amazed at his many apps use google services for notifications. So many apps work, but don’t give me notifications unless I open the app… Which I’m okay with because 99% of them I would turn off anyways.
I personally think anydesk is the easiest to deploy and use, cross platform and little effort.
Rustdesk is great too and my go to as a self hosted option.
Correct. In the US there is no entity that is supporting it. Technically any of our banks could create an app that supports it, but they’re lazy and cheap.
Umm, because my Hisense remote has the mic button and a little hole for the mic to collect sound. Which makes sense when a person wants to speak and be heard and have the mic a foot from their mouth vs 6 feet across the room. But I guess your TV is different and listens with infrared.