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A linux smartwatch ? Then definetly look into asteroid OS ! The devices they support can be bought for very cheap on vinted. I opted for a garmin because of the battery life : i do not want to plug my watch in everynight.

Idk sounds somehow staged ? Or maybe not

So, I received it yesterday, and I’m absolutely enamored with it: it’s perfect. No need to download some crappy app that god know where sends your data, and thankfully it’s possible to first pair it directly with gadgetbridge. Absolutely peak. Then it acts like a normal smartwatch, I guess. I’m not much interested by the notifications/smart aspects of it; I mainly got it so I could consult maps when going hiking without having to have my phone in my hand all the time. In that aspect, this garmin watch I have (vivoactive 6) let’s you have a line of your course on the display on at all times, so not really a very colorful map with lots of stuff, but exactly what I needed. For the maps themselves, you can select whatever gpx file from your phone and ‘share’ it via the android menu to gadgetbridge, it’ll send the file to the watch that way and you can then open it on the watch. Another thing i want to do with it is use it as a heartbeat sensor while riding my indoor trainer; I haven’t had the time to try that yet tho. A very cool thing is that this watch supports music on device!! It has 8gb onboard, and you can download music from amazon music, spotify, deezer, and others, idk. But as I download my music from bandcamp I found no use for those. Thankfully by plugging the watch in a pc with their cable it acts as a media storage device, and then you can upload your own mp3 files. Looks like it doesn’t support flac, so you’ll need to transcode those if you have you music in that format. Navidrome’s UI let’s you do that easily when downloading an album. Ah, the watch itself doesn’t have a speaker, but you can connect headphones, up to LDAC it seems? Mine have the aac/sbc codecs disabled, only LDAC is enabled, and it still works, so cool ig? Ah, I found that to setup garmin pay you need the official app, but after the initial setup you can uninstall it. Anyway, my bank isn’t supported so idc.

I hope i have been exhaustive, and that this rant of mine could maybe help you make your decision. Overall, i’m pretty happy: works pretty well for what I need, and is totally private. My data isn’t feeding god knows what algorithm, and there are no important features locked behind a paywall (their garmin trainer or whatever is, but who tf cares about that)

Ah, and the alarms on the watch seem to wake you up just fine.

I don’t think Tuta offers the features you need; but at least it’s privacy focused, EU based, and with foss apps (they are even on fdroid!!)

I was searching for the same thing like you and decided to get a Garmin, as they seem to work with Gadgetbridge without needing to fair with their app first. It’ll arrive tomorrow, so I could give you some more insights then. But from what I’ve read online, Garmin watches are the top for sporty activities.

I have some rules in my firewall! Everything is blocked! Only github and my friends domains are let through! Github because i use obtainium.

Completely false. I stream without problems, while still retaining all my privacy. (I stream from my friends jellyfin servers)

I’m using AOSP.

oh…

Isnt this already an aosp feature?

I use DataBackup (app on fdroid) for that. It does need root tho. But it makes it so incredibly frictionless to switch phones.

And they’ve been pumping out weekly linux videos, I think, so that helps draw attention too

Hes been using for about 3 months, if I remember correctly

Definetly Tuta.

Dp to hdmi cables work. Even 4k 144hz works with them.

You can add shortcuts yourself in gnome, no ?

i can hear power supplies. kinda annoying.

Btw, as a cool gui for setting your wallpaper there’s waypaper

Talk to them. Education goes both ways: they educated you when you where an enfant, now’s your turn.

So, does it work for ya natively?