I don’t understand what you’re arguing. You’re saying it is lower than 90%? How much lower are you thinking? What specifically is the percentage number in your mind where linux becomes “more viable”? And does it not matter whether it is just a bigger number than before?
or the carrier fuck me over?
If you’re going to get that kind of phone then you gotta pay for it outright and buy the service separately. Most all the good ones are of the prepaid model. Just buy a month at a time starting with the cheapest option and if it doesn’t work well enough to your liking, try another. So I guess my point is that the above isn’t really a serious concern. At any rate, it is completely separate from the phone.
For sure. I recall installing an open source mahjong from the android google store when I bought my first ever android device about a decade ago. Instantly took over my tablet and kept throwing ads at me. And it got into the root and wouldn’t go away when doing a reinstall. Fortunately it was a super cheap tablet that I only got to toy around with. But I have had no interest in ever getting another android device since then.
I think they would argue that it would be the perceived security that rust has. But I agree with your point and wonder if it will really deliver on those goals.
Didn’t know its been a whole decade.
yep. short for USB-diskette ;]
I’ve heard it is getting better. It would be worth downloading and trying a live-usb out and see where it is presently at.
Or just run a live disc.
It is so easy for everyone to just answer this question for themselves rather than read articles about it. And it takes about the same amount of time and effort.
Sounds pretty cool.
I’ve been keeping an eye on these for a while now. I eventually intend on getting a 20" touch screen and connecting an SBC or nuc to the back to make a cool little media playing, web and pdf viewing machine for use inside of my shop. So basically… a “shop computer”. I was eyeing the Orange Pi 5’s but I recall an amazon comment noting that distro support was limited. With that in mind, I am leaning more towards NUC territory.
I’ve been using Photoshop for over 20 years.
I hear ya. I’m a print designer and the biggest hole is scribus. It is impressive for how good it is in the last few years, but is no where close to where I need it to be for pro work compared to indesign.
But, I think Krita is definitely good enough to do what I need photoshop for… and Krita is better in some ways. Like for illustration work. Krita is better than GIMP for my uses because it has the strong color model functionality that GIMP doesn’t have. Mostly that would be the CMYK functionality. GIMP only exports to CMYK. You can’t work directly in it. You need that for print design.
Interestingly, the biggest problem is the whole “using Photoshop for over 20 years” (30 for me) thing.
After several years so much of what we do with these programs becomes second nature and we don’t have to think about it. Even if the other program is better, it takes a lot to get to that level with a new program. I’m trying to use Krita more and more and I still feel like I am no where close to that goal. albeit… somewhat closer…
While GIMP does have a clunky interface, I think part of that is that we just aren’t as familiar with it as the program we have been using for decades.
I don’t know what you use gimp for, but Krita might be worth a shot. Although I think if you only work in RGB and only do “photo shop” kind of tasks, GIMP may still be better.
I was one of those people who switched during the early Ubuntu days of 2006/2007.
First heard about it and gave it a try in 1995 when a friend told me about it in college. I was/am a graphics artist so it wasn’t an option then. But I knew then that it probably would eventually get there and windows would keep getting more evil and that I would switch. So I started switching from proprietary software solutions to open source whenever possible so that it would be easier to do when the day arrived.
So… in 2006 I was hearing a lot of talk about linux finally being easier to use and setup with a lot of gui functionality. Which is required for graphics work. Although, I had adobe at work and was there most of the week, so I didn’t really care anymore about having that at home. And the stuff I played around with was blender and the like.
I was also getting out of the habit of gaming. I had been really into FPS. Mainly the half-life mod “Day of Defeat” where I was doing the clam competition thing. But I burnt out on it and didn’t really care as much. But I did dual boot for a while with gaming in mind. It was about a year later when I realized that I hadn’t booted into Windows for several months (and I needed the hard drive space) that I scrubbed it.
So here I am.
I still use Ubuntu variations mostly. Although I intend on switching to Devuan. I’ve been experimenting with it on a laptop to get it just the way I want it before switching my desktops. I’m still struggling with btrfs snapshots. I thought I had it recently, then I broke it somehow. I’m still not entirely clear what the whole snapshot thing is doing. But I look forward to getting there soon. I hope to make this my final linux setup for the next decade at least.
They certainly can. Do you have evidence that suggests they are doing that?
The Part List section at this listing specifies the included cable has a RP-SMA socket. If the one at whatever listing you’re looking at has the same port, then you’re probably good. But who knows. You can also ask the seller, but ali sellers are sometimes airheads.