You can use Waydroid on PostmarketOS to install Android apps. It basically runs a full VM for you.

FYI, you can play Java edition on Android using Pojavlauncher.

I found the part where DougFo specifically says no one should die on a bike in the TVO episode to be pretty hypocritical.

I used the cheapest wifi AP recommended by Virtual Desktop, the SFT1200, so your wireless setup is probably better than mine. I’m also using a low end GPU, so frametimes are not always the best. The biggest thing was honestly the Meta bullshit:

• Need to install a phone app and create an account to use the headset
• Refuses to auto-connect to a wifi network it knows has no internet
• Having to have SMS 2fa for a “developer” account just to load software over ADB
• Constant pushing of other Meta products in the UI

I used to own a quest 2 and would use it exclusivly for PCVR. The big thing that made me sell it was all the problems that come with streaming games from another computer:

• There is more delay in the video stream than quest-native games
• The video looks like a youtube video since it’s being compressed
• Wifi is very unreliable. Even with a dedicated AP just for the quest, the stream sometimes dropped frames.

For these reasons, as well as all the bullshit that comes with a Meta product, I got an og HTC vive instead. I do miss how convenient the quest was though.

I wonder how many people would notice if when upgrading from windows 10 to 11, windows is replaced by KDE themed to look like windows 11.

It lives on in spirit in the Steamdeck and the HTC Vive wands.

No, there are other ways to get apps.

• Aurora store: Google play store with no need for a google account.
• F-droid: A way to install FOSS apps independant of Google.
• Neostore: better looking f-droid

All of these can be downloaded in the browser, and then installed from the file manager.

Every year, Linux phones get just a bit better…

Yes. I’ve only tested it manually scanning to save battery life though.

There is also a FOSS app called Airguard on F-Droid that I found works well.

This would be very useful for offline installation.

I got it specifically for Linux usage. I had a 2060 before that, but got fed up with NVidia’s drivers and replaced it with the ARC. I only need Vulkan and OpenGL, so the performance pitfalls on Windows don’t really apply to my usage. It works perfectly on Linux, but I ran into issues literally just trying to update the drivers on Windows.

Exactly. If I’m putting myself in front of a vehicle, I HAVE to know that it will not run me over. Especially since drivers in my area seem to be unable to stop in front of stop lines.

Except with the payday loans, you at least own the computer at the end.

This is me lol. Ryzen 3600 and Intel ARC A750.

Pure water, by itself, is non conductive IIRC. It only becomes conductive if there is stuff dissolved in it, like with tap water where there are small amounts of minerals in the water.

Fairphone’s support of PostmarketOs shows me that they actually care about their mission.

DivestOS is pretty awesome. It allows for bootloader locking, which Lineage can’t do IIRC and it runs very fast on my Pixel 2 xl.

Exactly this. I use Signal for people close to me and SMS or Email for those who don’t use signal, who I don’t have coversations with often anyways. Dispite it’s many, many flaws, I will use SMS before I use a Meta messenger.