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  1·17 hours ago 1·17 hours ago- It’s been around for years. I remember one of my friends had a Walmart phone back in 2015 or so that would occasionally pop up ads before opening an app. 
  8·4 days ago 8·4 days ago- Windows has built in sandboxing now. I haven’t actually used it, but I know it exists. 
  56·5 days ago 56·5 days ago- KDE is a project. KDE Linux is a distro. 
  2·8 days ago 2·8 days ago- Other repos and debs are fine, just don’t go overboard and add dozens of them. It’s actually a better idea than some other methods, because of the ease of uninstallation if there’s a problem. 
  2·9 days ago 2·9 days ago- Not to mention the time spent. I’d rather spend that time and effort doing other things. - I’ve compiled plenty of programs, even the kernel. But that’s a means to an end. I’ve hunted down drivers and manually resolved dependencies to get them to compile. I’ve run on weird old platforms (Minix on a 286, but I don’t think I got the Ethernet drivers working there). Sure it’s interesting, but eventually I’d rather actually use the thing. - If you really want to compile your system, go do Linux From Scratch. 
  8·10 days ago 8·10 days ago- Distro? Driver version? Temperature? Is it receiving enough power? - If everything checks out, it might just be defective. 
  2·11 days ago 2·11 days ago- Can you just drop a white box over it? - Edit: if you’re sharing the PDF I suppose not 
  7·12 days ago 7·12 days ago- The translation is accurate. The “boohoo” bit does not appear in the article at all, in English or Finnish. 
  6·12 days ago 6·12 days ago- The subtitle all the way at the bottom says the same thing in Finnish, but it’s also not real. 
  33·13 days ago 33·13 days ago- Yeah. Here’s the article, there’s nothing like that in it: https://yle.fi/a/74-20061429 
  2·14 days ago 2·14 days ago- No. There’s no point in filling more than the protocol buffers if you can’t empty them. Loading a huge file into memory that won’t be used right away is a waste. - You’ve already said your read speeds are better. Memory usage doesn’t seem relevant here. 
- Old AV did. Modern AV (like, the last 10+ years) is behavioral. They still scan for signatures too, but they primarily work by analyzing software’s behavior for known or unusual techniques. 
  10·14 days ago 10·14 days ago- Total speed is going to be bottlenecked somewhere, which could be drive read speed, upload bandwidth, or the peer’s download speed, their write speed, or any number of other factors. - If your side is capable, don’t worry too much about it. You could be seeding to someone on their phone in a shack in remote Mongolia. That’s never going to be fast. - Also, reset all the advanced options back to default. You don’t need to touch any of them, and changing things might make it worse. 
  3·15 days ago 3·15 days ago- That sync will be resolved by syncthing’s logic. It will probably result in lost data. - I would suggest an app that does its own sync logic, like vaultwarden. That way, the client can update the database when it’s back online, instead of an external sync replacing the whole database file. 
  21·15 days ago 21·15 days ago- Usually the print service is implemented by the printer manufacturer. Maybe try installing one or both of these apps, I needed them to print, and it worked fine after that: - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brother.mfc.mobileconnect - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brother.mfc.brprint - I’m sure there’s some way to use PS or PCL printing from Android too, but that’s probably a lot more effort. 
  3·16 days ago 3·16 days ago- How long is “long term”? https://fastestvpn.com/ has a $40 lifetime plan, so that’s probably the best value (assuming they stay around, but they’ve been around for a few years now). 
- If there was a ROM available, that’s where I would expect it to be. If it doesn’t exist, you’ll have to port it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you (probably a couple thousand USD). - Or just buy a phone that custom ROMs support. 
  5·17 days ago 5·17 days ago- It smells of AI generation. Real people don’t write this kind of article like that. I’d bet they said “write a comprehensive 2500+ word guide to install and configure samba on linux”. - Edit: the site logo is definitely AI generated, and the T&C page was also generated. This whole site is slop. 
- If you consider xda unsafe, then buy a phone supported by someone you consider safe. 



Unless it’s in the top right for no good reason.
And don’t get me started on the inconsistent ways to go back. Sometimes it’s a button at the top left or right, sometimes swipe from the left, sometimes swipe down, sometimes up. I’ll stick with my android and a dedicated button, thank you.