I truly hate that phones don’t readily have file browsers and folders, and when you do add them, they aren’t effective. Mostly that would be useful when moving files between phone and computer. It’s not simple even to get the computer to mount the phone’s drive, probably because everyone is fine with having all their files “in the cloud.”

an all-in-one app for running a Linux distro in a VM.

No, it won’t

let you run Linux apps on Android

It will let you run Linux apps in Linux

I use Mulvad, and seeding seems to work for me. Am I missing something?

Libreoffice is not my first choice for document preparation, but I use it only because I need to collaborate with people who use MS Office. I’ve had no problems that weren’t easy to fix.

Did your computer serve you ads?

Linux doesnt. oot

Did your computer send an archive of everything you’ve been up to back to the parent comoany?

Linux doesnt. oot

Did your computer cost hundreds of dollars in software alone?

Linux doesnt. oot

Did your computer’s OS get an upgrade, but you can’t usr it because your hardware is"old?"

Linux doesnt. oot

Does your OS just generally suck?

Linux doesn’t! Ooot! Ooot!

• I’m sorry, I just really enjoyed that typo ;-)

Please don’t take this as one of the rude responses you refer to above - that is not my intent.

Why do you want to use Mint in the first place? The only thing that distinguishes Mint from any other Debian derivative, is that they have made all these software choices for you, and you don’t have to do anything to get your system ready for you to be productive. It’s aimed at folks who don’t want to think at all about any of the concerns you have about customizing.

If you don’t like the choices Mint has made, there is literally no reason to choose it. Start with a minimal version of Debian, and add whatever you want. The end result will be the same as starting with Mint and swapping things out. The only difference will be the address of your repositories.

If you can give a reference to any such book, I’d be very interested to see it.

Most of what you said is exactly my point. It’s true the word Linux, used properly, refers to a kernel and not an operating system. But that’s not the way the word is used in practice, and it is not what OP meant when they used it. They meant " an OS with the Linux kernel and GNU userspace utilities." When the word Linux is used that way, Android is not Linux.

they are operating systems that use the linux kernel, just like GNU/Linux (aka “Linux”) does.

kernel != operating system

For better or worse the more correct name GNU/Linux did not catch on and is universally shortened to Linux. Android uses the Linux kernel, but is not GNU/Linux, and therefore is not Linux.

The goal of Ubuntu’s help forum is to solve users’ problems efficiently and effectively. That goal is better achieved if questions are posed in certain optimal ways.

The goal of Lemmy is for people to have discussions (like this one! ;). That goal is not better achieved with well posed questions.

Why though? Seriously, why is it a problem for you if they ask here first, instead of asking somewhere else first? What is the actual harm to you?

Some people would rather interact with other humans. Some prefer to find their answers without interacting with other humans. It’s all good.

We aren’t Ubuntu here. As far as I’m concerned OP’s question was just fine.

What is the harm, to you or anyone else, when someone makes a forum their first resort, instead of last? If having people ask questions here that aren’t “good questions” according to you is bothering you, perhaps you are the problem.

a valid forum question

I wouldn’t presume to judge this, and I dont think you should.

There is no issue related to a deluge of “invalid” or even redundant forum questions. That’s simply not a real problem.

Google wouldn’t have any answers if no one ever asked their question in a forum instead.

When you search for a problem like this one, often the results with helpful answers are on forums. These wouldn’t exist if no one ever asked their question on a forum.

To put it another way, google doesn’t create any content. That’s what we’re here to do instead.

I don’t think that myth exists. If you thought that before trying Linux, where did you get that idea?

It totally works for media. Just need a law that says, if a work is published, anyone can distribute it for the same fair licensing fee. That’s the way “cover” music works - any cover band can play any other musician’s work. Nobody can refuse them that right. Then the venue where they perform pays a flat fee to an agency for the license. This doesn’t work great in music, but we could create a better model for streaming. it’s not impossible.