I use Logitech MX Vertical with the solaar software. It works fine.

I’ve also been using EndeavourOS for about a year and a half, it has been a wonderful experience.

While aosp with microg is a step into the right direction, it’s not Google free. Most android code is made by Google and streamed to aosp.

So you think people must only use software made by nice guys but you can use hardware, services, books, movies, etc. from whoever? What makes software so special?

You’re not hosting a lemmy instance but here we adding content, and therefore value, to the platform. I don’t host hyprland either, I am leeching off the entire devs work for zero dollars. Does that make it okay now?

I give more importance to qualities like open source, safety, privacy and performance other than who supports trump or not.

I’ve gone though the Degoogle journey myself but there’s just no way to run a phone without software made by jerks. And that’s one example.

You can use whatever criteria you want yo pick software, that’s fair. I don’t tend to include politics and personality into the equation myself but I’m not imposing anyone to do the same.

I agree with the sentiment of supporting nice folks, especially in the FOSS ecosystem.

What OS are you going to use on your Smartphone if you remove software from Google and Apple? What VR headset are you going to use? What telecom are you going to use? Are you only going to shop in local food markets? Lemmy’s creators are also biggots, yet here we are…

I financially support projects and people I like, but I use whatever software I enjoy using. FOSS, closed source, made by a nice guy, bad guy. If I feel my experience is good I’ll use that, if something better appears along the way I’ll move on. I don’t want to be a cop and background check the political views of whoever created all the software, hardware, services, movies, books, etc I use. I’d do nothing else with my life.

Have you tried to use only products made by nice guys or nice companies? It’s impossible.

It’s also a bit ironic to post this opinion on Lemmy, whose creators are also bigots.

Honestly I just stopped caring about developer’s personalities or political views. If you only use products made by nice guys who share your political views you won’t use anything in your life. Not even a phone.

I run Hyprland, I love it but I find it very hard to recommend to other people.

Hyprland is basically unusable out of the box (by design). You don’t have wallpaper, notifications, system menu, task bar, lock screen, screen saver, idle lock, a launcher… You have to install, configure and style all these components by yourself.

Why do it, then?

• Tiling window, obviously. It takes a while to get used to it but I can no longer live without it
• Absolute control on how your entire system looks
• Feels lightweight, smooth and honestly very nice
• Documentation is great

Personally I wish they’d invest into a meta-package “Hyprland DE” where it’d install all the components with some sane defaults. It takes a lot of time to make your system look decent, especially if you have no sense of style like myself heh. I found it to be very worth it, but I haven’t personally met anyone willing to do all this work.

This is where I feel COSMIC will shine in the future. The tiled experience with sane defaults.

I use Proton VPN, it’s a good service. If you like their other services it’s honestly a no brainer.

Personally prefer the no bullshit payment options by mullvad but they no longer support port forwarding.

We finished Split Fiction recently, it was fantastic.

We tried Unravel Two yesterday but I found it a bit underwhelming, not sure it will stick.

You think running Java applets and flash was better than what we have today? Now that is delusional!

Piss on carpet, friend!

As far as I know, AOSP is largely maintained by Google. Without the Google Play Services you lose key functionalities such as notification service or the ability to use home banking apps.

While alternative play services such as microG exist, in my personal experience they are buggy as hell. My banking apps continued not to work and notifications were often delayed by several hours.

I’d love a real opensource linux alternative driven by the community without a big tech dictating what goes in or not. We’re not there yet but it’s cool to see people trying.