Stone Mason, Canadian ExPat living in the UK, Hobbyist musician.

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • I’m older than you guys, late 30s, my first pc was an old DOS machine with a black and amber monitor. I found the switch to Linux really easy, and I’m pretty sure the fact I started with a CLI(Command Line Interface) helped.
    Like you said, read the docs.
    I would add that you should start by trying to do as much as you can from CLI. There’s some things, on some/most distros, that just can’t be done through the GUI.

    The faster you get comfortable with the CLI the easier your transition will be.
    That said, the distros coming out now are a load more noob friendly than when I started fiddling with Linux, and the number of things you 100% need to do through CLI has shrunk significantly.


  • No, it’s EoL was November 2021, but the s5 was pretty easy to root, so as soon as it was out of warranty I put a CFW on it.
    Now a question for you. Is the iPhone 6 still getting OS and security updates?

    I generally buy used, and get 5 years of use from a phone, the ones I buy new basically never die. I keep the newer ones for a back up in case something happens to my current one, and the older ones I give away to friends or family that need a phone.


  • I work in construction, lots of dust, I used to go through phones like crazy. That s5 was the first one I got a proper dust/damp/impact resistant case for. I bought it new about a year after it came out and it’s still kicking.

    Out of curiosity, what is it that usually goes wrong with the androids you bought? And what kind of androids did you get? I definitely have bought cheaper androids and had them last a handful of months.