Yeah, the lack of mass production causes higher prices. Framework and system76 are doing good things and deserve support. However, the issue imo is a legislative one. You shouldn’t be forced to purchase an operating system with your hardware.
ChromeOS and android are about to be the same thing. I know you can buy laptops with Linux for a while (e.g., RHEL on IBM/Lenovo machine); however, it is definitely not the norm. It’s getting much better now, but if you want your choice of hardware it’s probably going to ship with windows. MacOS is quickly becoming a walled Garden too. I just want to be refunded for an operating system that I immediately wipe, and everyone else should too.
And for some reason when I buy a laptop I need to also pay for that disgusting spyware. How is this scam still going on?
If the spyware/tracking started and ended at the cell tower it would be a good start. I’m not sure the sensor data would be sent to the tower either. It would just be a general area.
A proper Linux phone cannot come soon enough
Isn’t this illegal in Europe? Was that the whole point of forcing apple to allow alternative app stores?
N26, revolut, and google wallet didn’t work when I was using it a few years ago.
Are the banking apps still blocked? How’s the camera? It’s been a while since I installed grapheneos…
Where is a good place to move? Preferably in Europe and non-profit.
Me too. It’s ridiculous they haven’t updated their client.
Finding 32 bit libraries hasn’t been a problem with any package manager I’ve ever used in Linux for a long time. This isn’t a problem for any modern distribution.
This is a ridiculous argument. Steam isn’t supporting the 32-bit libraries. It’s done through repositories that are maintained to ensure legacy compatibility which is one of the strengths of Linux. There’s no impact on the cost of games.
Can’t the dependencies just be installed with the steam client? Yes, it’s ridiculous that steam isn’t 64-bit, but I don’t see the huge problem programs with having 32-bit dependencies. Am I missing something?
I don’t get the hopefully Linux follows statement. I assume it is just for the client? Linux should support everything it can.
The steamdeck has done a lot of legwork here.