Those of you who are daily driving Linux, what are your other devices?

Just wondering. I have been a long time Android user but am thinking about switching to Apple for everything except Linux on my laptop, mostly for privacy reasons (I know they aren't nearly as good as they claim but they are much better than Android from an incentives view).

I have been looking into how to integrate the Apple ecosystem with Linux and there seem to be good, albeit hacky ways to do it.

2 points | by amichae2 1 hour ago

3 comments

  • d3Xt3r 9 minutes ago
    I run Linux almost everywhere (including TV), except for my watch (which runs Garmin's proprietary OS). Although I would love to run Linux on my watch as well, I'm fine with Garmin's OS as it's not intrusive, gets regular updates, and does its job well. I have an M1 MacBook Air as well, but that runs Linux too (in dual-boot).

    And although my phone currently runs Android, I'm looking to switch to a proper Linux phone soon (Commodore Callback, running SailfishOS), hopefully by end of the year.

    Of course, work laptop runs Windows, but I managed to get WSL2 enabled on it. Haven't had the chance to play with it much, but my plan is to run a full DE like KDE, and soft replace the explorer shell with it.

  • JoshTriplett 51 minutes ago
    Android is much, much more open. You can run an SSH server, run things like Termux or a full Linux VM, use more capable synchronization like Syncthing and give it real access to files you want to sync, run alternative app stores and more Open Source apps, and otherwise have more control over your device. It's not perfect, and I'm eagerly awaiting even more open options (e.g. vendors with official Graphene support), but it's remarkably decent.
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    • kooi 19 minutes ago
      Termux is great. I have my phone on the same tailnet as my home server. Easy to SSH into it, start codex in terminal, do some work/server adjustments, log out.
  • wheeliegeek 38 minutes ago
    All of my personal pcs and servers are Linux. I started using Linux in 1995 because win95 was horrible when it was first released. My phone is a pixel running graphene, and i just recently switched to a garmin watch.

    I was an apple user for years, but am really tired of not owning my hardware, and apple really doesnt play well with Linux.

    As dumb as it may be, the final straw for me was not being able to open apple music while driving because i had to accept the updated eula on my phone before it would let me.

    Im tired of corporations having more control over my technology than i do, and am willing to deal with some self imposed friction to avoid it.

    Imo, apple makes much better hardware, but im tired of being forced to use gimped software that they have to approve.