Not at my computer, but KDE has a wallpaper addon named something like Smart Video Wallpaper. Used with some cool screensaver-style videos from pexels can make for an awesome background with motion.
As someone running Debian on an old MacBook Pro from 2012, MacBooks are not Linux first. You can run it on all but the newest M-series, but be warned you're likely to encounter some broadcom driver issues with the wifi/bluetooth. They can be fixed, then they may break again with some random kernel update. It's not a fire and forget solution.
Have you looked at Framework yet? Linux friendly, designed to be upgradeable and user-repairable. Definitely plan to buy a Framework for my next laptop (ideally once ram/storage prices stabilize)
" ...We have seen some devices work better when set to "LTE only" even if they are 5G-capable, so that's worth trying. You'll also want to make sure the APN is set to "plus", though that should happen automatically.... "
" ...It looks like the "plus" APN has the name "Plus INTERNET" (the actual APN is the smaller text under the name). We don't have any specific documentation because largely things are expected to work out of the box and any adjustments we've found vary from one model device to the next. Since your JMP phone number uses any available data connection and doesn't connect to the cell network's calling, having 4G calling or video calling enabled or disabled shouldn't make a difference. That said, we've seen some devices work better with VoLTE enabled even though it's not used by your JMP phone number... "
support had me select the "plus" (aka "Plus INTERNET") APN for my phone in my area; so far it seems to have really helped. You might try the same if your phone sees similar APN choices.
If u mean the app for transferring between eSIM & physical SIM - yes, and I've ordered the corresponding SIM kit but it hasn't arrived yet. I reached out to the support number/jabber address but haven't heard back. in fairness, I only started testing in ernest late Friday, and I know their support has more of a M-F schedule.
In the meantime I was reaching out to the broader community hoping to learn where the documentation is posted. I would love to learn (for example) which APN to select, if R for roaming is a normal status bar visual (regardless of whether roaming is enabled), and should I enable roaming? I can't find any documentation pages anywhere online, and their FAQ doesn't address these fairly basic questions.
fairphones can also run LineageOS if you want to go a step further and remove gapps. for the really bold, you can run postmarketOS on fairphone 4 or 5 to remove android entirely. there are sacrifices in android functionality, but with serious gains by way of Linux desktop to counter those.
SMS and phone calling should behave normally on most OSs (if not ready yet then its not a daily driver candidate for me yet). I can't speak to WhatsUp; I strongly recommend something like Signal instead. I know WhatsApp is popular tho, but if they require device integrity there's not much we can do solve that
Great question! I'll post a followup after the phone arrives and I've had some time to experiment. My bank's app might run under waydroid for now, but I'm concerned they'll subscribe to Google device integrity bs once implemented. When that happens, I'll be limited to browser only. This is fine for checking balances and transferring funds between accounts, but I'll lose access to remote deposit functionality. I'll either have to occassionally use my old phone for that, or drive to a branch like we did in the pre-internet days.
nice! the phone won't arrive for a few weeks anyway, so I'll try the latest available at the time. working audio is kind of important to me for a daily driver, but as a long-time debian fan mobian is my first choice for the core phone os - and as soon as possible. i might have to settle for something like ubuntu touch in the short term as a transitional distro, but debian/mobian is what I'm planning to eventually run (with kde's plasma-mobile interface)
someone else asked for a comparison of various distros on the same hardware. I'll write something after a few rounds of experimenting to see what does or doesn't work in a given distro. the phone's shipping from "across the pond" tho, so I won't see it for at least a few weeks.
I just use classic rsync for that, though in my case both the local and cloud servers are running Linux. I know that doesn't exactly answer your question, but its an alternate approach to consider in the long term.
FYI, the Nvidia Shield can run LineageOS. it's great!
Not at my computer, but KDE has a wallpaper addon named something like Smart Video Wallpaper. Used with some cool screensaver-style videos from pexels can make for an awesome background with motion.
As someone running Debian on an old MacBook Pro from 2012, MacBooks are not Linux first. You can run it on all but the newest M-series, but be warned you're likely to encounter some broadcom driver issues with the wifi/bluetooth. They can be fixed, then they may break again with some random kernel update. It's not a fire and forget solution.
Have you looked at Framework yet? Linux friendly, designed to be upgradeable and user-repairable. Definitely plan to buy a Framework for my next laptop (ideally once ram/storage prices stabilize)
If they'd named the conference "State of the Map - Everywhere" you could ask folks "Are you going to the SotM-E conference in Paris?"
It's been happening on the latest macOS as well. I just quit and relaunch the app to fix it; but yeah, it's annoying.
" ...We have seen some devices work better when set to "LTE only" even if they are 5G-capable, so that's worth trying. You'll also want to make sure the APN is set to "plus", though that should happen automatically.... "
" ...It looks like the "plus" APN has the name "Plus INTERNET" (the actual APN is the smaller text under the name). We don't have any specific documentation because largely things are expected to work out of the box and any adjustments we've found vary from one model device to the next. Since your JMP phone number uses any available data connection and doesn't connect to the cell network's calling, having 4G calling or video calling enabled or disabled shouldn't make a difference. That said, we've seen some devices work better with VoLTE enabled even though it's not used by your JMP phone number... "
support had me select the "plus" (aka "Plus INTERNET") APN for my phone in my area; so far it seems to have really helped. You might try the same if your phone sees similar APN choices.
If u mean the app for transferring between eSIM & physical SIM - yes, and I've ordered the corresponding SIM kit but it hasn't arrived yet. I reached out to the support number/jabber address but haven't heard back. in fairness, I only started testing in ernest late Friday, and I know their support has more of a M-F schedule.
In the meantime I was reaching out to the broader community hoping to learn where the documentation is posted. I would love to learn (for example) which APN to select, if R for roaming is a normal status bar visual (regardless of whether roaming is enabled), and should I enable roaming? I can't find any documentation pages anywhere online, and their FAQ doesn't address these fairly basic questions.
(moved reply to the user's question))
fairphones can also run LineageOS if you want to go a step further and remove gapps. for the really bold, you can run postmarketOS on fairphone 4 or 5 to remove android entirely. there are sacrifices in android functionality, but with serious gains by way of Linux desktop to counter those.
SMS and phone calling should behave normally on most OSs (if not ready yet then its not a daily driver candidate for me yet). I can't speak to WhatsUp; I strongly recommend something like Signal instead. I know WhatsApp is popular tho, but if they require device integrity there's not much we can do solve that
Great question! I'll post a followup after the phone arrives and I've had some time to experiment. My bank's app might run under waydroid for now, but I'm concerned they'll subscribe to Google device integrity bs once implemented. When that happens, I'll be limited to browser only. This is fine for checking balances and transferring funds between accounts, but I'll lose access to remote deposit functionality. I'll either have to occassionally use my old phone for that, or drive to a branch like we did in the pre-internet days.
nice! the phone won't arrive for a few weeks anyway, so I'll try the latest available at the time. working audio is kind of important to me for a daily driver, but as a long-time debian fan mobian is my first choice for the core phone os - and as soon as possible. i might have to settle for something like ubuntu touch in the short term as a transitional distro, but debian/mobian is what I'm planning to eventually run (with kde's plasma-mobile interface)
yup! I'll be testing multiple distros on it to see what works best and post an update in a month or two (the shipping's gonna take awhile)
someone else asked for a comparison of various distros on the same hardware. I'll write something after a few rounds of experimenting to see what does or doesn't work in a given distro. the phone's shipping from "across the pond" tho, so I won't see it for at least a few weeks.
encouraging!
thanks; I forgot about that one... I'll check it out!
How does it make you feel that they probably use 'Eliza'?
They probably use 'Eliza'
I just use classic rsync for that, though in my case both the local and cloud servers are running Linux. I know that doesn't exactly answer your question, but its an alternate approach to consider in the long term.