I used to run LineageOS with a lot of my own tweaks to meet my privacy needs; however I reached a point I decided it didn't fit my needs for security. So, I went back to GrapheneOS. Which, I am 1uite haply with. Ultimately, I dream of a fully operational Linux phone of sorts; but we aren't there yet.

I ditched reddit, and most centralized social media. I ditched many big tech services in place of self hosting my own. And even that is mostly locked down. Very little exposed to the web. Ad blocking, as well as my own underlying upstream DNS, with a fallback that isn't Google or Cloudflare. Services being firewalled off. Reverse proxy setup limiting access via IP:Port while also including SSL certs for local only https.

And this list goes on; it's a constant journey. But the hard part is to still be social. Hahaha

12mo ago

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I get that. We all make choices to decide what we do with our time.

12mo ago

Despite technology, do you still regularly rely on pen and paper?

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I'm in IT, so I don't really need to handwrite much. Always a computer at the ready.

12mo ago

Would you like to see a mainline Pokemon game created in the old style?

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

Thank you for the laugh, I didn't catch that. Will edit my comment

12mo ago

Update your Steam Deck! New SteamOS Beta now with KDE Plasma 6.2.5!

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

Its not that complicated: options.

You are presented with the Steam Deck UI by default. You don't have to use the desktop.

Installing non-steam games on desktop is handy.

Some people use the steam deck as more than just a game system.

If it's not for you, don't use it. Simple as that.

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I am surprised I can even write with pen and paper anymore.

Jokes aside, no. I don't really handwrite anything anymore.

12mo ago

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I didn't play those more than the first gym. ORAS was infinitely better.

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I can totally understand where you are coming from.

I do hold the view that if you can read, you too can install GrapheneOS, or try Linux; but that doesn't make it right for everyone. It's a self imposed journey. I can't expect everyone to make the same choices I do.

That is where I will educate people as to why I chose what I chose; however I will not try to force someone down the same road.

So totally understood.

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I have taken my own approach; there are things from each layer that I use. Some begrudgingly but others gladly.

The problem I faced when starting this journey is it does cut out a lot of people. And it becomes isolsting. So I did reel back a bit.

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Hellmo_luciferrari @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I really stopped caring for Pokemon after X and Y, and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. The switch games were big misses. I kinda liked Sword and Shield, but they had no lasting power on me. Scarlet and Violet are by far the worst Pokemon games to have ever come out of mainline Pokemon.