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Yep, I'm in this boat. After years of macs my next will be a FreeBSD Desktop. edit: Although phone is much harder. I guess I'll just turn all the 'stuff' like

Yep, I'm in this boat. After years of macs my next will be a FreeBSD Desktop. edit: Although phone is much harder. I guess I'll just turn all the 'stuff' like icloud off, use only signal and my banking/etc apps, and get a separate camera.. Anyone found a less painful way to live without an iPhone/Android?

Forgeties79 9mo ago
As someone who had been in the Apple ecosystem since Windows XP, it was difficult to lose that constant seamless interplay between my phone and computer. But honestly? The trade-off was worth it in the end. I’m 8mo into Linux-only desktop and man…it’s great.
- 20after4 9mo ago
  Look into KDE Connect¹ - it provides some of that seamless experience. It even has some basic support for syncing between iOS and Gnome, but it's originally designed for seamless integration between Android and KDE's plasma desktop. 1. https://kdeconnect.kde.org/ https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
  - Forgeties79 9mo ago
    I use it some but it’s just not the same. Very useful and well built don’t get me wrong.
  - heavyset_go 9mo ago
    Works on macOS and Windows, too.
barnabee 9mo ago
GrapheneOS is not quite "without" Android but it's without what makes it bad (Google) and works fine for me. I hear LineageOS is ok too.
- palata 9mo ago
  I love GrapheneOS, but note that it only runs on Google Pixels. But that's what I chose for the smartphone. Hopefully GrapheneOS will soon be supported by a non-US phone...
  - immibis 9mo ago
    Note that Google Pixel hardware is just fine and not evil, and they're looking at a different vendor for the next version anyway, because Google is making it so the Pixel will only run approved OSes.
    - ranger_danger 9mo ago
      You mean the Pixel hardware that employs a proprietary black-box security chip that they pinky-promised to open source but never did?
      - immibis 9mo ago
        Oh no! A TPM without a driver! How can I trust any device that has a TPM I don't have a driver for?
        ranger_danger 9mo ago
        The Titan chip does a lot more than sign and store keys. It also has storage (could contain malicious payloads) as well as an RNG and AES/SHA accelerators (which could be weakened/compromised), among other things.
touwer 9mo ago
Fairphone with Graphene
- hans_castorp 9mo ago
  Graphene only runs on Pixel phones
- wojciii 9mo ago
  I really like my Fairphone. I would but their next model if it grapheneos was available.
wolvoleo 9mo ago
BSD is great on desktop now! I'm on it too.

Forgeties79 9mo ago

As someone who had been in the Apple ecosystem since Windows XP, it was difficult to lose that constant seamless interplay between my phone and computer. But honestly? The trade-off was worth it in the end. I’m 8mo into Linux-only desktop and man…it’s great.

20after4 9mo ago
Look into KDE Connect¹ - it provides some of that seamless experience. It even has some basic support for syncing between iOS and Gnome, but it's originally designed for seamless integration between Android and KDE's plasma desktop. 1. https://kdeconnect.kde.org/ https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
- Forgeties79 9mo ago
  I use it some but it’s just not the same. Very useful and well built don’t get me wrong.
- heavyset_go 9mo ago
  Works on macOS and Windows, too.

barnabee 9mo ago

GrapheneOS is not quite "without" Android but it's without what makes it bad (Google) and works fine for me. I hear LineageOS is ok too.

palata 9mo ago
I love GrapheneOS, but note that it only runs on Google Pixels. But that's what I chose for the smartphone. Hopefully GrapheneOS will soon be supported by a non-US phone...
- immibis 9mo ago
  Note that Google Pixel hardware is just fine and not evil, and they're looking at a different vendor for the next version anyway, because Google is making it so the Pixel will only run approved OSes.
  - ranger_danger 9mo ago
    You mean the Pixel hardware that employs a proprietary black-box security chip that they pinky-promised to open source but never did?
    - immibis 9mo ago
      Oh no! A TPM without a driver! How can I trust any device that has a TPM I don't have a driver for?
      - ranger_danger 9mo ago
        The Titan chip does a lot more than sign and store keys. It also has storage (could contain malicious payloads) as well as an RNG and AES/SHA accelerators (which could be weakened/compromised), among other things.

touwer 9mo ago

Fairphone with Graphene

hans_castorp 9mo ago
Graphene only runs on Pixel phones
wojciii 9mo ago
I really like my Fairphone. I would but their next model if it grapheneos was available.

wolvoleo 9mo ago

BSD is great on desktop now! I'm on it too.