I didn’t know it existed. Whoops. I will definitely check it out over silver blue.

I have never played with Gentoo. I will take a look at it. I never really heard about it much.

Privacy is generally good opsec. This is just for daily use for all things laptop. If focus on security and privacy. But if your secure then nobody can get to your private files ect.

I’ve heard good things about work-station. I’ve really been distro shopping and that’s the great thing about the Linux and open source community. Having all the options! That being said I think it’s a big part of the lack of cohesive expansion too. Going too wide instead of deep. So projects don’t last unless their big. Like Ubuntu or Debian etc

Qubes is good. Not super daily driver friendly. Lots of tweaks needed. I use a laptop like a phone replacement. Banking, apps, messaging, all sorts of usual phone tasks. Also Qubes is too resource heavy on a laptop, it drains the batteries in a couple hours on basic usage. Takes 16 gigs if RAM to run and 32gb to breathe really. Plus 30 ish percent CPU idle roughly on a 12th gen Intel i7.

It’s too heavy to daily, perfect for desktop, just not laptop all day material.

LibreWolf for daily personal, Mullvad Browser most private check EFF tests coveryourtracks.com or TOR, Brave mobile tweaked.

Just gotta say from someone who’s clean and food hygenic. Your stove looks good and clean! Nice to see.

This 100 percent on fluids and maintenance. Last thing you want is to be broke down. Especially with no cell service

Organic maps is an option that’s not big corpo. Just saying. Works wonders! Also bring a power bank just in case, and a spare 100 dollar bill in case you get robbed or lose cards.

The goal is to not let them take their fucking money and run. Because then it would be real… So you come up with a new idea, a better idea, a NEW STOCK.

IYKYK 😂

Linux Mint would like a word. Best choice tech wise I ever made. Shit just works and it’s dead simple, polished, easy to learn and read programs. Fuck Windows. I will never go back. Make the jump!

Graphene is not a good OS for this type if work. Yes it’s secure, no good backup solutions. You will lose all your data upon confiscation. Graphene again is secure but if all your data is gone what good will it do? DO NOT TAKE YOUR PERSONAL DEVICES.

Stingray been in use widely since the 90s. LEOs have much better access and tech now. Pinpoint down to which room in a multi level hotel.

I’m curious and have no idea. Source? I never heard of this.

I happen to disagree here. I’ve used Gos for years it lacks so many fundamental features and has a lot of issues. The entire project has really silod itself into some issues they aren’t addressing. Let me explain by pulling from some of my posts.

Edit: You can’t see everything you’ve ever posted only a brief history. Basically some issues with Gos are lack of full backups/device to device, which in so many ways is a deal breaker… Seedvault works I’ve hopped from model to model phones for years the problems you run into are plentiful and haven’t been addressed in years, each profile must be backed up individually not on the same ssd either, seperate drives as the restoration isn’t possible without seperate drives due to backup limitations. The easiest I have found it to backup like usual with a flash drive for each profile which is super cumbersome to keep up with at the frequency one really should.

I’ve restored and tried everything including dev talks, and their forums, they plan to try to fix some issues but it’s been 3 years so far since we talked in depth and nothing yet, lack of granular networking controls for almost all reasons possible this is an issue most people think connect to a VPN and your solid. A VPN is a single tool in the chain of tools, compatibility and software issues are numerous. Anyone who has used Gos and really daily drove all the functionality aside from flashing a single device for years knows the pains I am talking about the power users.

The project has silo’d itself into security, when that is just one aspect of any system. It’s really not the white knight everyone thinks it is. Yes it has merit, yes it’s well done so far, but to truly utilize in all your cases you mention and average person scenarios for daily life given what people try to use it for and or avoid from say confiscation, seizure, etc etc.

There’s so many issues aside from just losing your device, your life’s data is tied into an OS that well is secure mostly, but you’ll never see your data back again once it’s stolen or lost or taken.

I can’t remember some of the things I have wrote down in my comment history and it’s late in my time zone to rack my memory that deep. But there’s a lot of reasons most people don’t know enough about, or understand why Gos is not the end all be all OS. It’s good and has great features for security but lacks most fundamental features of a modern x86 based system. Mobile attack surface is bigger and harder to control, mobile has limitation issues fundamentally on all sides. So does x86 or ARM etc. Understand your threat model and work accordingly. If you want to continue this I will update the post as I remember Gos limitations and problems.

Yeah I just seen that. GPS is literally the backbone of phones. Wild. Software is the only way to spoof and or disable the feature. Custom ROMs are the only method essentially to gain the control you need. G-OS, lineage, etc etc which means the device also runs leaner and battery lasts days. It’d really the best solution far as I can tell.

Yeah that’s the thing. Hotspots are not any different require the same sim cards except if you choose satellite Starlink. That’s it. So the reasoning behind going the route i have is to completely cut out the mobile aspect and every part within except the 5g sim card since modern infrastructure doesn’t allow it basically.

All comms, apps, services, everything moved to a Linux x86 device and simply cable tether for internet. It’s still identity tied due to SIM (same with hotspots due to sim so a cell is lighter and better equipped to run lean even flashing custom ROMs add to control factor) but again it’s realistically as close and hassle free as one can get for daily use as a total phone replacement for a normal person. The entire phone is disabled aside from data and that’s behind VPN.

Anyone have suggestions on better paths or methods?

Close! It’s actually Costco for the cheap hotdogs… 😂

Desktop mode finally? Anything meaningful?

Check comment above. This is a terrible idea. You’ll go from 2 stars to 5.