More reasons you need to change your technologies: https://www.makeuseof.com/messaging-app-metadata-fbi/

Is antivirus software required with mint? If so can you recomend?

It looks like Google is done providing security updates to the Pixel 3. Should owners be concerned with security issues on ROMs like Lineage, /e/, Calyx or Graphene OS?

They do not want decentralized cash because then central banks who currently control our country have less control over us and less ways to track us.

The unconstitutional Fed wants their own digital dollar to be implemented.

That is my guess.

I just installed Calyx on a pixel 3, it was pretty easy.

I went with a Pixel 3 second-hand and it has been great so far with Lineage. I think I'll keep my eyes open for a good deal on a 5a in the next few months

so ... I convinced a friend to try Linux but I had to load their computer with the option to go either Windows or Linux (Ubuntu) ... long story short, I was only there physically the beginning of January ... the computer had an issue finding the keyboard ... they searched the forums and fixed it !!! ... BOOM ... CONVERTS ! 😃

Couldn't find another place to ask my question. I hope this is ok. I own an Amazon Fire phone. I haven't had service for it for years. I only use it as an MP3 player. I'd love to clear out all the garbage and make it exclusively an MP3 player, hoping the battery would last longer and maybe be able to add more songs. Can I learn how to do that here?

I used an old windows 7 laptop that wasn't good for anything since it didn't have enough ump to be upgraded and now it's up and running again.

When I did my pure Arch system I put Brave in as the default. Will probably setup Librewolf to see how it runs. You can change a browser pretty much like socks that's the best part about Linux.

Did the same…. Converted an Old HP G70, dual core Pentium II, running Win Vista. The laptop was acting as decrepit as the Resident Houseplant. Loaded Linux Mint a week ago and have been sporadically reading your forum to expand applications and security. I’m sold! MS is gone! I have 4 more laptops that I will convert in the coming weeks and then begin investigations to get away from Apple. Have even convinced grown children to give it a try. Boom!

Installed Linux Mint on a Crucial P2 500GB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD meant as and upgrade for my HP Envy but decided to use with a external USB Shockproof TPU Case so I can boot up on any device as an external drive until I'm ready to remove Windows 10 completely which won't be much longer since I haven't used Windows since creating new drive! Also just finished setting up my Linode VPS with my own OpenVPN which is up and running! Thank you Jeff and all contributers

Hey MacBookPro owners, what distro are you running and why? Also for those with multiple machines, are they all the same distro or is each one different. Is anyone using a virtual machine as a daily driver?

I converted my old 2012 MacBook Pro to Linux Mint successfully. Goodbye nasty tyrannical big tech!

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You are going to love having a de googled phone. I love mine.

I got suckered in years ago. I'm getting rid of everything now and thankful to have all these options available to me from all you guys. Appreciate it.

I love my degoogled Sony XZ2 Compact