Re: The joy of Linux

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 06/11/2024 15:49, D wrote:

  On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 06/11/2024 13:20, Rich wrote:
 

There are a great many users for whom their *only* computing device is
a cell phone or tablet.  Every one of them is already firmly in the
"thin terminal" camp.
 The "touchy-feely-crappy" (i.e., cell phone/tablet) (as TNP puts it)
appeals to the IT illiterate because it seems easier to use.  And
there's a whole lot more IT illiterate in this world than there are
even moderately IT literate folks.

 I cant reliably answer my smartphone after 5 years. Sometimes it wants a touch sometimes a swipe, and half the time the touchscreen doesn't work because my fingers are dry or something.
 It is quite frankly complete and utter shit.

 Just throw it away. Haven't had a smart phone in a loooong time and my nokia 110 4g works perfectly. To answer, I push a button, and it works!

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If only. I need it to receive text messages for 2FA at the very least. And whatsapp the family around the world.

I feel your pain! For 2FA I use pass otp in linux. It works with all providers so far, o365, google, and which ever surveillance service work demands.
In my case, the family is small and within europe, so I call them for free. I have a sim card from the country they are in, and it gives me unlimited calls and sms messages for about 10 USD.
My nokia has 2 sim card slots, so I have one for the country I am in, and one for the country my family is in, and can easily flip between them.

The best feature is that I can read books on it and it has a really good satnav, as long as I dont touch the screen.

You should buy an eInk device if you like reading. It has revolutionized my reading life and the reading life of my father!
He has learned in linux (at 74) to download ebooks through torrents, and to convert them with calibre. I'm very proud, and I also think it says a lot about how usable linux has become for people without a computer background! =)