LineageOS is apparently not private?
I'm planning on flashing LineageOS on my phone to debloat and to degoogle, and additionally to increase overall privacy but apparently from what I've heard here that it's not private enough or even at all?
I know about it being less secure because of the opened bootloader and the higher chances of you rooting to achieve what you want with a degoogled phone, but beyond that (especially privacy-wise) I don't know anything.
I've seen a video on how to degoogle it further, but surely it isn't all I need to do.
I need some education.
Unfortunately my phone is so obscure that it isn't supported by literally anything, but fortunately there's an unofficial port of LineageOS I found on Telegram, and that's the one I'll be using. So if you're thinking of suggesting another custom ROM, you're out of luck. Also you can't make me buy a Pixel - that thing ain't supported in my country (5G and others) and it's hella expensive as well.
itel P55 5G - Full phone specifications
itel P55 5G Android smartphone. Announced Sep 2023. Features 6.6″ display, Dimensity 6080 chipset, 5000 mAh battery, 128 GB storage, 6 GB RAM.gsmarena.com
A New Interstellar Propulsion Method: T.A.R.S.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Wait is the title a typo and should say 28 million?
564 258 deaths per year for fifty years?
Where does the paper say 38 million?
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold - Nature
AlphaFold predicts protein structures with an accuracy competitive with experimental structures in the majority of cases using a novel deep learning architecture.Nature
How cities will fossilise
How cities will fossilise
The grand metropolises of 21st Century civilisation will leave a geological legacy that will last for millennia, but some things will endure far longer than others.David Farrier (BBC)
"After The Last Sky", by Mahmoud Darwish
"The Earth is closing on us, pushing us through the last passage, and we tear off our limbs to pass through.
The Earth is squeezing us. I wish we were its wheat so we could die and live again.
I wish the Earth was our mother so she’d be kind to us.
I wish we were pictures on the rocks for our dreams to carry as mirrors.
We saw the faces of those who will throw our children out of the window of this last space. Our star will hang up mirrors.
Where should we go after the last frontiers ?
Where should the birds fly after the last sky ?
Where should the plants sleep after the last breath of air ?
We will write our names with scarlet steam. We will cut off the hand of the song, to be finished by our flesh.
We will die here, here in the last passage. Here and here our blood will plant its olive tree."
– Mahmoud Darwish
"Oh Rascal Children Of Gaza", by Khaled Juma
"Oh rascal children of Gaza,
You who constantly disturbed me with your screams under my window,
You who filled every morning with rush and chaos,
You who broke my vase and stole the lonely flower on my balcony,
Come back –
And scream as you want,
And break all the vases,
Steal all the flowers,
Come back,
Just come back…"
- Khaled Juma
Ukraine is on its own. Europe is all talk, no action
Ukraine is on its own. Europe is all talk, no action
Macron’s promise of boots on the ground is an empty show of solidarity that Putin will never allowOwen Matthews (The Telegraph)
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Trump says US has ‘lost India and Russia’
Trump says US has ‘lost India and Russia’
Hours earlier president Vladimir Putin offered joint investment projects with American firms, urging Washington to renew cooperationRT
The climate of fear is self-imposed
I am not generally in the habit of criticizing the editorial decisions of The Washington Post, my employer for 11 years and an institution that continues to good, important work in covering the unwinding of American democracy. But I think the paper’s assessment of the putative debate over Donald Trump’s signature on the note provided for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday demands some context.The article’s original headline was “No clear answers on whether Trump signed the Epstein birthday book,” a declaration that was eventually softened to “Is the signature Trump’s? Epstein birthday book feeds speculation.” The article first presents the denials of Trump’s staff and allies that he couldn’t have signed the bizarre, creepy, suggestive document. It then quotes handwriting experts, some of whom who indicated uncertainty about the signature’s provenance. A number of full signatures of Trump’s are shown in an apparent effort to demonstrate variation.
The use of full signatures doesn’t make sense because the signature in the book — created in 2003, before Epstein was on law enforcement’s radar — includes only Trump’s first name. The New York Times compared that signature to other examples of Trump signing only his first name, showing that they are nearly identical. In fact, the Wall Street Journal, which originally reported on the note, also published an article demonstrating why the note was almost certainly from Trump, including similar first-name-only signatures from the now-president.
The Journal did so, it’s safe to assume, because its initial report on the letter was rejected as invented or “fake news” by Trump et al. (Trump even sued, claiming, in part, that no such letter existed.) In other words, it probably assumed that publication of the note would trigger precisely the response that it did, an effort to move the goalposts of claimed fraudulence.
There is absolutely no reason to think that the note was not, in fact, from Trump and no reason to think that the signature is not his own. Even setting aside the obvious-to-any-layperson similarity to other signatures, the idea that someone would create a phony Trump letter as a private gift to someone Trump had praised publicly the year prior doesn’t make any sense.
So why treat the idea that the signature isn’t his seriously? Why treat the assertions of people with demonstrated track records of lying on Trump’s behalf — including Trump, his communications team and right-wing influencers — as offering sincere complaints on this particular issue? Why grant them the benefit of the doubt that they actually think the signature isn’t his?
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Recommended mini linux device for streaming to TV
Looking for a simple mini device that I can plug into TV for streaming stuff via browser/jellyfin and similar, with hdmi and control via bluetooth keyboard/mouse. What do you guys recommend?
Would this be powerful enough for example? komplett.no/product/1323029/pc…
EDIT: lemmy is awesome, thanks to you I'll save myself a ton of work and/or costly mistakes
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I use one of these which I got from AliExpress along with one of these, though of course it will work fine with mouse and keyboard.
(Please note that I haven't tested it specifically with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse).
I installed Lubuntu on it because it's a lighter distro (it will work fine with the full desktop Linux distros, but why waste computing power on fancy window managers for something that's just a TV Box that's always showing Kodi) and have it always turned on (the TDP of this is pretty low) with Kodi as interface and its runs perfectly.
It's sitting on my living room under the TV.
It's probably a little overpowered, but that means its fan almost never turns on (it's pretty quiet when it does, but silence is better), so I'm also running a bittorrent server on it with an always on VPN, plus it's my NAS. There's room for more if I wanted.
I don't really understand people advising the more powerful Mini-PCs: they're way overpowered for the job hence needlessly expensive plus the TDP of their processors is way more than the N100 in this one hence it both consumes more and is a lot less quiet because the fan has to be bigger and running a lot more often to cool that hotter processor down.
PS: Also the downside of using old PCs for this as some recommend is their higher power consumption, even for notebooks, plus they generally don't really look like a nice TV-Box to have in your living room, which this one does. If you're going to run it all the time, a low TDP mini-pc will probably quickly pay itself over using an old desktop, longer if versus an old notebook.
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If the thing is not meant to use as a Desktop, why load it with heavier applications that aren't delivering anything useful?
No matter how efficient a core is at most tasks, it can't beat the power savings of not actually running needless code.
My homemade TV Box isn't running a lightweight desktop because I had to "limit myself", it's running one because I'm not losing anything by not having that which I don't use and if that even just saves a few Watts a week, it still means I'm better off, which is satisfying as I like to design my systems to be efficient.
For fancy Linux Desktop things I have an actual Desktop PC with Linux - the homemade TV Box on my living room is only supposed to let me watch stuff on TV whilst I sit on my sofa.
Further, there are more than one form of efficiency - stuff like the N100 (and even more, the ARM stuff) are designed for power consumption efficiency, whilst desktop CPUs are designed for ops-per-cycle efficiency, which are not at all the same thing: being capable of doing more operations per cycle doesn't mean something will consume less power in doing so (in fact, generally in Engineering if you optimize in one axis you lose in another) it just means it can reach the end of the task in fewer cycles.
For a device that during peak use still runs at around 10% CPU usage, having the ability to do things a little faster doesn't really add any value.
Even the series 4000 Zen2 being more optimized for power consumption is only in the context of desktop computers, a whole different world from what the N100 (and even more things like ARM7) were designed to operate in, which is why the former has a TDP of 140W and the latter of 15W (and the ARMs are around 6W). Sure the TDP is a maximum and hence not a precise metric for a specific use case such as using something as a TV Box, but it's a pretty good indication of how much a core was optimized for power consumption, and 15W vs 140W is a pretty massive distance to expect that any error in using TDP to estimate how the power consumption of those two in everyday use as a TV Box compares would mean that the CPU with 140W TDP consumes less than the one with 15W.
PS: All that said, if the use case was "selfhosting" rather than "TV Box (with a handful of lightweight services on the side)", you suggestion makes more sense, IMHO.
I use "Beelink" brand mini PCs for this purpose. (They are the same form factor as your photo.) I have three, and they're all good. I've used multiple distros on them with no compatibility issues, but MX Linux is my daily driver.
They have fans built in, but the cases on the higher end ones are metal, which helps with heat dissipation. The only downside with that is that sometimes USB peripherals get super hot while plugged in, and I had a mouse dongle that would overheat and malfunction. A simple USB hub fixed this problem (the hub itself apparently didn't mind getting hot).
I use a "Mini Keyboard with touchpad" on the ones connected to TVs. I recommend those as well. Rii brand is decent.
Genocide by remote control: Israel's explosive robots devastate Gaza
Israeli forces deploy explosive robots at 'unprecedented pace', obliterating homes and displacing families
Genocide by remote control: Israel's explosive robots devastate Gaza
Hamza Shabaan woke up mid-air. A massive blast had hurled him off his mattress, leaving him disoriented and shocked.Mohammed al-Hajjar (Middle East Eye)
One year on, family of US citizen killed by Israel still seeking justice
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s loved ones say they will continue to pursue accountability for her 2024 killing in the occupied West Bank.
One year on, family of US citizen killed by Israel still seeking justice
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s loved ones say they will continue to pursue accountability for her 2024 killing in the West Bank.Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)
In the West, it is a crime to deny one Holocaust and dangerous to name another
The difference between Holocaust denial and Gaza Genocide denial is that Holocaust denial is illegal or a criminal offence in many countries, and is, for the most part, the preserve of marginalised kooks and conspiracy theorists.
No self-respecting journalist considers Holocaust denial a legitimate point of view, and no serious media organisation argues that impartiality requires it to provide Holocaust denial with a platform in any serious discussion about Germany's extermination of Europe's Jews during World War Two - let alone equal time, or beginning and ending every such discussion with "Germany said".
Gaza Genocide denial, by contrast, is a well-organised and orchestrated global campaign sponsored, funded, and avidly promoted - without any hindrance whatsoever - by the regime perpetrating the genocide.
In many states, Gaza Genocide denial counts among its champions elected and other senior officials, influential lobbies and powerful organisations. Its messages are amplified by an international network of conspiracy theorists, fanatic ideologues and hired hands.
Serious media organisations not only consider it a journalistic requirement to give Gaza Genocide denial a platform and equal time, but they also routinely communicate Israel's talking points to their audiences. The BBC's compulsive resort to "Israel says" is a case in point.
No, Russia isn’t ‘lost to China’ – it simply refuses to be owned
No, Russia isn’t ‘lost to China’ – it simply refuses to be owned
Moscow always keeps its diplomatic options open – as long as its sovereignty is respectedRT
Love that anyone who isn't a slavish puppet state of the US is automatically assigned as the slavish puppet state of the US's geopolitical enemy.
Goldfish brain foreign policy.
Israel has officially moved on from destroying Hamas to erasing Palestine
Israel has officially moved on from destroying Hamas to erasing Palestine
Despite objections from across the world, Netanyahu’s government is redrawing the map with tank tracksRT
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Manufactured Instability: Georgia and the Region, Shadow Networks Behind Hotspots
Manufactured Instability: Georgia and the Region, Shadow Networks Behind Hotspots
The shadowy career of U.S. operative Sam Patten highlights how foreign consultants, lobbyists, and NGO-linked actors fuel instability in Georgia andГенри Каменс (New Eastern Outlook)
Russia Supports China's Global Governance Initiative, Details to Come Later
Russia Supports China's Global Governance Initiative, Details to Come Later
It is unlikely that China's comprehensive and important initiative on global governance can be detailed in a few days, this is a task for subsequent periods, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Sputnik at the Eastern Economic Fo…Sputnik International
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Putin Pitches ‘Real Peace,’ Sends Stark Warning Over NATO Boots in Ukraine
Putin Pitches ‘Real Peace,’ Sends Stark Warning Over NATO Boots in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s blunt message that NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine would be “legitimate targets” sent a sharp signal to the West, stressed Argentine political analyst Luciano Anzelini.Sputnik International
No shit...
Oil refiners make lots of products, gas, diesel, kerosene (aviation gas)
No refineries, none of these products, no vehicles to move troops no more war.
Also no income to fund said war.
Dumbass
No, the distinction is important. Russia mostly extracts petroleum and gas, and exports them. The processing happens in China or India. Then, the processed components, including petrol (gasoline), are resold by China and India.
Now I'm sure Russia would rather their refineries not be attacked, and these disruptions could very well cause local shortages or price fluctuations. But for the wider economy or overall supply chains, this won't matter much.
Wow, you're dumber than I initally thought...
energyandcleanair.org/june-202…
He first graphic here proves you wrong
Why would anyone sell cheap crude then buy back expensive gas??
Why have refiners if youre exportibg crude?
reuters.com/business/energy/pa…
I've come around after a journalist I trust (real journalist, got his house firebombed and his crew falsely arrested) explained the history of Russia that led up to this. I don't think NATO troops should be in Ukraine and I don't think Ukraine should've ever been floated as a NATO candidate (as insincerely and manipulatively as it was).
I think both Russia and Ukraine are serving as barriers to peace, in Ukraine's case mainly because of their stubborn insistence on American involvement in any post-war security arrangement.
Seoul voices regret after about 300 Koreans detained in US immigration raid at Hyundai-LG plant
South Korea voices regret over US immigration raid at Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia that detained 300 Koreans
The Korean government expressed regret on Friday over a U.S. immigration raid that is believed to have resulted in the detention of about 300 Korea...Lee Hyo-jin (The Korea Times)
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Debian 13.1 disponibile per il download
Debian 13.1 disponibile la nuova ISO con fix e aggiornamenti di sicurezza
I developer Debian hanno rilasciato la nuova 13.1 “Trixie” è disponibile con 71 correzioni di bug e 16 aggiornamenti di sicurezza.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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Debian 13.1 disponibile la nuova ISO
Debian 13.1 disponibile la nuova ISO con fix e aggiornamenti di sicurezza
I developer Debian hanno rilasciato la nuova 13.1 “Trixie” è disponibile con 71 correzioni di bug e 16 aggiornamenti di sicurezza.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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KDE releases alpha build of KDE Linux, an immutable arch linux distro
Now we have the immutable Exodia, VanillaOS for Debian, KDE Linux for Arch, Bazzite/Fedora Atomic for Fedora, NixOS for NixOS. What's great about this is KDE is zeroed in on developing for immutable distros now and will make their apps work better with them, this will help the whole ecosystem.
News article: pointieststick.com/2025/09/06/…
Just what the world needs, another Linux distro…A sentiment I have in the past expressed myself.
However, there’s a method to our madness. KDE is a huge producer of software. It’s awkward for us to not have our own method of distributing it. Yes, KDE produces source code that others distribute, but we self-distribute our apps on app stores like Flathub and the Snap and Microsoft stores, so I think it’s natural thing for us to have our own platform for doing that distribution too, and that’s an operating system. I think all the major producers of free software desktop environments should have their own OS, and many already do: Linux Mint and ElementaryOS spring to mind, and GNOME is working on one too.
Besides, this matter was settled 10 years ago with the creation of KDE neon, our first bite at the “in-house OS” apple. The sky did not fall; everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Speaking of KDE neon, what’s going on with it? Is it canceled? If not, doesn’t this amount to unnecessary duplication?
KDE neon is not canceled. However it has shed most of its developers over the years, which is problematic, and it’s currently being held together by a heroic volunteer. KDE e.V. has been reaching out to stakeholders to see if we can help put in place a continuity or transition plan. No decision has yet been made about its future.
While neon continues to exist, KDE Linux therefore does represent duplication. As for unnecessary? That I’m less sure about that. Harald, myself, and others feel that KDE neon has somewhat reached its limit in terms of what we can do with it. It was a great first product for KDE to distribute our own software and prepare the world for the idea of KDE in that role, and it served admirably for a decade. But technological and conceptual issues limit how far we can continue to develop it.
Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux
Today I have something very exciting to share: the Alpha release of KDE Linux, KDE’s new operating system! Many of you may be familiar with KDE Linux already through Harald Sitter’s 202…Adventures in Linux and KDE
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With how KDE treats Plasma and their whole dev philosophy of "If we don't use/like something, than neither will you"
How does anyone confuse the KDE team for the Gnome foundation? How did you manage to pull that off?
𝐛𝐚𝐭: the tool to syntax highlight (almost) anything on Linux - Bread on Penguins
I was already using bat, but I only really scratched the surface of everything it could do. From the video description:
github.com/sharkdp/batwallpaper photo is mine, patreon.com/c/breadonpenguins
my music: unicornmasquerade.bandcamp.com…
- 0:00 command color outputs!
- 1:35 syntax highlighted manual page btw
- 1:57 supported languages
- 2:30 install bat, bat-extras
- 3:12 config options
- 3:46 style formats
- 4:30 custom colorschemes
- 4:59 integration for common tools
- 5:33 bat preview in fzf
- 6:28 colorized help menus
- 7:02 performance comparison?
- 8:36 syntax highlighting makes my brain perform faster
GitHub - sharkdp/bat: A cat(1) clone with wings.
A cat(1) clone with wings. Contribute to sharkdp/bat development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
If you enjoy bat, may I also recommend you try:
- eza as an alternative to ls
- zoxide as an alternative to cd
- fd as an alternative to find
- fzf paired with fd for enhanced reverse searching and more
- delta for syntax highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, blame output
I’ve been using these for probably around 5-10 years / daily, without issue.
Firefox integra Copilot l'AI di Microsoft
Firefox integra Copilot l'AI di Microsoft
Mozilla integra il chatbot Microsoft Copilot in Firefox Nightly, ampliando il supporto AI già presente con ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini e Mistral.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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Ho sfanculato Mozilla e Firefox 4 anni fa. Prima muoiono entrambi, meglio è.
transalation for you inglish:
I ditched Mozilla and Firefox four years ago. The sooner they both die, the better.
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefo…
Try Librewolf, doesnt have ai
Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds
Firefox Nightly builds add CoPilot to the chatbot sidebar, expanding the browser's range of third-party AI service integrations. Plus: new New Tab Page widgets.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
‘Lost the battle’: EU told to accept defeat against China’s solar power sector
Facing China’s solar power industry, EU advised to concede defeat
EU should pick its battles with the world’s second-largest economy and tie market access to technology sharing, economists say.Xiaofei Xu (South China Morning Post)
Linux distro for noob
I have a laptop from 2014 and I'm thinking of installing Kubuntu or Arch. I don't know much about linux but the computer is not important and is damaged so I can screw it What would you recommend? I'm thinking of something customizable (Arch) but easy to use (so Kubuntu is a good option)
If the English is not good, blame the translator 😃👍
I have the minimum requirements for both.
Edit: The computer isn't suposed for be a daily driver. And thanks for the replies.
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Getting rid of techofascist services
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Virtual Credit Cards: A Quick Guide | Chase
Learn about what a virtual credit card is, some key features, and why it may be useful to you.J.P. Morgan Chase
AOC: Schumer, Jeffries Setting a Bad Example by Not Backing Mamdani | Common Dreams
Progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested Thursday that the top congressional Democrats—and anyone else in the party refusing to support New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani—are setting a troubling precedent.
Like Ocasio-Cortez, both US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are New York Democrats. Unlike the "Squad" member, who endorsed Mamdani—a democratic socialist currently serving in the state Assembly—before he beat former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the party's June primary, Schumer and Jeffries have continued to withhold support from their own party's nominee.
AOC: Schumer, Jeffries Setting a Bad Example by Not Backing Mamdani
"We use our primaries to settle our differences, and once we have a nominee, we rally behind that nominee," the New York Democrat said as the NYC mayoral election nears.jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Exclusive: Elbit Systems UK Bristol site was subject of protest days before direct action group was proscribedHaroon Siddique (The Guardian)
Any fake location app that fakes travelling too?
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
It gets the job done, but it's proprietary — is there any open-source equivalent of that?
Location Changer - Fake GPS - Apps on Google Play
Change your location to any place on Earth with this simple GPS emulator app!play.google.com
GitHub - mcastillof/FakeTraveler: Fake where your phone is located (Mock location for Android).
Fake where your phone is located (Mock location for Android). - mcastillof/FakeTravelerGitHub
This Week in Plasma: more app permission configuration; pre-Akademy edition!
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!
This week, KDE contributors from around the world are traveling to Akademy, KDE’s annual conference. I myself am on a train right now as I write these words (though hopefully not still there when you read them), on my way to meet with fellow KDE people for a week of working, planning, and social bond strengthening! Expect a light report next Saturday, or none at all.
Nevertheless, this week, folks managed to be productive anyway. We’ve got a new feature, some UI improvements, bug fixes, efficiency Improvements… the works!
Notable New Features
Plasma 6.5.0
The “Flatpak Permissions” page in System Settings has grown into a more general “Application Permissions” page by additonally letting you configure settings related to the XDG portal system, such as taking screenshots, accepting remote control requests, and more! (David Redondo, link)
Implemented support for the XDG Wallpaper portal, which allows portal-using apps to requests to change the desktop and lock screen wallpaper. (David Redondo, link)
Notable UI Improvements
Plasma 6.5.0
The focus stealing prevention settings on System Settings’ Window Behavior page now do sensible things on Wayland. At one end, “Extreme” requires a valid activation token for every focus request. On the other end, “None” ignores them completely, allowing every activated window to immediately take focus. The default setting is “Low”, which should result in fewer failed activations now, while still not letting apps go nuts and steal focus all the time. (Xaver Hugl, link 1 and link 2)
System Settings’ Day/Night Cycle page (which is where the Night Light timing settings moved to) now lets you enter times in AM/PM style, if that’s what the rest of your system shows and uses. (Vlad Zahorodnii, link)
You’re no longer required to manually create a remote desktop account for remote-desktop purposes; now your existing user account works as expected, and you can just supply its credentials to the client app. (David Edmundson, link)
Discover is now more verbose about what it’s doing while fetching updates, so it doesn’t seem stuck and you can tell which source is being slow and gumming up the works. (Aleix Pol Gonzelez, link)
Improved keyboard navigation in the Kicker Application Menu widget when no apps are marked as favorites. (Christoph Wolk, link)
The monospace font you choose on System Settings’ Fonts page is now synced to GTK apps. (Reilly Brogan, link)
System Settings’ Tablet page now warns you if you try to use it to configure a tablet that’s being managed by a custom user-space tablet driver, because these can conflict and produce odd results. (Joshua Goins, link)
Frameworks 6.18
Improved the visuals of how toolbars load themselves in various Kirigami-using apps and System Settings pages. (Marco Martin, link)
Notable Bug Fixes
Plasma 6.4.5
Improved the reliability with which screen settings are chosen and restored. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Plasma 6.5.0
The Night Light feature no longer somewhat distorts the colors in screenshots and screen recordings. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Fixed an issue in KWin that caused dragging-and-dropping items in Firefox’s bookmarks sub-menus to not work properly. (Vlad Zahorodnii, link 1 and link 2)
Fixed an issue in KWin’s Zoom effect that caused the cursor to use the wrong shape when it passed over a zoomed-in area of an XWayland-using app that would normally use a different cursor shape. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Frameworks 6.18
Fixed a case where various Kirigami-using apps and System Settings pages could crash under certain circumstances. (Nicolas Fella, link)
Fixed an issue in draggable list items throughout Kirigami-using apps and System Settings pages that prevented them from being dragged upwards in a way that would require scrolling the view. (M. Sadık Uğursoy, link)
Fixed an issue that prevented the “File already exists!” dialog from appearing when you try to rename a file on the desktop to have the same name as another file there. (Pan Zhang, link)
Other bug information of note:
- 4 very high priority Plasma bugs (same as last week). Current list of bugs
- 26 15-minute Plasma bugs (same as last week). Current list of bugs
Notable in Performance & Technical
Plasma 6.5.0
Added support for “Underlays”, which promise to improve efficiency in GPUs that support it. (Xaver Hugl, link)
Made KWin’s blur effect per-view, which looks better when screencasting. (Xaver Hugl, link)
How You Can Help
KDE has become important in the world, and your time and contributions have helped us get there. As we grow, we need your support to keep KDE sustainable.
You can help KDE by becoming an active community member and getting involved somehow. Each contributor makes a huge difference in KDE — you are not a number or a cog in a machine! You don’t have to be a programmer, either; many other opportunities exist, too.
You can also help us by making a donation! A monetary contribution of any size will help us cover operational costs, salaries, travel expenses for contributors, and in general just keep KDE bringing Free Software to the world.
To get a new Plasma feature or a bugfix mentioned here, feel free to push a commit to the relevant merge request on invent.kde.org.
KDE Akademy 2025
Akademy is the annual world summit of KDE, one of the largest Free Software communities in the world. It is a free, non-commercial event organized by the KDE Community.Akademy
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Onno (VK6FLAB)
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Keep your existing phone and OS.
Use it differently. Decide what information you store on it, which applications you install or disable, what permissions you grant and what services you use.
Just installing an OS to "debloat and degoogle" is not ever going to change anything unless you change your habits and you don't need to change OS to do that.
Leaflet
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB) • • •Onno (VK6FLAB)
in reply to Leaflet • • •OP was talking about Lineage, not Graphene.
If an app doesn't have data it cannot share it.
If you don't install the app, it cannot breach your privacy.
You don't need direct internet access to leak information, for example, an app with access to your calendar has indirect internet access.
Leaflet
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB) • • •Yes, but you said don't change your OS in general.
True, but that is something stock Android does let you control.
Professorozone
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB) • • •And what exactly do you use the phone for?
It sounds like you're saying all you need to do to prevent abuse of your device is to not use the device. It can't spy on you if you leave it on the store shelf either.
Autonomous User
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB) • • •Professorozone
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB) • • •Zak
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Privacy isn't binary.
LineageOS without Gapps won't send information to Google unless you install something that does. It won't do a whole lot to prevent apps from collecting data like GrapheneOS does so it's up to you to evaluate the privacy implications of anything you install.
A locked bootloader protects against two attack vectors: malware modifying the operating system at runtime, and an unauthorized person with physical access installing a malicious operating system while you're not looking (an "evil maid" attack). The former is rare on Android. The latter is rare unless you're a high-value target or dating an abusive hacker.
Clark
in reply to Zak • • •SatyrSack
in reply to Clark • • •Mugita Sokio
in reply to Zak • • •PragmaticIdealist
in reply to Zak • • •Yeah I know I can't prevent apps from collecting data that's why I have all essentials from FOSS.
My main problem with an unlocked bootloader is I'll have to do a lot of things to get most of my apps working (mainly banking apps and games).
Is that from installing an app or from install a malicious ROM?
That's like impossible. It takes time to install a ROM, and my phone is always with me so that's not happening.
Bold of you to assume I'm ever dating anyone.
Zak
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Getting around Google's attestation with an unlocked bootloader requires root - I believe the go-to is Magisk and the Play Integrity Fix module. It's also a good idea to put the apps in question on the Magisk denylist. I've been using this for years with good results and would not describe it as "a lot of things".
A malicious app could modify the OS, but it would need root permissions. There are three ways that can happen:
A malicious ROM is certainly possible. Some random person's LineageOS fork is slightly less trustworthy than its maintainer (due to supply chain attacks).
PragmaticIdealist
in reply to Zak • • •I'm planning on using KernelSU, because I asked on the Magisk subreddit and it's unironically what they recommended. I looked around here and it solidified my decision even more.
The recommended way for me to install it goes like
install custom recovery > install custom ROM > somehow flash preferred rooting solution in recovery > install preferred rooting solution as an app. linkGitHub - awesome-android-root/awesome-android-root: Discover 400+ best root apps, Magisk/KernelSU/APatch/LSPosed(xposed) modules, and step-by-step guides for every device.
GitHubkrolden
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •PragmaticIdealist
in reply to krolden • • •Ahh, such distant dreams.
I have a way of using a polished official ROM, but it's GSI, and I already have MANY answers as to why NOT use a GSI if possible.
infjarchninja
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Hey PragmaticIdealist
The video guy is talking bollocks: plus he has about 50 crypto links to pay the wanker.
Honestly, I have install lineage since 2018 and installed CyanogenMod way before that.
He talks about "Removing bloatware Google packages" from Lineage, there are no bloatware google packages in lineage.
I have just plugged my oneplus 5T with lineage installed into my laptop, and typed this into my terminal: to give me a list of all the packages installed on my phone.
adb shell pm list packages -s >oneplus5-installed.txt
I have 213 packages installed. THERE ARE NO GOOGLE PACKAGES installed.
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Captive Portal is simple to disable using adb. Its not scary.
I have 5 family phones with lineage installed
I have just checked Captive Portal on all 5
db shell settings get global captive_portal_mode
all 5 phones the output is:
null
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you can change your dns rather than rely on your carriers DNS. I use Mullvad DNS
mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-h…
The eu has public dns servers:
european-alternatives.eu/categ…
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not much info on itel-p55-5g on xda
xdaforums.com/t/i-want-a-vbmet…
if you want to find out about Lineage, use their forums or use the xdaforums.com/ as above and have a good look around to see what people say.
I want a vbmeta.img and boot.img for iTel P55 5g
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PragmaticIdealist
in reply to infjarchninja • • •Really. Most of the videos I've seen of him are really solid. Plus, I do think the tips he gave are good (that's why I linked it in the first place) besides this:
Yeah if you didn't install GAPPS you wouldn't get any, well... Google apps in the first place. Besides this part, I do think the others make sense because they are making connections with Google.
Yeah.
Also I'm wondering about whether to disable this or not, like wouldn't it break functionality?
Yeah I'm also using Mullvad DNS everywhere since I discovered it in like 2024.
Yep, I already looked everywhere. The Sourceforge repo and the Telegram group was all I found.
infjarchninja
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Hey PragmaticIdealist
I dont like him because he seems to intentionally pick controversial subjects just to get clicks.
I mean. how controversial can you get by using the headline "LineageOS is apparently not private?" and then go about trying to prove your point by not referring to Lineage.
I can only assume that loads of non techy people would be put off by his claims.
Lineage does not send any information to google nor connect to google. However the apps you choose to install could connect to google. Especially if you use closed source apps.
if you stick to open source apps via Neostore, droid-ify and F-droid basic you should be fine.
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It is safe to disable Captive portal if it is already enabled on your phone.
I have disabled it on my aunts and uncles phones, they dont use lineage or any AOSP roms.
My aunt likes the idea of free wi-fi when shes out. she has a list of all the in-store wifi, in my local shopping centre, already stored on her phone, this means that she automatically connects to whatever wifi she is nearest to.
Lineage phones have captive portal disabled by default.
Looks like you are half way there.
A good VPN is also a good choice
Keep at it.
Autonomous User
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •frongt
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Seefra 1
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •IMO locked bootloader isn't that important as graphene OS devs make it sound, but I would NEVER trust a software "found on telegram".
I have used unofficial lineage OS before, but that phone was just an entertainment machine, with no personal information on it.
Graphene OS however has security features that other ROMs don't have like improved encryption.
However Pixels are too expensive, I can't afford them either. I'm thinking as an alternative getting a Nothing phone cm 1 (or something) which is much cheaper than a pixel and can run official /e/ OS
That Weird Vegan
in reply to Seefra 1 • • •PragmaticIdealist
in reply to That Weird Vegan • • •Yeah it kinda contradicts with my goal, but really, my ultimate goal was just to debloat my phone. I just learned degoogling from learning debloating so I thought I might as well do that. (the debloating plan I had since 2021 has brought me into this deep rabbit hole of privacy, Linux and many many more)
I'd honestly rather use anything than the stock ones at this point.
PragmaticIdealist
in reply to Seefra 1 • • •Yeah when I have the money I'm planning on buying a Poco phone as well. I heard they're good for custom ROMs (as in supported by many devs), and it's the cheapest and good option for custom ROMs.
I think I need to hurry up on that plan though because it looks like I have to do many shenanigans to open HyperOS' bootloader now.
bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/brands/xiaomi/README.md at main · melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame
GitHubanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •Nothing will be private enough for some people.
There will always be people who will scoff and puff about what is working for you or what works best for you in your attempt to regain privacy. What's important is for you to assess your threat profile, what you want to accomplish, and if LineageOS helps you with that. Just the other day people were scoffing at people buying physical movies and not backing them up in 1-2-3 format. Like, who has the fucking time and energy for that? And it's stupid. It's like scoffing at people who buy books because eventually the binding may fail or the book could get wet so they should've scanned it into a PDF. Or when people scoff at Proton users instead of being glad people are weaning off Google. It never ends and it gets worse the further you go down the hole. Ignore them.
What other options do you have for your phone at the moment besides Lineage? Regular Android? Better off having Lineage.
utopiah
in reply to PragmaticIdealist • • •So... there is what is theoretically possible, what's pragmatically feasible with your current skillset, what you believe you need and what you actually need.
If you rely on what is theoretically possible and what you believe you need you usually end up with burn out.
If you focus on what's pragmatically feasible with your current skillset and what you actually need instead you WILL disappoint strangers on the Internet but you might remain sane and surely will learn something in the process, thus both improve your skillset AND have a better understanding of what you actually need.