spaghettiwestern

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[–] spaghettiwestern@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The purpose of my first Oneplus phone purchase years ago was that OxygenOS worked just fine without dealing with custom ROMs, but ColorOS's bugs are so severe I'll end up having to load Lineage or an AOSP distribution. Hopefully Google will sort out enough of the bugs by the next version to make a Pixel a good choice.

[–] spaghettiwestern@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have a 9Pro that was really great on Oxygen OS 11. Then ~~Oneplus~~ Oppo dumped ColorOS 12 and 13 crapware on us and T-Mobile forced upgrades.

The bugs in ColorOS often make the phone unusable. ALL my program icons regularly are just missing from the screen when the phone's unlocked and it only shows the wallpaper. The display either won't shut off or shuts off while I'm using it. The fingerprint reader icon randomly disappears when trying to use it or just doesn't show up at all. I hope I never have to dial 911 with this POS because there's a good chance I won't be able to.

The hardware's fine but that makes no difference at all without a usable OS, and there is no way Oppo is going fix anything. Last Oneplus phone I buy.

[–] spaghettiwestern@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

After trying dozens of distros the enjoyment of the new faded and I just wanted something that installed with the minimum amount of fuss and was stable as a rock. The distro that has best fit that combination of attributes (at least on my machines) has been Linux Mint.

[–] spaghettiwestern@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. I was on Reddit for more than 10 years and provided content regularly. Paying $5 or so a month to access the site using Sync would have been OK, but there's no way I'm going to use their crappy app and be inundated by ads while they suck up data from my phone.

IMO Reddit has lost a big stream of easy income from people like me who would have been long-term subscribers. Instead the BS they've pulled in the last couple of months have pushed me to delete all my posts and comments and leave the site completely.

[–] spaghettiwestern@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tribute (noun) - something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion.

Simon can be very much alive and still have a tribute show honoring him.