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This is what you already can do with Linux on a low-budget smartphone Featured Image
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This is what you already can do with Linux on a low-budget smartphone

By chance I got a used Samsung Galaxy S5 which already has good Linux mainline support. I was able to install postmarketOS with Phosh user interface enabled. Here’s a short summary on the usability of various apps. Considering the device is an older phone from 2014, the overall user experience is already quite good. Sometimes […]

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OpenSnitch on NixOS is now even easier to setup Featured Image
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OpenSnitch on NixOS is now even easier to setup

The Linux application firewall OpenSnitch will be easier to setup with the upcoming NixOS 22.05 release. Only a few configuration lines are needed to get the daemon and client running. The OpenSnitch daemon service was already merged with the 21.11 release and could theoretically be enabled with a simple configuration like this: Unfortunately there was […]

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