JustARegularNerd

I've got one of those cheap Rockchip rk322x TV boxes and it took me fucking literal hours to get the Mali driver working and the performance, while noticeably better, was still way worse than if I ran it's stock Android image on it.

How hard is it to port LOS? I've been wanting to do it for a couple obscure devices I have but I've read the documentation and felt overwhelmed.

Basically that's how I use it, just a secure VPN tunnel to my home hosted stuff while I'm out. Painless to set up.

For me it's gotta be Portainer, Vaultwarden, and Tailscale. Everything else (FreshRSS, Heimdall, Paperless) is just cream.

You're thinking of Puffin Web Browser, which is definitely a very bizarre approach. However, I believe they recently discontinued their ios port.

I still have my 1000H from 2010 and even used it for school and uni right up until 2019 when I no longer was doing on campus work and I could do everything on my desktop.

Granted, I went down the rabbit hole of Linux on it around the 2015 mark because Windows 7 onwards was too much for it, and it always had overheating issues, but it aided my Linux addiction and was the very laptop that got me interested in programming so I personally am happy I kept it.

That being said, I also totally get why a MacBook was just a much better value propositions, and if mine wasn't my 10th birthday present I probably would've loved doing the same thing.

I'm in the same boat, really wanting a 2015 11" MBA to go with my 2015 13" MBP, but ultimately I decided on fixing up a 12" Latitude 7280 I got from e-waste (looked to be water damaged, keyboard was unreliable and battery would die at 40%). So far it's been pretty great, and will likely entirely replace my MBP while also being more convenient to carry around.

From my own experience, I've also seen it on price checkers (Kmart Australia), navigation devices (Navman GPS units) and older Clarion head units.

I respectfully disagree. Based on what you've said, it sounds like you've asked your friend multiple times to use something else, and there's a chance they're trying to be respectful to you by politely declining to hear more suggestions.

I've been on both ends of this, I've been pushed to look at games I could've been interested in but just didn't feel like giving a novel back to my friend as to why I'm not going to buy it, and I've tried to push friends onto Linux and that ultimately resulted in them getting pissed off with me.

It took me a while to realize, there is no wrong operating system to use, there is no wrong social platform to use. People are willing to try new things, but at their own pace and if they can see that there's an easy transition, but it's more than that.

I used to think the more people I get onto Linux, the more I'm doing my part for the market share and in turn the software gets better for me and for them, but what I failed to realize is that I was no different to a Jehovah's Witness, and I certainly came off as annoying as them to my friends. I don't care what they use now, but if they're ever interested in help on something that I'd love for them to use, I gladly help them and answer any questions they have, and so far, that's worked better anyway.

I just fear that you're going down the same path I did. I fear your friend isn't copping out of wanting ads, Chrome, iOS, etc. They just want to avoid a confrontation with you.

Maybe I'm looking into this too far, but I think if someone's happy to have things the way they like them (ads, Chrome, etc.) and clearly doesn't want to elaborate on it, they have every right to not elaborate further.

Let them find it their own way. Or maybe they won't, but it's their choice to make.

I'll second the other comment suggesting KeePass, but the biggest issue I had with it was syncing the database across devices. Ultimately I stored it in OneDrive, but it occurred to me that at that point it wasn't much different to a cloud password manager, which I especially didn't trust.

I now self host a Vaultwarden instance from my Raspberry Pi, and that works perfectly for me, but it does require a bit of Linux experience and a spare device to run the server.

I still have a LaserJet 2200 and it will be pried from my cold dead hands. The plastic has gone brittle on some spots of it, and the front manual feed cover has long broken but it still dutifully works.