Gulikit King Kong Pro 3.

I have the 2 and think it’s amazing in general and for Linux. It’s really high quality, the buttons can be swapped for different layouts, I believe the 3 has a 2.4ghz mode instead of only Bluetooth, and it’s firmware based. You change the controller settings with different button combos and don’t need software (that’s never available on Linux, looking at you 8bitdo) and you can update the firmware on Linux too.

Have you considered changing distros?

Yeah. I also have GrapheneOS on my work tablet

One good thing from email is Delta chat. It’s encrypted messaging built on the email infrastructure which is decentralized. In principle that’s better than the likes of Signal, just not as refined yet. We shouldn’t kill all these existing things but rather leave them for applications that they work well for that benefit the people that need those things.

It appears to be a way of running containers in the terminal with the specific intent to have a certain distro image installed, run a program, and give it permission to interact with your system’s home directory with an easy to launch icon. It looks pretty darn handy, I’m going to give it a try this weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiDt4O6UPRw

I’ve heard the name but don’t know what it is. Some program to run other distros packages?

I think Fedora KDE is very refined but I stick to Ubuntu bases as there are some little known programs that I use that only have .deb packages unfortunately

Uptodown or apkpure

I loved this game (PC version). I recently found my disc too!

SherpaOnnx TTS for Android. There are many different voices to pick from that sound very life like and are totally worth using with GPS apps like CoMaps.

Also, just found out about Medicat recently but haven’t used it yet. It looks fantastic though: Medicat is a toolkit that helps compile a selection of the latest computer diagnostic and recovery tools into an easy to use toolkit.

Ventoy is a software you put on a USB stick to make it so you can load as many bootable ISOs as you want on it at the same time and still use the leftover space for normal file storage.

PhotoGIMP exists as an option

The ROMsMegathread to add to the other recommendations. Also I do have to mention GoG again for DRM free games.

That was certainly a good deal you found yourself. I personally don’t like paying off a phone from a cell provider

Hallelujah!

I just ordered an 8a because of how affordable it is used on eBay (~$250USD) and specifically for long support time it still has. Probably the best bang for your buck version

Get a Pixel that still has a good amount of time left for security updates. So don’t buy a Pixel 6 for example as it’s almost end of life. Make sure it’s a carrier unlocked model. I don’t know too much about Verizon issues, maybe it’s sim card related but grapheneOS supports eSims if that’s an option with Verizon.

Thanks everyone

Raspberry Pis are not difficult to tinker with. Don’t let your intimidation stop you from trying to assembly one the way you want. Just don’t be walking around on a carpet before touching it and it’ll be okay. The circuit boards can slip out of your hand and land on the table and be just fine.

Get a RPi5 4gb, a case with a fan that connects with the standard fan pinout (for simplicity. No special scripts needed), and put Batocera on it. It’s a very easy to use retro gaming software.

The cool thing about a small SBC like a RPi is that you can try different operating systems out without loosing your old data by simply swapping the micro SD card with a different thing, then just go back and it’ll boot like nothing ever changed. You’ll learn a lot and not be intimidated anymore.

If you go this route you’re welcome to DM me for help setting it up.

Purchase DRM free music to have locally. HDTracks and 7Digital are two great resources

Gotcha. That makes sense. Thank you