Not wasting a good high on work WILL set you apart.

Google Pixel hardware is focused on providing a private relationship between the user (your data and behavioral patterns) and Google.

Depending on your threat model you can flash custom roms to enhance your privacy and security posture.

A lot of folks here seem to be of the “…just flash GrapheneOS and you’re good…” crowd but it’s not that simple and there are trade-offs that impact usability and user experience.

There are a lot of interesting projects out there to choose from. Best advice is to work-up your real world threat model and do your reasearch.

You may find Louis Rossman’s experience with GrapheneOS relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0&t=1

Here’s a few links to help get you started - there are many android projects. I am not affiliated nor am I explicitly endorsing any of these projects.

CalyxOS https://calyxos.org/

LineageOS https://lineageos.org/

HavocOS https://havoc-os.com/

ResurrectionRemix https://resurrectionremix.com/

DerpFest https://derpfest.org/

PixelExperience https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/

GrapheneOS https://grapheneos.org/

Regal AF.

That’s awesome! Really encouraging seeing projects and devs migrate away from closed-source and proprietary systems and features. 💪

Cool tool! Please consider leaving GitHub for any of the numerous FOSS options.

No. ReadMe files should be concise, explicit, and text only. UI/UX screenshots can be part of the repo, wiki, or associated website but they shouldn’t be in the ReadMe.

If you don’t understand the software you’re installing from some rando stranger’s git repo then you shouldn’t install it. Period. Take the opportunity to learn more or use another tool.

Git repos are not app stores. The devs don’t owe you anything.

The vast majority of software in publicly accessible git repos are personal projects, hobbies, and one-off experiments.

Your relationship with the software and the devs that create and maintain it is your responsibility. Try talking to the devs, ask them questions, attempt to understand why they constructed their project in whatever specific way they have. You might make some new friends, or learn something really interesting. And if you encounter rudeness, hostility, or incompetence you’re free to move on, such is the nature of our ever-evolving open-source community.

We bring a lot of preconceived notions into the open-source / foss / software development space as we embark on our own journey of personal development. I try to always remember it’s the journey of discovery and the relationships we curate along the way that is the real prize.

Quillnote + Signal’s “note to self”

You can find Quillnote in both Droid and Google’s Play Store.

Dune 2 … such a great game! I was just playing a bit of OpenRA last night. Great to see your comments this morning!