#XDADevelopers slop news articles have comments that are almost as dumb as #phoronix

#commentsectionssuck #halfabrain #stupidity #tech #opinion #warmtake

Lol 2 of the 3 things this guy "needs" are completely out of the control of Linux devs

#linux #tech #techmedia #XDADevelopers #clickbait

https://www.xda-developers.com/3-things-linux-needs-to-have-before-i-can-make-the-swap/#thread

For the first time in many years I have not rooted my new phone.

It feels a little strange, especially considering I was quite involved in the development of #Magisk a few years ago. And I was also a forum moderator on #XDADevelopers.

Haven't been active in that community in some time, but it still feels like the end of something. Maybe a hint of sorrow, maybe relief?

Oh well... Don't need it anymore and if I ever do I have a bunch of knowledge and expertise to fall back on.

#Android #Root

5 clever ways I use a Raspberry Pi display around the house (By Jeff Butts)

#RaspberryPi #SingleBoardComputers #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #XDADevelopers #EverybodyLovesPi

https://www.xda-developers.com/clever-ways-use-raspberry-pi-display-house/

Kaum zu glauben, aber wir nutzen #Skype tatsächlich noch täglich – vor allem für unseren Redaktions-Chat. Bisher gab es keinen Grund, die Plattform zu wechseln, sei es aus Bequemlichkeit oder einfach, weil es schon immer so war. Doch schon bald könnten wir dazu gezwungen sein, auf andere Dienste umzusteigen. Laut der Webseite #XDADevelopers steht die Abschaltung von Skype offenbar kurz bevor.

Mehr zum Thema: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=374920

#appgefahren #Apple #AppleBlog #iPhone #iPad #Mac #Microsoft

Reading the #lineageos #blog post about version 22, my impression is that the list of officially supported devices (either 21 or 22) once again became much shorter.

e.g., almost all #samung #smartphones form their main line got dropped.

Interestingly, stable builds on #xdadevelopers seem to flourish.

As all my devices I run are older than 4-5 years, none of them has #lineageos support anymore, although all of them once had it.

Is #lineageos heading towards support of modern devices only?

Project Elixir робить цеглу піратам

"Відкрита" прошивка на базі AOSP нещодавно зробила так, щоб якщо прошивка зрозуміє, що ви неофіційно отримали доступ до ПЛАТНИХ функцій - робить вайп системи разом з eSIM!

Англомовний форум XDA вже видаляють усі пости з Project Elixir тому що вважають це зловмисним ПЗ.

#android #customrom #projectelixir #xdadevelopers

I just realized that I've had my @xdadevelopers account for almost 18 years!

I originally registered an account on #XDADevelopers because it was the go-to forum for #hacking & #modding 1st gen #smartphones like the #HTCBlueAngel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Blue_Angel) and #HTCWizard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Wizard), which were my 1st and 2nd smartphones respectively, back in the early-mid #noughties.

They ran #WindowsMobile, and they featured a slide-out #QWERTY keyboard for relatively fast and precise thumb-typing, a #ResistiveTouchscreen w/ built-in #stylus for taking handwritten notes and drawing pictures, and a rear-facing camera for shooting digital photos on the go. They even came with a mobile version of the #MicrosoftOffice suite, and you could synchronize your documents, spreadsheets, calendar, and contacts with your laptop or desktop by simply dropping the phone into its #USB cradle.

This was all several years before #iPhone and #Android came along. Dang, now I feel even older than usual. 😅

Long live tbe ROMs. I don't root or install replacement ROM anymore but it is what brought me to and still keeps me enthusiastic about Android. From adding things, to breathing new life into abandoned hardware ROMs are a great thing to have around.

#android #XDADevelopers

https://youtu.be/TDOMekBPR4U?si=g72WRtSz3aode65q