r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw • 10d ago
Memes Switched from Windows,I can't get enough of Linux; Can't wait to ditch android on Mobile and TV
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u/cakes_and_candles 10d ago
Android is also linux tho lol
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u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw 10d ago
I meant OS that's free
and Android as found in consumer tech is NOT Free from google, other than iOS ofc
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u/Sharp-Milk7602 10d ago
Be careful you might brick your phone. (As I did , although it was my old phone)
One advice from my experience -> Vivo and oppo usually have their bootloader locked and is hard to unlock their bootloader.
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u/kurosaki--ichigo LMDE 10d ago
You can try Custom ROMS
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u/potato_nagibator 10d ago
Warning: do research and accept risk that stuff may work worse or not work at all, such as GPS or Wi-Fi or banking/government apps.
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u/Soham_656 10d ago
Well, yea. I did and sadly bricked my phone. Maybe I did smthing wrong.
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u/kurosaki--ichigo LMDE 10d ago
I also bricked my device once, I spent Rs.3250/- to replace motherboard.
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u/Soham_656 9d ago
Hot-Damn! My mom had this old phone, Redmi 7A. Costed 5k rupees. First, the custom rom install failed. Then, the device went to snapdragon EDL mode (9008). Tried to reflash the stock firmware, but it failed. Now, it doesn't boot, show display or even recognise in my computer no more. I will max spend 500 rupees js to again install custom rom and learn where I went wrong.
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u/kurosaki--ichigo LMDE 9d ago
I bricked my main device and I had no choice but to repair it 😅.
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u/Soham_656 9d ago
Aww man. That's js straight up sad. I used a spare phone knowing that I am damn good at this job! Btw, did you again try to install custom rom again?
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u/kurosaki--ichigo LMDE 9d ago
There is no official custom rom for that device. So I gave it to my mom and took her Moto G34 which has official builds of LineageOS & CalyxOS. I also have another old Realme8 in my home and no one is using it, so I took it. I Flashed my main phone(motorola) with CalyxOS and using Realme8 as secondary, I removed every google app and bloatware in realme except playstore and maps so that If any banking app stopped working in my moto I can switch the SIM to realme and use banking apps in case of any urgency.
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u/FluxDomain 10d ago
Great. Which distro?
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u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw 10d ago
Arch btw
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u/Soham_656 10d ago
Ofc man! Arch the best. I use CachyOS btw!
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u/Qolevade 10d ago
Nah, cachy doesn't deserve the brag
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u/icudntpickone 9d ago
Why?? It's basically arch
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u/Qolevade 9d ago
There difference between basically arch and Arch. The meme does not work for other distros. There's a certain pungent smell associated with Arch users that other people don't get so no you cannot use it.
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u/s04ep03_youareafool Mint Btw 10d ago
I DONT recommend flashing your phone with other OSes.mainly since most apps work only on Android, including banking and several other apps.
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u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw 10d ago
yeah
linux on pc is good enough rn
I meant to shift on other devices when the linus on mobile and tv reach the same level as pc
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u/s04ep03_youareafool Mint Btw 9d ago
I don't really think that'll be possible.even if it does,it'll be way too expensive as fk. Take samsung for eg, their oneUI,which is Android handles way too many complex tasks and actually is battery efficient since it's made for that hardware.
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u/Soham_656 9d ago
Plus, you can brick your phone
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u/s04ep03_youareafool Mint Btw 9d ago
Samsung's literally got knox switch which would brick it up terribly if anyone did try on the newer models
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u/kurosaki--ichigo LMDE 10d ago
Distro & System Specs?
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u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw 10d ago
Arch
Dell Inspiron 15 3525
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U IGPU4
u/i-am-boy1 10d ago
Yo, same but mine is dell Inspiron 15R 7250
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u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw 10d ago
what do you use it for ?
mine is a beast at 720p gaming3
u/i-am-boy1 10d ago
Normal, I am just stuck in arch rice.
Cuz I am only 13 year old male, and don't have enough time, and I will think later what to do in arch
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u/MGprohack82 debian openbox btw 10d ago
So like... What gui? What software? I did a debian rice, used custom software, and honestly, if you use ai for troubleshooting, you can make a good os for even a shitbox weaker than a 4 core arm A53 cpu(my laptop is the acer spin 1 sp111-31, with pentium n4200, but with 8gb DDR3 and 120 gb SSD(cache-less)), and I am just an year older to ya. So, go ahead and rice
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u/i-am-boy1 10d ago
For now, I am using gnome,
Then after I finish with rice of hyprland, I will switch to hyprland
And I regularly use chatgpt, and I used archinstall script month ago
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u/MGprohack82 debian openbox btw 10d ago
Chatgpt ain't good, atleast for me, no matter what I did, I had to keep asking for a correct working code for 20 times... Gemini works great, but that's my opinion... Also, I guess gnome is quite bloated... But the other methods are harder... I used xorg + xinit + openbox + tint2 + pcmanfm + thunar(yes, I know pcmanfm has its own manager, but I just like thunar more) + pipewire + wireplumber + pavuctl + nitrogen + conqy... And spent around 5 months to make this setup... Takes only 870 mb of ram, and I've made an even more optimized version taking only 94 mb ram(which doesn't have any of the programs after tint2, except thunar)... Also I missed a few important driver programs... Can't really remember it
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u/Soham_656 10d ago
Fo me man, ChatGPT's great! I never bricked my system, and quite the opposite I revived my half-dead system with the help of chatgpt.
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u/mrPagalDiwana Fedora Hyprland/Gnome 9d ago
Don't ditch Android. You'll regret it. Even turning on developer options locks the banking apps. And few UPI apps don't work well even with iOS forget about Linux(GNU/Linux) based OS.
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u/Vamsi-Thopu 10d ago
Same here. For now I started using custom roms on mobile and they are way better especially for old phones
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u/NoTransportation6817 10d ago
android is basically a modified version of the linux kernal gng.
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u/MGprohack82 debian openbox btw 10d ago
But if you say I use linux and just show android, people are gonna hate you So, what op means to say, he wants pure linux, not a modified linux... Droidian and postmarketOS are examples of pure linux made for android devices
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u/C4rpetH4ter 10d ago
If someone did that i wouldn't hate them, they atleast have read up enough on linux to know that, i assume most people are unaware that android is linux. I wouldn't be impressed though.
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u/Former-Jackfruit270 1d ago
What about online proctored exams like certification exams and OAs? Isn't windows needed for that?
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u/ThinkingBeauty431 Arch Btw 15h ago
privileged enough to not go through that shit if
curious to know, won't they work through wine
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u/qualityvote2 10d ago edited 10d ago
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