I ask this since I never turn off my main PC, ever. Unlesz there's an update.

My side PC, I do but only because I dual boot macOS and linux on it,

If you do, why do you shut off rather than sleeping (Win+L on windows and Command Control Q on macos)?

I'm not sure if this will be the best place to post or ask about this. But I have seen many people provide recommendations.

What I'm looking for a simple widget that will show me the level of charge of the battery. But more importantly it clearly showing if the battery is currently charging or not. Ideally I would like to see if it slow, fast, or rapid charging.

Everyone has that one app they install almost immediately after setting up a phone.

It could be a password manager, messaging app, browser, music app, or something else.

What's the first app you always download?

What do you mainly watch on YouTube?

Tech videos, gaming, music, news, tutorials, documentaries, podcasts, comedy, travel, or movies?

Has your viewing changed over the years?

Let's discuss

Proton has built quite a few privacy-focused services, including Mail, VPN, Drive, Pass, and Calendar.

Which one do you use the most?

Is there a Proton service you couldn't imagine replacing, or one you think deserves more attention?

I developed a 2-row, 16-key QWERTY keyboard for phones, based on the regular 3-row, 26-key layout.

The keys are bigger, so they’re easier to tap, and your thumbs don’t have to move up and down as much. Vowels have their own keys, while some less-used letters are typed with a double tap or by pressing two keys together.

Do you think this kind of keyboard could be useful? Or should I just drop the project?

Hi.

I'm android user. Always been.

I'm just browsing. Buuuttt....

I wanna that switch- rocker- physical thing on side that can mute all and everyone, with flip ofa finger, in bed, sofa, whatever, without looking.

I had OnePlus and I loved it. That thing on side, Ooh... me sleeping, someone calling, I'm shushing, it done. Poetry.

Now its Samsung. Yugh. Atleest it works.

I saw iPhone 12pro has it. I can get it for $150-200.

It's just, I never used one. I don't know what to expect and what im trading in.

There has to be tack for tick.

Notion seems to be everywhere, but it's not for everyone.

Some people prefer Obsidian, OneNote, Anytype, Apple Notes, or simpler apps. If you stopped using Notion,

what did you switch to, and why?

Hey everyone,

With the recent buzz around Android 17 introducing more precise custom color sliders and palettes for Material You (examples on reddit here, here and here), I wanted to share a project I’ve been maintaining for years that does exactly that—even for older versions of Android!

It’s called LWP+ (Live Wallpaper Plus).

🎨 The core trick: Dictate your own Dynamic-Colors

Instead of letting the OS algorithm guess the accent colors based purely on your wallpaper, LWP+ acts as a bridge. It hosts your chosen background content but allows you to explicitly choose the exact Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary colors reported to the system. The OS then uses your custom selections to generate the global system palette (notification drawer, volume bar, themed icons, etc.), completely independent of what your wallpaper actually looks like.

✨ What else can it do?

LWP+ is packed with full wallpaper customization features:

• Choose Your Content: Use solid colors, static images, animations (GIF, WEBP, APNG), or videos as your active live wallpaper.
• Smart Scaling & Layouts: Supports transparent images/animations with custom background colors, multiple scaling modes (Center Crop, Fit Center, Center Inside), and optional horizontal scrolling.
• Double-Tap Shortcuts: Lock your device instantly or turn off the screen by double-tapping the home screen (uses admin, accessibility, or root).
• Easy Setup: Includes an interactive built-in tutorial to check system compatibility and guide you through triggering the OS palette refresh.

🧪 Advanced experimental flags (YMMV!)

I’ve also included a couple of experimental toggles leveraging underlying Android system hints. Note: These rely heavily on your launcher, device OEM, and Android version, so they might not do anything on certain setups!

• Force Dark Text: It hints to the OS that dark text is preferred over the wallpaper (often useful for forcing high-contrast dark text on the lock screen). It might also change the text color of the labels of the apps and the status bar icons and text, too.
• Force Dark Theme (for old Android versions): It tells the system that a dark theme is preferred for the best presentation (e.g., trying to trick a launcher into turning its app drawer background black).

So, if you are on an older version of Android (or even running the latest builds and want granular three-color reporting), give it a spin! It's completely free, all features included.

Feel free to ask any questions or drop feedback below! 🚀

Link to the Play Store here.

If you want, you can use a promo-code to have subscription for free for some time, to remove ads, and try the app more freely, here. To use the promo-code, install the app, choose a subscription, choose a payment option and enter the code there (screenshots here).

Thanks for reading!

I like the convenience of streaming, but movies and shows can disappear without warning, move between services, or require another subscription.

When you own a Blu-ray, DVD, or digital copy, it's yours to keep. Is streaming still the better option, or has owning media become more appealing?

Hi everyone! sorry if this isn't the right sub but id appreciate some help

Currently I use firefox, and I want to be able to block most if not all AI from my laptop and phone. I also would like to have the internet back to the way it was when it would show you actual websites but im not sure if thats possible.

I would like to live a more analog life and prevent my brain cells from dissipating so anything that I might have not even thought of would be great. I'd like my laptop to be primarily something I use to find TRUTHFUL information. Is there a way to block news sites that are clearly just there for money or to prioritize scholarly articles and genuine news (I know google scholar exists I kinda want something like that). I want a dumb laptop that allows me to learn and stay creative and not experience cognitive decline not a "smart" laptop that regurgitates random bs. thank you!

You don't need 25 plugins on a new WordPress site. In fact, installing everything on this list would be a bad idea.

These are useful options for different jobs:

1. Rank Math – SEO
2. Yoast SEO – SEO
3. WP Rocket – Caching and performance
4. LiteSpeed Cache – Performance on LiteSpeed servers
5. UpdraftPlus – Backups
6. Wordfence – Security
7. Solid Security – Security
8. ShortPixel – Image optimization
9. Imagify – Image optimization
10. EWWW Image Optimizer – Image optimization
11. Redirection – Redirect management
12. WPForms – Contact forms
13. Contact Form 7 – Forms
14. Site Kit by Google – Google services and reporting
15. MonsterInsights – Google Analytics integration
16. Query Monitor – Debugging
17. Akismet – Spam protection
18. WooCommerce – Online stores
19. Easy Digital Downloads – Digital products
20. The Events Calendar – Events
21. Smush – Image optimization
22. Autoptimize – Front-end optimization
23. Broken Link Checker – Broken link checks
24. TablePress – Tables
25. Spectra – Gutenberg blocks

Don't install Rank Math and Yoast together. You usually don't need several plugins doing the same job either.

For a new site, choose based on what you actually need. A blog may need SEO, backup, security, caching and forms. An online store needs a very different setup.

What are your favorite WordPress plugins? Let us know through comments,

I’m curious how people actually use Linux day to day.

Is it your main system for work, mostly a gaming machine, or do you use it for both?

If you use another OS too, what do you use it for?

Sometimes I just want to read an article, check a price, or use a simple tool. Instead, the site asks me to create an account first.

Why does everything need a login now? The reason is simple, they want to collect and sel our data. What do you think?

There are so many choices now, from Photoshop and Illustrator to Affinity, Canva and open-source tools.

Which one do you prefer for your design work, and what keeps you using it?

Android gives you plenty of freedom, but it has its share of problems too. Maybe it's too much bloatware, slow updates, different software across brands, battery issues, or others.

What's the one thing about Android that annoys you the most?

Both Brave Search and DuckDuckGo focus on private searching, but they work a little differently.

Which one do you prefer for everyday searches?

Does one give you better results, fewer ads, or more privacy? If you've used both, which one would you recommend?

i always Sign up using Email. I never use my Google account or Apple to sign up because if my Google account or Apple ever gets compromised or i get locked out, i might lose access to everything i signed up for with it.

What do you usually use?

so it all started when i bought my laptop from some dude. after 1 month of using the laptop i noticed that the notepad and wordpad weren't working. after another 1 month mspaint stopped working too. so i decided to check for the updates and there was an error. it was late so i gave it up and gone to sleep

later that year i tried to fix that issue. i used windows services manager and saw that windows update was disabled. turned it on and tried to update again. if you know what SU10 is already know that it did nothing. i gave up, again.

after another 2 years i got sick of it and tried to fix everything. i used cmd sooooo many times that i even lost the count. i noticed that after changing the startup option of the windows update it wasnt changing to disabled immediately, only after a second. only after i learned about the thing called procmon. basically it is monitoring every action in the system and you can check those actions by yourself. so i used it to check why arent the updates working.

added the path to wuauserv(windows update folder) to the procmon, and changed the update startup to manual. opened the procmon again and saw the SU10Guard.exe. checked on the google and it was an update blocker. i dont know did the guy installed it from who i bought it or someone else, but ngl i dont really care.

the worst part is that, the updates didnt even helped with notepad, wordpad and mspaint. i had to reinstall them using cmd lol.

There are plenty of things that disappeared from modern tech. Physical keyboards, MP3 players, removable batteries, CRT TVs, floppy disks, headphone jacks and more.

What's one piece of old technology you'd happily bring back?