Incredible how software companies can be actively hostile to customers.

IRC is great. The challenge is picking a client for the family, and getting them set up. It’s not friction free.

Jitsi is good as an ad hoc communication tool, but it won’t replace a “chat / sms” tool. I took a small peek at SimpleX, and it looks quite complex. Not sure if it really is.

Define “link”. Microsoft has lots of good enterprise connectivity tooling. You lose most of that if you don’t use Windows.

It doesn’t mean it’s a complete loss. There are benefits to moving away.

Same thought I had, but it seems for now it’s not going to be a part of a standard urinalysis.

Instead, if there are other symptoms that indicate potential for cancer, this would be used prior to cystoscopy to determine the urgency for a cystoscopy.

I assume using this as part of a standard urinalysis might be cost prohibitive.

Awesome news anyway!

“That sounds…dramatic! I may have to check it out, just for the train wreck!”

“Pre-configured Arch with agentic AI baked in.”

I lost my bladder to bladder cancer. The way the symptoms and diagnosis went, this test would not have improved my outcome.

I’m pretty sure it will be beneficial for others, though I’m not clear if it will be a part of standard urinalysis. If not, other symptoms will have to prompt this test.

Reading through more clearly; this would help to determine how critical it is to have a camera up the pisser (cystoscopy).

Thanks. That helps a lot. I think I need to dig a bit deeper, because I’m sure even AOSP is still linked to Google in some form.

Actually looking through carefully, most of the ones that work in my area are Android based. I would avoid those.

That wouldn’t be dumb, but I get your point.

https://dumbwireless.com/collections/phones

How many of these do you suppose run Android. The operating system is listed in the specs. Do you suppose they are not correct?

I find it frustrating that Manny of these projects use discord for communication.

You might go the route of dumb phone with tethering, which opens up your computing flexibility slightly.

The problem with visual similarities is that eventually the user will have to interface with, at least; the file system, download and install protocol, and deeper hardware tools (drivers, etc).

It’s one thing to do it for nostalgia, or “because it’s there”, quite another because you’re looking for a familiar interface.

If it’s the latter; I recommend buckling down, allowing yourself to become a noob again, and get familiar with the new thing. It’s not harder, it’s just different.

If it’s the former; KDE seems to provide the greatest flexibility in changing how the environment looks.

Unless a Linux UA allows for plausible deniability.

It could happen!

Is it mostly Mali in arm devices? I’ve been away for a while.

I’m from a social work background. Psych major.

Computer stuff was always a hobby.

They should be providing patches then. If so, you can patch a vanilla kernel.

Fascinating.

I’d like to recommend rEFInd once you figure this out.

Windows has never been able to squash it.

The specific grub command wasn’t listed in the OP, I don’t think?

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

That’s Gentoo syntax anyway, and your grub config may live elsewhere, but you should get the idea. It’s supposed to find the new kernel.

I’ve never used an initrd, so I can’t comment on that.

If the previous kernel is still available, can you boot that? That should help determine if the kernel is at fault.