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I won't be able to take this seriously until it proves it can successfully make a phone call over VoLTE.

Would you mind sharing how recently and on what phone model? I had it on a Nexus 5 using version 18.04 and the battery life was indeed awful. I upgraded to a Pixel 3a and then the developers re-based the OS to 20.04, and now it seems to be lasting much, much longer on a charge. I admit I don't use it daily though, since I'm in one of the markets that needs VoLTE. This is just my perception.

It depends on the specific model, but Ubuntu Touch will run on some Pixel phones and at least used to support running Android apps using Anbox or Waydroid.

The biggest problem with it is that VoLTE is not supported yet on Qualcomm chipset phones (of which the Pixel is one). The developers are definitely working on that, but they a very small team of volunteers so they can only move so fast. For now that means Ubuntu touch phones in some markets, such as the USA and India, cannot make or receive calls on the mobile network.

Mobile data works though so there are workarounds using VoIP or services such as Telegram or Signal if you're wanting voice capability.

You make a very good point. I'm probably overthinking this. I actually use Plasma as my DE but have done some additional configuration and sometimes get frustrated at the number of options, and the difficulty of finding how to change them, for literally everything.

That's good to know and I'm happy you've had success moving users. Keep up the good work.

I think converting users to Linux tends to face three major issues:

• A historical reputation for being hard to configure and use, even though that is generally no longer the case with mainstream distros.

• Fear of the command line.

• Decision paralysis due to the sheer number of options available for things like distro and desktop environment, and the fact that there are as many opinions as there are users. I'm an obvious example of this.

Technical people like me tend, I think, to appreciate the flexibility. Normals just want something that works immediately and without any fuss.

Unfortunately that uses the Plasma desktop which looks similar but is much more complicated to (re)configure and less like Windows. It might drive a switcher away through frustration.

Ubuntu Linux is the most popular distribution but it uses the Gnome desktop by default, which many Windows users may find to be a stumbling block since it looks and acts nothing like the Windows desktop. The standard distribution of Linux Mint uses the Cinnamon desktop, which is much closer in look and feel to Windows, and it is based on Ubuntu so most users can benefit from the technical support of the Ubuntu community.

[Edit: corrected "Linux" to "Ubuntu Linux." thanks grue@lemmy.world.]

A virtual machine running Windows will act exactly like a bare metal machine, with all the telemetry and advertising and such.

I'm something of foodie and I agree with this. Also use less sauce, spread the sauce thinner, or find a sauce that has less water in it. It's the unevaporated liquid in the sauce that insulates the dough on top and keeps that surface from baking properly, making it mushy. Par-baking the crust starts that baking process before you put the ingredients on and helps to avoid this.

Lots of thickly cut toppings with liquid in them such as tomatoes or improperly dried fresh mozzarella can also prevent the crust from baking properly so par-bake and then add the ingredients before finishing the baking to help with this. Good pizza takes work but you're on your way to it.

If you really want the retro experience, you can get a modern USB version of the original IBM Model M keyboard from Unicomp (https://pckeyboard.com/). I believe these are made on the same equipment that made the Model M back in the day. Buckling spring keys, metal frame, huge, heavy, and loud. Lots of configuration options and the only lights on them are the (admittedly annoyingly bright blue) lock status LEDs. I've used an original Model M and own one of these. They're amazing.

I think it's important to understand that if the whole Internet just shut off in an instant, life as we know it would cease to exist. I'm not talking about a cultural change. I mean millions of people starving and freezing to death because literally everything you take for granted today is ordered, scheduled, and delivered using the Internet. That means no food deliveries, no fuel deliveries, no imports or exports, no trains, trucks, or planes moving, no payments or money transfers. Nothing. Oh, and all the emergency services that you're going to need will be unable to respond because no phones and no communication from dispatch centers. We don't know how to do business without the Internet anymore, so if it goes away, there goes your way of life. Building that back to the "old way" will take way longer than you or your neighbors are likely survive competing for essentially nonexistent resources.

But for those who manage to survive, I would say party like it's 1899!

I see your point