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the most extreme POV possible

Absolutely not. Somebody may still wade into the discussion and Godwin themselves.

Um, yes. It is odd, and you get some things ass backward:

But then the government is dependent on this private company again

To my knowledge Linux is community driven. I can only assume that's Murena and /e/OS you're talking about, then? In which case, that was my point.

I am shocked that most governments in the world don’t have their own distribution. It just makes sense.

Yeah, makes sense to North Korea, too. I'm not sure they're an example to follow, though.

To be clear, nation states controlling the tools that their employees and, potentially, wider population communicate and access information is a dystopian vision, and I cannot agree with that point at all.

It really depends on what you're looking for. I'm happy with Lineage, but others go for stricter privacy setups like Graphene. As long as you can avoid G Apps, IMHO you're fine. But that's still Android in some form.

The whole Linux phone experiment is a lovely idea that (if I understand correctly) is hampered by the tons of different mobile phone makes and models. Canonical dropped Ubuntu Touch like a hot potato, and it only survived as a community project.

For your last question, there's the Lemmy terminal viewer — I think it's unmaintained, but it's a start?

Here's an idea: not buying "smart devices" that turn into fancy paperweights the second they aren't connected to a WiFi network.

• A scale doesn't need to connect to a server.
• The lights in your house don't need to be connected to a server.
• Your fridge, etc.

If they do, that's for something completely different than what you bought them to do. And if there's no FOSS app to control those extraneous features, it's a black box.

Such odd choices here. Why should the EU make its own version of Linux when they could invest in existing project and kernel development? Given the recent sacking of Russian kernel developers, do we want further politicisation of Linux development?

the adoption of the E/OS mobile operating system for government devices

Just no. There are way better solutions than /e/, and suggesting device and OS lock-in like this doesn't exactly inspire trust. In my eyes, that idiosyncracy detracts from the generally positive suggestions of getting public administrations away from corporate platforms and OSes.

This. Any open website with the notification service described in OP is a potential anti-piracy honeypot. And if setting up RSS feeds is too complex, how is it any more so to wait for a ping and then manually download the film?

Ah, tech journos...

Ubuntu Touch [is] a great choice if you seek an alternative that prioritizes privacy and open-source ideals.

But

One area that has improved is Google account synchronization. While it's not flawless, it's easier to sync services like Gmail and Calendar than it was before.

🤦 I don't think he fully grasps that Google is the main reason to use a more private OS than (stock) Android.

Nope. He explicitly only praises battery life in that parapgraph. He experienced some performance issues in his (old) test device:

Ubuntu Touch shines in battery life (at least in my experience). Since the OS is lighter and uses fewer system resources, many users report better battery performance than on Android. Ubuntu Touch is optimized to reduce unnecessary background processes, making your phone last longer on a single charge. However, if you push the OS with more demanding tasks, you may still run into performance issues, especially on older hardware.

Yeah. Be very, very afraid of people using search engines or "AI" as some Magic Eightball oracle to give them answers.

Oops, added a suggestion of Simplex before I saw your answer. +1, I guess 🙂

Simplex chat has a default "private notes" chat which is essentially chatting with yourself as you describe it.

Simplex is available for a lot of platforms and devices, and easier to install and maintain than Nextcloud. I'm not sure if it ticks all your boxes, though?