To be honest I use signal “message to self”. I know there are better ways to do it but it’s a very convenient way to transfer small files from my laptop to my phone securely.
These would also be my top two apps. Absolutely essential pieces of kit IMO.
The android integration is just so good these days. Syncing is the only minor issue but it is minor.
I’m exactly the same. This has recently come in in Ireland and it is annoying the piss out of me. It’s a tax with no upside as my recycling hasn’t increased in any way.
I installed mine from fdroid. Just searched on the play store and couldn’t see the same one on there or even anything with the same name.
The icon is a yellow Pinwheel on a blue background.
There is some indication based on commit times and the VPN used that it’s somewhere in Asia. Really interesting detail in this write up.
The timezone bit is near the end iirc.
Agreed. It’s such a great learning process. I ultimately gave up on Gentoo but learned a lot by using it for about 2 years way back in around 2005.
Linux From Scratch brings a huge leap in understanding too.