I can see two sides to this:

Removable batteries are great, if you want longevity for a phone, and don’t mind sacrificing water resistance.

On the other side of the coin:

Removable batteries have more potential to lower water resistance ratings.

I think more manufacturers should give the choice of a model with a removable battery.

“Verizon agrees that the FCC should consider the merits and trade-offs of handset unlocking requirements,” Verizon spokesperson Rich Young told The Register, though that support is conditional.

Screw verizon with an acid covered cactus. What possible “merits” are there to locking a device down for anyone but the companies selling the phones? Rich Young can go kick rocks.

I will not buy a phone through a carrier, I will not buy a phone with a locked bootloader. Period.

I am done with anticonsumer bullshit.

You should go another level deeper, VirtualBox > Windows > WSL > Waydroid > Lindroid

Back on windows I have used Resilio Sync. I don’t hate it, does essentially what I am looking for, but I am trying to go more open source route. Thank you for the suggestion!

Fantastic suggestions. Gives me some things to try. Thank you so much!

I have seen the likes of similar, like Andronix but I typically don’t want to buy into proprietary software where possible. Thank you for sharing!

All good!

I will have to give this a look! Thank you!

That is fair. Just historically speaking, I have typically only had 1 port opened on my router for VPN access, and then setting up SSH cert auth from system to system.

Like Shrek, layers xD

From my understanding, without having a VPN connection to my home network, or proper port forwarding (which sounds like a security nightmare to me) it would only function on my local network?

https://github.com/Linux-on-droid/lindroid-rootfs

In this specific github entry it mentions flashing, and with my setup, I would prefer not to flash something onto my phone without some sort of backup.

Unless there is a userland app I can install that I seem to be missing.

This interests me greatly. I would like to try this on a device, but I don’t have an extra I can spare to do so.

Saying you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don’t care about freedom of speech because you don’t have anything to say.

You have a reading comprehension problem. First comment I left you was friendly. Bye, you won’t be missed.

“Looking to shit on your day” that’s rich lol

Instead of being a knob end, you could have approached the conversation differently. You added nothing to the discussion. You lashed out to someone discussing their experiences because you got offended. Grow thicker skin, grow up, go touch grass. No need to take out your frustrations on folks having a civil discussion until your juvenile ass behavior stunk it all up.

Get a grip bud.

Got it, being bored means you are going to be a tool. Got it. Have the day you deserve.

Clearly you cared enough to respond. Have a day.

Stating issues with Teams on Linux isn’t blaming Linux by default.

Can’t participate in Microsoft Teams calls if the input and output audio devices are the same device or the call disconnects/reconnects every few seconds. Microphone and speaker must be separate devices for optimal experience.

How is this laying blame on anyone? It wasn’t blaming Linux, or blaming Microsoft, or blaming anyone. It was a statement of what issues they were having.

You are not taking too kindly based on inferences you have made. Are you sincerely this dense?

Stating issues you have with something isn’t “shitting” on anything.

I use Linux, and have for many years, but that doesn’t make it perfect or free of issues.

I don’t care to read a “defense” from you. We don’t need gatekeeping, belittling, or general arrogance in any Linux community. This isn’t an attack, this is simply a friendly reminder to do better.