Oh, these are new ones for me! Semiosis sounds interesting.

Should I read Revelation Space before beginning? Reynolds has been on my list for a while, but I haven’t gotten to them yet.

I would love to find a good series for the summer! Dune is a great escape.

I went to Chambery, Lyon and Paris. HappyCow was a huge help, but France has gotten much better at vegan food since the last time I visited. I had a great time!

I’m currently reading “Les plus jeunes années du monde” by Marie-Lorna Vaconsin, which seems really promising and worth the wait for a translation if you don’t read French. Trees around the world suddenly start glowing red due to a new form of photo synthesis, and the people close to the events make sure every page is interesting and surprising.

I’ve recently read:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl 8. I was entertained by yet another wave of chaos.

• “Heureux comme jamais” by Guillaume Chamanadjian, an easy to read satire about a space ship full of rich and entitled people not really caring whether or not they are the last people in the universe.

• “Automatic Noodle” by Annalee Newitz, about a kitchen crew of robots. Very cozy and easy read.

• “There is no antimemetics division” by qntm. Short, scary and thrilling. I would go into it without reading too much about it. It is so well thought out, and I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone about this gem of a book.

• “Murder by memory” by Olivia Waite. A cozy murder mystery set on a generational ship. This is a sweet book if all you want is a break for your brain, a bit like “Automatic Noodle”.

• “A Cantlicle For Leibowitz” by Walter Miller. This is a classic that is still worth reading. The monks of a monastery preserves knowledge while the rest of the world struggles after a devastating event. So beautifully written, and surprisingly funny as well.

Mine works very well as a phone in my corner of the world, northern Europe. So you just need the right model for your area.

Just make sure to pick the right device if you are considering trying it. The ports can be very different, and some devices do not support VoLTE, or work well on the carriers of your region.

APN settings are mostly a one off thing, yes, depending on your carrier.

Bluetooth can be a bit stubborn, requiering turning BT off and on again to see the things you want to connect to, and some things will just never connect. But there’s improvements coming every month or so. It’s easy enough once you learn the tricks your particular device needs. Every port is a bit different.

I use Linux apps or browser based services. There’s Android app support through Waydroid which works for many things, but many apps have special security checks now that won’t work in Waydroid, so the browser is my friend for banking in particular.

UT is usable, but it is different from Android (and desktop Linux) and you’ll need to adapt some new habits.

It depends on what you expect from your phone. If you want calls, messages, browsing and easy tasks, Ubuntu Touch can be pretty maintenance hand hassle free apart from the OTA updates. I daily drive it and I’m glad to trade a few painpoints for the freedom I get. But there are some quirks that you may have to handle concerning things like bluetooth, APN settings and others. And of course, you get a lot of the freedom you would on other Linux systems, so it can get as complicated as you want it.

My Fairphone 5, because it has allowed me to break free from Google and other big tech companies by letting me install whatever I want on it.

And my good old Thinkpad.

Welcome! It feels good to be more free. Highly recommend.

I daily drive Ubuntu touch on a Fairphone 5. It is totally doable, but there is some sacrifice compared to the experience on a commercial OS. I think you will also get the best experience on UT if you lurk around in the community, as there are some good tips there on how to get the most out of it. (Like which smart watches are compatible, which browser is the least buggy, how to customize stuff)

Seveneves, Silo and The Flood series for that danger to humanity aspect.

Venomous Lumpsucker for a fun climate story with a quest. I really enjoyed this one.

To Be Taught, If Fortunate. This was a really lovely read about exploring another planet.

Remnant Population. What happens when an elderly lady refuses to abandon her failing space colony? Fascinating and unusual scifi, and a really enjoyable read!

Bobbyverse, Mickey7, Murderbot, almost anything by John Scalzi, for the mix of feelgood and excitement. Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend for a fun, goofy scifi/disaster holiday read.

That makes sense. On Ubuntu Touch (if you find a compatible device) you could just delete the apps you don’t want and keep the rest.

Two issues I can think of is updating the apps that you do keep without the app store - I’m not sure there’s an easy way to do that. Maybe transfer the new package via cable or ssh (as you’ve also uninstalled the browser) and install it via the command line? The other issue could be uninstalling system apps. I haven’t tried that myself, but I have heard of others doing it and breaking things.

You could do something like that with Ubuntu Touch, but why waste the battery life and money on a smart phone when you can do this with a feature phone?

• Blogs/sites like Pitchfork for internationally hyped releases
• Smaller sites for more local content
• I check local calendars for release parties or concerts
• I talk with my colleagues.
• I go directly to labels that I trust and check out all of their new releases
• I stop by my local record stores and ask the staff for a couple of album recs
• I use the search functions of Bandcamp and follow a bunch of bands there
• Ditto for Soundcloud, where the reposts of independent artists are especially useful for discovering other bands and musicians.
• Recommendations from Qobuz or Spotify
• I have a couple of radio stations that I spend a few hours with each week, like fip.fr, local student radio, local insert political leanings radio

Some people use it proudly about themselves, but if somebody who doesn’t love and respect you use it about you, it can be an insult.

Ja, det er fint!

Hvis du trenger et forum med mange norske så kanskje du kan søke det opp utenfor lemmy, basert på noe du er interessert i? Det er fortsatt ganske mange forum som driftes uavhengig av plattformer som lemmy og reddit. Har du hørt om ‘Gaysir’ for eksempel, for skeive? Eller ‘Kvinneguiden’, et stort forum der kvinner og andre diskuterer alt mellom himmel og jord?

Det er nok mange med norsk bakgrunn på Lemmy, men fordi alle kan engelsk, er det ikke så mye aktivitet i de norske foraene.

Jeg vet ikke hvor alle henger for tiden, men jeg abonnerer i alle fall på denne lemmyen!