Ah, I see. But in that case, won’t the server have access to my messages in plain text?

In that case, won’t the server have access to my credentials?

We are trying, but the bootloader seems to be unlockabe, and that’s pushing us back.

But what do you do when services and institutions in general require you to use whatsapp? That’s what is mostly keeping me from deleting that app.

I have been looking at this possibility, but running a bridge means that I will need to self host a service, which adds one more point of failure, while not really removing whatsapp from my life, so I’m not convinced it’s a good alternative.

Sometimes they do, but then they will take much more time to give you a response.

Sometimes, they simply don’t have n alternative, like my city’s local service for reporting broken streetlights.

Whatsapp

And no, I can’t simply stop using or ask friends to move to an alternative. I’m from Brazil and that thing is so popular and mainstream, that even stores or public services use it.

Just this week, I had to report an animal abuse case to the authorities, and the official communication channel I had to use was through whatsapp.

It’s sad to see how dependent of a single proprietary service for something so important we allowed ourselves to become…

Congrats!

Enjoy the freedom and don’t be afraid to ask for help. In time, you will see yourself helping others and contributing to the community.

I see now. You made some good points. Indeed, the targeted userbase doesn’t care about how the system works, so they may have a conflict in there,

I used to think like that, but now I think about it in a different way.

These small distros often come with new approaches the big distros aren’t willing to risk yet, or provide an alternative to their dependence. Most of them will fail, but they’re important for bringing innovation to the linux-based OSes space.

Small distros come and go, but sometimes, even if they fail, their proposed idea gets integrated into the main ones, and that’s a bonus.

That particular one might not be so innovative, because there are already big distros pushing the immutable system concept, but, is doing the same while maintained by community effort, uses debian as a base, and focus on ease of usage. I think it still adds some value to the community

+1 for syncthing.

If my pc fails right in the middle of some serious work, I will be no longer in despair. I will simply use my second machine to finish it, and repair the main one later.

Do you think it’s safe for the average joe to forward ports in the router to access things from the outside?

This.

Not all violations are ill-intended, and most amaetur devs aren’t specialists in licensing.