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UX is much worse imo on graphene compared to iOS

I disagree. I had an iPhone in the past and find the minimalist Graphene UI refreshing. It's like comparing KDE on Arch to Windows 11 or MacOS. Nothing gets in your way or distracts you, the OS is what an OS is supposed to be, a platform for managing and launching apps.

UX, not UI. perfect example is you copy something on your laptop and paste it on your phone. trivial on iDevice.

Tailscale drop is better and works across devices.

tail scale drop is much more complicated than literally copying and pasting on iDevice. that's literally all you do, no setup, nothing and this is just one example for one type of action.

https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop

look at all of that, lol. iDevice is literally copy and paste any file or text. the end - you don't even have to set it up.

This sounds like hyperbole. I've never used tailscale, but reading that doc:

Installation: Install the tailscale client

Sharing: Click on the share menu and select tailscale

It's a beta feature so there's also a switch you have to flip for now.

you don't need to believe me. I use it daily. don't know why you're so defensive lol - it's our own opinion. fyi I didn't have to do anything for this to work (clipboard laptop to phone)

Meanwhile, for Apple:

Installation: nothing.

Sharing: Cmd+C/Cmd+V

How do I copy it from my Mac to my Android?

KDE connect over Bluetooth or WiFi seems ideal for this, so it's definitely possible. I am not sure how the iDevices deal with this, but I really don't want anything cloud-connected.

this doesn't work sometimes. my wife complains frequently

KDE Connect is more reliable than Continuity Clipboard, in my experience.

Trivial as in it works well sometimes and badly in other times with no explanation for why. That’s my experience anyway.

It literally always works flawlessly for me unless Bluetooth is turned off.

so you have your file on a laptop running linux, and its just easy to move the file to your iOS phone?

It’s definitely something that varies from person to person. I tried putting Graphene on a secondary Android device (an old Pixel 3XL) and compared to the stock ROM or more typical AOSP fork (e.g. LineageOS or Pixel Experience), I found it rather frustrating. I can’t imagine running it on my daily driver.

Similarly with Linux, the sheer number of rough edges, papercuts, and quirks is still too high (regardless of if I’m using a big name DE or hyper minimal tiling WM or somewhere in between) for them to serve as my main desktop environment.

>UX is much worse imo on graphene compared to iOS

Freedom and privacy exist on graphene.

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