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The Pinebook Pro is unfortunately not a very good laptop. It's very slow, has a weird storage setup, and the hardware isnt 100% supported by any distro even now, years later. The battery also takes forever to charge and doesnt last all that long.

I get better performance on a Raspberry Pi 4 and even that is too slow for me

It was a cool idea and if the software support was there it might have become a very compelling laptop, but as it currently exists the PBP is not worth what it costs

I interpreted it as a "non-nerd" laptop, like a lower end consumer model purchased at full price for example

Laptops like that tend to be more hit and miss on Linux than say a Thinkpad or Framework

You dont need the install preserved, you need the login session preserved. I doubt that it's even possible

https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/s/res/2397-%282017%29

I was curious so i looked it up. Doesn't exactly say that

I would suggest responding to what they wrote, rather than what they didn't write or what you imagine they may have written, but that's just me.

Another good option is to not respond at all.

Inventing a strawman then arguing with it is pointless

the implication that they only tried it once is childish

Perhaps it would be helpful if people who weren't interested in discussing in good faith would refrain from posting

Yes, though the future of GrapheneOS on Pixels after 10 is currently in question

Long term everything they make is for the landfill. Soldered RAM and SSDs on most M-series made it clear Apple doesnt expect the devices to last very long.

A 5-7 year lifespan is enough if your customers generally upgrade every 2-4 years.

For those that don't click:

These are recommendations for other FOSS podcast apps by the developers of AntennaPod, since they only have the time and resources to develop their app for Android

The url made me think AntennaPod was available on other platforms, it is not

my wife has a Kobo reader and it's a great alternative, from Canada. The reader works great with Calibre on desktop for books you already own, and the Kobo store is more or less equivalent to the Kindle store.

I have no suggestion for getting files off an iPhone, but presumably an app exists to arbitrarily send files to desktop, and from there Calibre works.

Kobo build quality is better than other e-readers, and it supports color and markups. Overall it's pretty good for PDFs/textbooks and novels, but manga/comics can be a little goofy.

I cant speak on the syncing since she has only the one device.

Good luck!

Edit: seems like you edited (or i misunderstood) the OP. Kobo (the device) works great with US library lending, but ymmv if you are in another country. If you use the kobo app on your phone it will sync your position with the device, but the app is pretty flawed on mobile and doesnt have a desktop version i'm aware of.

I wouldnt mind using the app to read fiction, but it's not great for reference material. I use a standalone pdf reader for that kind of thing on my phone, which obviously doesnt sync.

I dont think it's about housing/shielding, just the lack of being powered on over many years.

Many of my drives are also nearly 20 years old

I've heard usb flash memory can degrade over time, but refreshing the cells by plugging it in once in a while can mitigate the potential data loss.

I have a few USBs like that and i plug them in once a year for about 5 minutes. I don't usually even mount the data. Not sure if it makes an actual difference, but nothing lost so far