You don’t say which modem you mean, but from context it seems to be xDSL. I’m running an own cable modem (Vodafone in Germany) which works a lot better than Vodafone’s own POS (which insists to reboot itself every day or two despite being in bridge mode). There is a thin client running opnsense behind it.

As to picking the smallest and lowest power, I think it is better to pick one that works best. When I used DSL I bought a cheap hackable DSL modem from an italian ISP and put OpenWRT on it. It also ran in bridge mode. It had an SFP slot which can come handy for galvanic separation, but I didn’t bother with it.

Now you only need to figure out how to build renewable energy infrastructure without needing fossil fuels.

My account of 19 years got hacked, post history wiped and is now hawking crypto scams. I reported it to support, not that something has been done about it.

Na, 4K, even 1080p upscaled to 4K is significantly better thsn FullHD with a video projector.

You can use a pull-down screen attached to ceiling and a ceiling-mounted video projector. 4K is fine for that. I would not be able to tell the difference between 4K and 8K in such a setup.

I expect thorough review from a trusted repo, and verified signatures. You don’t really know what you get with Obtainium piping hot from GitHub.

GrapheneOS comes enirely Google free out of the box, including telemetry. It is also a reasonably secure mobile OS. You don’t get all that by just changing the launcher.

It’s about picking noncooperative jurisdictions.

Can you still unlock the bootloader on Xiaomis? It was always a pain, but I’ve read they have completely locked them down now?

On GrapheneOS Play Services is sandboxed, so it cant affect other installation sources. It’s just one source of many.

Linux has been fine as a desktop since i386 days.

You can use F-Droid and other install sources on alternative ROMs.

I use GrapheneOS on a Pixel tablet without any Google Play so that doesn’t affect me. On my Pixel phone Google Play is sandboxed. I expect however that Google will disable bootloader unlocking on future Pixel hardware.

The EU is no longer an ally in such matters but a bad actor.

Thanks for putting that option on my radar.

Bought a Pixel 7a new below 350 EUR last december. Buying used is also an option.

I use Osmand+ for most of my navigation. Google Maps also works. GrapheneOS is for Pixels only.

Imagine the custom ROM situation was as bad for phones as it currently is for tablets. There is just one supported tablet which is new.

GrapheneOS has a decent airplane mode.

I wish a Linux tablet will be ready by the time the custom ROMs will be killed off.