Google Pixel of some kind.

One of the only phone lineups with easy bootloader unlock, and also the only ones supported by GrapheneOS.

You can also use it as-is if needed without going crazy from ads and notifications everywhere like other brands tend to have.

Best bet is to disable the app using Canta + Shizuku and use another gallery app.

Out of the box I don’t think windows can read common linux filesystems, but there is 3rd party software I’ve seen to give it that functionality.

I just do full system images for that reason, easier than trying to pick and choose what should be backed up. Used to use Veeam, currently using Synology Active Backup.

For online backups I don’t due to size, but for local backups it’s just way easier.

To install at minimum you’ll need to likely shrink existing partitions and create new ones for linux if you don’t want to wipe the drive, that would be a dual-boot setup with Windows still installed along side. Or you can just wipe the drive entirely and have only Linux.

Regarding the files you should already have backups of anything important, if you don’t, set it up ASAP.

Messing with partitions can easily cause data loss if something goes wrong.

You also never know when hardware failure, malware, power surges, lightning strikes, or whatever other disaster will happen and cause data loss. 1 copy of files might as well be 0 copies.

How did they end up thinking that everything must be done with terminal while using Ubuntu?

Most guides on installing things or help on fixing things will offer terminal commands, so I can see how that could certainly lead to that feeling as a new user.

Also depending on the DE and stuff certain very basic obvious settings are not available in the GUI, like fractional scaling on KDE which has to be done by editing some config file first.

Couldn’t tiling just be done with an app like how PowerToys FancyZones does it on Windows? That way anyone could just install it when wanted.

Awfully rude just because you don’t like something that you have full control of deciding to use or not.

That makes sense as packing for a bunch of distros is a lot of work vs just using Flatpak.

Should be able to do it with Crowdsec

You could also place the same page as a hidden link on your home page.

GPS is one-way receive only, so just using GPS and the others doesn’t compromise privacy.

AMT does at least put a large flashing red/yellow border around your screen if someone is accessing it remotely.

Odd, I’ve had a Pixel, Oneplus 7 pro, and now a Galaxy S21 and they all pick up my DNS server from DHCP without any issues.

If you have private DNS turned off it doesn’t, unless maybe you have some manufacturer specific weirdness going on with extra software.

That seems a bit rough combining all those into one, can’t upgrade anything separately.

I’m not sure on the security/safety of combining your gateway and NAS either.

Does a PC connected to the same wifi network as the phone get the proper DNS servers and work like it should?

Strange, have you checked the interface info on Android to see what DNS info it’s getting from the DHCP server?

Also check that it’s getting an IP on the 192.168.x.y network, and not some other subnet if the AP is doing funky things.

I’ll have to try it out for youtube, I’m on gigabit internet (and hardwired), but youtube will often stall out when trying to buffer part way through videos and take quite awhile to figure itself out.

Do you have private DNS enabled on Android? That would use a public DNS server by default regardless of what DHCP configures.

Also check your browsers, some have their own DNS settings.