Yep, I'm in this boat. After years of macs my next will be a FreeBSD Desktop.

edit: Although phone is much harder. I guess I'll just turn all the 'stuff' like icloud off, use only signal and my banking/etc apps, and get a separate camera.. Anyone found a less painful way to live without an iPhone/Android?

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barnabee 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

GrapheneOS is not quite "without" Android but it's without what makes it bad (Google) and works fine for me. I hear LineageOS is ok too.

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palata 17 hours ago | parent [-]

I love GrapheneOS, but note that it only runs on Google Pixels. But that's what I chose for the smartphone.

Hopefully GrapheneOS will soon be supported by a non-US phone...

	▲	immibis 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Note that Google Pixel hardware is just fine and not evil, and they're looking at a different vendor for the next version anyway, because Google is making it so the Pixel will only run approved OSes.

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touwer 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Fairphone with Graphene

	▲	wojciii 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I really like my Fairphone. I would but their next model if it grapheneos was available.
	▲	hans_castorp 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Graphene only runs on Pixel phones

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Forgeties79 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

As someone who had been in the Apple ecosystem since Windows XP, it was difficult to lose that constant seamless interplay between my phone and computer. But honestly? The trade-off was worth it in the end. I’m 8mo into Linux-only desktop and man…it’s great.

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20after4 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Look into KDE Connect¹ - it provides some of that seamless experience. It even has some basic support for syncing between iOS and Gnome, but it's originally designed for seamless integration between Android and KDE's plasma desktop.

1. https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

	▲	heavyset_go 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Works on macOS and Windows, too.
	▲	Forgeties79 19 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I use it some but it’s just not the same. Very useful and well built don’t get me wrong.