Just installed. Looks great. Thank you.

Are you using a VPN maybe?

sweatiest

First read: Sweetest

Second read: I hear you deep down

I did come across the competitive scene there about 2 years ago. Honestly I found it both fascinating and a bit disheartening. There was I happy with my occasional dad game where I was regularly beating the AI on one of the higher levels. Nope. Apparently still a noob after 25 years.

The speed and accuracy that they move and build at is astounding.

It is?! Must look into that. Still my favourite game of all time.

These would also be my top two apps. Absolutely essential pieces of kit IMO.

The android integration is just so good these days. Syncing is the only minor issue but it is minor.

Ah yeah, totally makes sense. It’s set up the way you want it. Moving from Android 9 to 14 though is very nice for what it’s worth.

If you do decide to pull the trigger and need help feel free to hit me up.

Oh you can have all the google apps with Lineage and your phone is in the “fully supported” list. You just install the gapps package during the install process. I’m in the same boat as yourself - fully tied into the googlesphere so wasn’t prepared to jump without it.

Not sure about your DAC AMP as tbh I don’t know anything about them but if you’re not sure you could do a backup, install Lineage with the google stuff, see if it works then revert if not. Total time I’d say would be 2 hours or so if you needed to revert (edit: plus reading time if this is your first time doing something like this).

That’s a long way behind alright.

LineageOS is probably worth checking for compatibility. I got an extra few years out of my last phone with it.

Well that sucks balls. :( Why would a manufacturer do that?! Bananas.

Oof :(

I’m android 14 on a OnePlus device for what it’s worth.

Yes it does.

To remove internet access from Nova, in android go to:

Settings->mobile network->data usage->network access

Go to Nova and select “disable network access”

Nova will complain after but functions just fine.

Agreed. It’s such a great learning process. I ultimately gave up on Gentoo but learned a lot by using it for about 2 years way back in around 2005.

Linux From Scratch brings a huge leap in understanding too.