Iirc it was like that since PS3 era no? That additional 256MB DRAM and CELL Processor that only worked fine for first-party/exclusive optimized games

Didn’t

Clever.

At least it’s either optional or can use 3rd party app (Heroic for example)

Direct Rendering Manager. Part of Linux kernel to communicate with GPUs.

I used Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro/K20 Pro before, I can get used to recovery and flashing stuff

Ye T-Mobile is offering Pixel 8 Pro for free if I do 24 month installment but that isn’t worth sacrificing for

That’s why I was looking at Nothing Phone 2 which is on sale, unlocked too, for double the storage as well (I already used up 90% of my 128GB) at $550

Heard community is growing but I was uncertain

Do you think its worth waiting until Pixel “9” becomes available? I’m switching out on July since that’s when my installment is over + getting out of this hell hole S21FE

At least Magic Earth has good policy though, no?

Not really dislike, but was wondering if there were any better choices

Should I be concerned if I am not going to be installing Google Apps (or gapps) or microG?

Aw shucks, the porter moved on from Lineage to develop more on e/os

Any alternative custom ROMs that are generally considered complete Google-free other than those 2?

uBlock Origin on Mull browser (if not Firefox), Mullvad DNS or NextDNS for “Private DNS” (its DNS-over-HTTPS iirc) if you are not rooted

Only thing I know is that you could enable the “limit sharing of data” but that’s about it

They still somehow track your history despite that turned off

Notably with recommendations

I didn’t downvote that

Iirc Apex Legends and Denuvo are never correlated (unless they added Denuvo AC at some point)

Fallout 1 and 2 should definitely run on Linux even with some patches

BG1&2 I heard some success stories but haven’t tried myself

Isn’t Librewolf fork of Firefox with hardened features pre-enabled?

Don’t forget the 980/990 series losing durability way too quick, although it has been patched