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I'm 66 year's old. Young people consider my age, wise people consider my experience...

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2026-05-21 00:25:30 CEST

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Heck, I only updated to 7.7.3 yesterday...
WTF is going on with Linux lately?

2025-08-12 09:48:34 CEST

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I'm interested in why you would recommend Simplex over Delta Chat and don't mention Session at all in your summary.
Having tried all the messaging options you mentioned, and then some, my conclusion was Simplex was too restrictive when it came to multi-platform, multi-OS, app integration.
With Delta Chat you can have any number of instances of the app on multiple devices, completely synchronised.
There is zero KYC, as in, no phone numbers, no email addresses, in fact no identifying data at all.
No metadata is collected or stored. The system is totally decentralised, FOSS, incredibly easy to self-host a server/relay. Extremely efficient and has a very good UX and UI.
I found Simplex, et al, horribly difficult to setup and very limited in multi-platform usability.
You also forgot to mention that Delta chat is fully functional when installed on TAILS OS when configured using SOCKS5. To my knowledge this alone makes Delta Chat unique amongst the competition.
I even prefer to use Session over Simplex, et al as my secondary service. Even that has a better UI, UX and multi-device/platform app. than Simplex.
Finally, I have one piece of advice for people using Signal. Stop it!
One day it will turn around and bite you, as it did to me.

2025-04-26 10:30:56 CEST

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Ok, so I have installed the requested v1.157.3 Delta Core which is running on Delta Desktop v1.56.0.
Is this config. what you are requesting I test? (Linux Mint 22.1).

2025-03-05 00:22:10 CET

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I recently changed phones. While trying to transfer Signal from one device to the other, there was an error and my Signal account was instantly locked for 7 days.
I contacted Signal support and was informed it was a security function and there was nothing they could do. I contacted them again to plead my case and never heard from them again.
I am sick of being at the bottom of the food chain with these companies and want more flexibility as far as interoperability goes.
Delta Chat gives me this in spades.

2025-01-16 03:04:40 CET

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Hi, I'm taking-up your offer for the "holler" if you have questions. Thanks.
I have just purchased a spanking new Pixel 8a for the second time(long story).
My previous Pixel 8a was running GrapheneOS very happily, but I found the constant updates a little frustrating, and to be quite honest, the OS exceeded my threat level needs.
I then moved to LineageOS on a Samsung Galaxy S9 which I really like but, alas, the devs stopped maintaing it in December.
So, I'm thinking maybe CalyxOS would be a nice middle-of-the-road option for my new device.
I would be interested in any thoughts you, or anyone else reading this, have on the issue.
Cheers.
#CalyxOS