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Cake day: March 24th, 2026

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  • I’m very basic. I ran mint for the longest time on my desktop, and now I run Ubuntu on an old surface laptop. I’m lazy about tinkering but hate windows enough that when I got my hands on a secondhand surface, I just looked up what distro would be easiest to set up compatibility with the touch screen and all that. It seems to run fine for what I need it for. It’s got 2gb of ram so I only use it for reading writing, nothing crazy.


  • In addition to the OS options people have already suggested, I will add that if you are stuck on android, you can at least install f-droid as an alternative to the google play store. It has a nice selection of foss apps that can at least help you in part of the journey out of the google ecosystem. I personally love the NewPipe app as an alternative front end for watching stuff on YouTube.

    I will add a warning that installing a different OS on your phone in some cases can cause problems between the phone and the cell service provider. So research thoroughly for your specific case before doing that.