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In case you have not done so yet, you should play around with Open Camera and advanced Open Source camera program which will unlock features of your camera hardware you didn't know existed.
I've tested the program on all of my current androids
#OpenCamera #Android #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #GPL
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The photograph shows a close-up view of a green leaf placed on a blue fabric with a floral pattern. The leaf is prominently positioned in the center, with its veins and edges clearly visible. The background fabric features pink and white flowers with a gradient effect, adding a vibrant contrast to the green leaf. The top of the image displays camera interface elements, including icons for settings, flash, and a timer, with the time "06:30:08" and battery level "88.6%" visible. The bottom of the image includes camera controls, such as a shutter button and a circular record button, indicating that the photo was taken using a smartphone camera. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.209 WhJust after boot, running UI server idle, this 8GB 64bit SBC uses 470+MB RAM
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
It turns out that thonny is alreay on my SBC microSD where I installed the distro with recommended programs
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
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@kurt
That is quite a bummer. I wonder what the reason might have been for the programming team to revoke that possibility.
The current ways of preparing the Headless Install through customization, are of no value to you because your OS / computer cannot run the imager, which brings you in a chicken egg situation
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
TIL about a nice IDE for Python, named Thonny.
Python Thonny IDE
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
Another plus point for the Raspberry Pi5
The machine works very gracefully with extremely slow USB sticks
Of course is the kernel specifically the kernel modules which do the Magical Work, but it's so beautiful to see how the buffers are dynamically changed to compensate for the extremely slow device
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
One program that was written very well, with both the beginning and the master user in mind is this one
Raspberry Pie imager. If you barely know how to move in a graphic user interface you will still be able to make the image.
If you're a seasoned POSIX operator like me, the imager will still do exactly what you want and give you the proper results
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
nmcli has executables both for ARM and also for elf binaries.
As you can see in this photograph I've run the program on my X86 machine and my Pi5
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
Because of this Omission in Wayland, which does it in a totally different manner, the pop-up window of the clipboard manager cannot function. I'm still going to use it though because at least the icon appears in the status bar
#Wayland #Xorg #parcellite
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
As long as I make sure that the clients that I want to run on the Raspberry Pi5 don't need anything more than what Wayland can offer in the graphics environment, everything runs smoothly
This setup is achievable if I get a PCI Express extender for the SBC and put in a PCI Express Graphics Processing Unit.
At this point in time the SBC only has two GPU outputs one to center IPS LED panel the other two displays are driven by other machines which of course have Dual display outputs running.
Now I need to check which project I will run as the first one. I'm thinking of a simple flip flop circuit, with discrete components and then with the Raspberry Pi as the controller and the Crystal oscillator, all from the GPIO
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #GPIO #Electronics #OpenSource #POSIX
@stefano it works fine here on the Raspberry Pi 5
Maybe the difference is that this system runs on 64 bits {OS/ DDR4 memory}
#SBC #ARM #Pie #Raspberry #firefox #good #OpenSource #POSIX
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The image shows the back of a Raspberry Pi 5 box. The box is primarily beige with black text and graphics. The top right corner features the Raspberry Pi logo and the text "Raspberry Pi 5" in bold. Below this, the features of the Raspberry Pi 5 are listed, including: 64-bit quad-core Cortex-A76 processor 8GB LPDDR4X SDRAM 2x USB 3.0 ports 2x USB 2.0 ports 2x micro HDMI ports (supports up to 4Kp60) 802.11b/g/n/ac wireless Bluetooth 5.0 2x Gigabit Ethernet port (sold separately) 2x 4-lane connectors for camera or display peripherals PoE-capable (requires PoE HAT, sold separately) PCIe expansion connector (requires PCIe power adapter, sold separately) 5V/5A USB-C power supply (recommended for best performance, sold separately) The bottom left corner contains a barcode with the numbers "5 056561 803326" and the Raspberry Pi logo. The bottom right corner includes the HDMI logo and a statement about compliance with the HDMI specification. The text "Get started" and the website "raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5" are also visible. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.326 WhWith firefox running using 4 open tabs, Debian ARM uses just 2.08GB (1GB=1024MB) of RAM. It looks like I should just browse in ARM linux on the SBC
An important note about Wayland.
Here on the SBC I saw immedatley that wayland was used instead of X.org.
One program I installed (a screen shotter) failed because wayland does not support a lot of parameters / features the program uses.
However everything else just works smoothly, Wayland is out of the way here on the Pie
#Wayland #RaspberryPie #Xorg #Posix
As you can see in this photograph a level of stability has been reached in the installation and configuration of this 64bit SBC.
The configuration that was chosen by the maintainers of the Pi distro is one, where Super User needs to be run at any time, for root commands, because access to the root account has been disabled by default.
Security wise the SBC is fair provided that you do not allow others to get close to it in a physical plane.
I already have two installations one is on a microSD card the other is on a USB stick
It is important to realize that when you boot from the USB stick your USB-C power supply needs to be able to produce 5,000 milliamps, at 5V DC otherwise there will not be enough current for that control to be smooth.
Note:
The second display that you see does not belong to the control of the Raspberry Pi.
I need to get myself a second longer microHDMI to HDMI cable to reach the other IPS LED panel
#RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX #micro #HDMI #Ventoy #ISO #manager #POST #microSD #freeBSD #ARM
I immediately felt at Home when I was in Debian. It doesn't matter that the processor Is Arm, it doesn't matter that the memory is just 8gb. What Matters is that it's an SBC that Works fantastically with many many 100 of 1000 of Projects
#RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX #micro #HDMI #Ventoy #ISO #manager #POST #microSD #freeBSD #ARM
My first impressions of Debian ARM are quite good.
I love the logical layout of the Pi Image on the USB stick. However its just 16GB. So I will run the SBC imager from the Pi OS to the microSD card
Naturally you will wat to know why the extra steps.
I want to run my first real task in Raspi OS! Debian feels quite snappy on 64Bits ARM and the cfg as a no brainer. Even my little cousin who is nine years old today could do it. Very well done, since the OS will stay out of the way when you want to run tinkerer projects on the machine using all the gorgeous IO's like the GPIO camera IOx2 PCIe etc. Im going to ask for these peripherals since I was gifted the SBC
reference to:
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Dendrobatus_Azureus/114984687323531099
#RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX #micro #HDMI #Ventoy #ISO #manager #POST #microSD #freeBSD #ARM
I can also run freeBSD on the Pi of course.
*BSD runs on almost anything that is a computer, even if its from 40 years ago, but you know that already
I just need to get better imaging software on the level of Ventoy for Arm architecture
https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi
#RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX #micro #HDMI #Ventoy #ISO #manager #POST #microSD #freeBSD #ARM
This is the Raspberri Pi SBC boot imager for debian, which is not as advanced as Ventoy x86 but will be used, because the USB stick was just backed up but most of all, because I want to see my gorgeous Raspberry Pie booted up in full glory!
#RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX #micro #HDMI #Ventoy #ISO #manager #POST #microSD
I've done the first steps to get my SBC in the bootstrap.
Before bootstrapping the machine I first oriented myself to what I got. I photographed everything and I was amazed at the Simplicity of the GPIO. I love the fact that this SBC was actually produced in Great Britain. I dislike the fact that I could not get the 16 GB one because those ste still not produced in proper volumes
I love the fact that the system is now 64 bits.
The first step was easy just take the USB-C power supply and fire it up.
Since I have a very nice set of possibilities in USB-C to power the Pi up, I just chose one of them. No video output was needed. The machine has a combo LED which goes from Red to Green and I also have a Pi case which has a nice cooling fan for the CPU. When power is applied to the system the LED goes from Red to Green and the fan starts running about 2 seconds afterwards.
Today I took a couple of other steps. I connected a UTP network cable to the machine, which is mapped to one of my routing systems.
Then I got at least one micro HDMI output working. That was an easy step, I just need to to buy a micro HDMI to HDMI cable, USD 12 for 90cm length of cable.
With just Power Connected to my USB-C multi device which has a Power pass through, and my HDMI port 0 chained to one of my IPS LED displays, I fired up the machine again. I got a nice Little logo and I got a diagnostic screen telling me what is connected to the SBC.
When I connected a USB keyboard a very nice Splash appeared at the next boot. I was then also invited to connect the UTP cable so that the machine itself could get an image of the Operating System and write that to the micro SD card that I had inserted also.
The look is quite polished very nice and very easy. Of course I pressed Escape so that I could see the diagnostic screen again but you understand that.
After that I purchased some internet bandwidth so that I could do an actual installation.
Then I read on the Raspberry Pi website that Debian is used as the main operating system. That is from me very very nice because I just love anything Debian when it comes down to Linux.
Currently I'm at the step where I have already written the image, not the microSD card but a USB Stick which has ventoy running the imaging show. I will stick into one of the USB 3 ports on the machine and then do another post.
There's one snafu
My Ventoy is compiled for X86, the Raspberry Pi is an ARM system. It shall not be able to boot the Ventoy image manager.
So all I will be able to see, is that the machine actually seeks the USB stick, it recognizes the stick and then the post will stop.
I have the Raspberry Pi imaging software for Linux x86 which can write to a stick but it wants to WIPE the WHOLE stick.
This means I will have to take my small 16 gig stick, back up the data, and then wipe it just to see that my single board computer starts and then install the operating system on the MicroSD card that I have for it
This is my current plan van aanpak NL
#RaspberryPi #Pi5 #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX #micro #HDMI #Ventoy #ISO #manager #POST #microSD
I have something else to be thankful for today. At this moment in time I am busy restoring functionality on systems so that I will be able to resume important remote tasks, which shall enable me to restore the level that I am used to, when it comes down to actual value of goods
This work is highly specialized and needs a set of computing systems, communication systems which use GSM messaging systems and other means of signalling, in order to properly Act, monitor react and deploy the remote systems, of which a set of those are managed deployed monitored and configured through Proxmox.
@gyptazy has made incredibly wonderful contributions to the community of Open Source and I'm specifically highlighting his work in for example the great Proxmox load balancer.
Through the Work Of Him and other hundreds to thousands nameless Open Source coders, programmers en hackers am I able to do this work.
I am fortunate enough to have virtually met him here on the FediVerse through a beautiful forward that @stefano has made, who also makes great contributions in Open Source
Without the work of these incredible people none of this would have been possible. I would be sitting watching this beautiful scenery that I would have made myself with props
There would not be any Open Source Operating Systems, plural, driving the displays.
Being Grateful is important. Giving Thanks sends a beautifully Modulated Pulse of Energy, through the Universe to everyone.
I am thankful to you all
#OpenSource #programming #GNU #GPL #license #BSD #freeBSD #Linux #POSIX #Proxmox #thankful #thanks #FediVerse #Love #UniversalLove
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The photograph shot in total absolute darkness shows a collage of four IPS LED panels, each displaying different content. The top screen features a blue background with a flower image and a text editor window Bash shells tabbed, with code. The middle screen displays a vinyl record label of Kraftwerk Autobahn, with a colorful design and a digital audio workstation interface. The bottom screen shows a blue-toned image with abstract patterns, possibly a visualizer or a live performance. The screens are arranged vertically, with the top screen at the top, the middle screen in the center, and the bottom screen at the bottom. The background is dark, emphasizing the screens' content. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.156 WhJust in case you have not heard of it yet Open Camera is a very powerful camera control program
#Android #programming #camera #POSIX #OpenSource
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GNU ed 1.22 is out! Now you can filter specific line ranges through shell commands directly in ed, ex(1)-style:
1,10!sortJust like in ex or sed, this filters addressed lines through your favorite shell tools a great upgrade for scripting and editing workflows.
Even better: Today’s batch of Slackware -current updates already includes ed 1.22. If you’re running -current and up to date, you already have the new version!
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find . -name '*.qml' | xargs sed -i 's/\(import [A-Za-z0-9.]*\)[ ]*[0-9.]*/\1/g'
Which translates to "please remove all versions from import statements in my #Qt QML files"
This is a screen capture of KDE Connect on one of my Androids.
As you can clearly see my LAN has quite an amount of devices. All of these devices are being used by me.
They have specific purposes which makes my Android experience along with my Computing experience versatile and efficient.
I did not know how important KDE connect was for me. When I learned about it, I knew that it doesn't just enrich what I can do
KDE Connect is not a gimmick where I can control a Media Player, without any network connectivity by itself, from any of my KDE Connect devices. Many different functions can be handled smoothly without any problems, with the highest Speed that my wLAN can deliver from the point of my view of the LAN routers I have in my network.
Right now I'm using a wLAN router that is portable. This enables me to have the most efficient data transfer Speed between the devices I have on me without any snooping from any Big Company.
#KDE #Connect #KDEConnect #LAN #wLAN #network #Android #Linux #POSIX #OpenSource #portable
When was the last time you have played with KDE Connect?
You've never heard of that? Let me enlighten you. KDE Connect is a suite of very handy Network tools, to get the maximum out of the transfer and the control of data & programs between your KDE computer and your Androids.
It is in fact so versatile that even if your KDE computers are not connected, you can still do a lot of things between your Androids which are running the network software suite.
There are so many things you can do you should just download it yourself and put it on your Androids
A few highlights are transferring files between your devices in a transparent manner where no company like Google can snoop anything
Controlling media players from 1 device through all the others.
Getting notifications between different devices and even getting output, graphical output from different devices on others.
The list goes on
Note:
If you're running a Linux distro with a running firewall, you have to make sure that your firewall has all the ports open for KDE connect. There are examples of the ports needed, in the docs.
#Linux #Android #KDE #Connect #KDEConnect #MultiMedia #networking #programming #OpenSource #POSIX
Jeff Geerling got the brunt of YouTube wrath when he showed people how to host their own media {media that they legally own, which means that they either have the originals, or have paid for whatever digital version they have} with the power of Open Source tools
Jeff explicitly made sure that he never ever told people how to circumvent subscriptions or worse. Nothing that could harm YouTube bottomline was ever discussed in this video.
Yet for reasons obvious to Open Source people like me YouTube gave him his second strike.
3rd Strike and you're gone. This is how Google / this is how Alphabet is treating their Golden Geeze.
Creators like Jeff are very valuable both to the people who follow them and to YouTube. However Google seems to be at Super odds with Open Source, needing it to run their data centers but hating it because they have to share the code again that they've worked upon.
Google is a paradoxical Company which is being controlled by Alphabet, a schizophrenic Entity drunk on power Ads and control
To me you're a star @geerlingguy keep Shining
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/self-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful
#Media #Hosting #OpenSource #POSIX #Pie #Raspberry #4K #Video #4KVideo
Git is a tool I like, a lot. Before git, you could do RCS {& some others} which is a totally different tool set.
In this video Linus Torvalds talks about the way he created Git two+ decades ago.
What immediately Springs into view, is the fact that Linus gave control of the git project to someone else, as soon as he could he did not want to stay with the project for too long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCr_gb8rdEI
#Git #Linus #Torvalds #kernel #Linux #RCS #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #GPL #programming
In the Everlasting search for clients and servers Federated, detached from corporate underlords, connected to the masses I learned about the following client server duo
Client: Delta Chat
Servers: Chat Mail servers
One thing that jumps immediately into attention, is the fact that when you download the client, select a server, you get a QR code
When you've configured your client, you will immediately notice that you do not need to enter a password for your client. The system is passwordless by default.
You do not need to enter a multi-factor authentication code it doesn't need it.
What you need to do is be careful with, is who you share your link with. Go and play with it, see if it something for you
#Federated #FediVerse #OpenSource #POSIX #Chat #Mail #Secure #encryption #programming #underlords
With keen interest I studied the following blogpost by @stefano
You have to read the blog post carefully, if necessary, read it twice, because there are things said between the words and the lines that should resonate with you
One major lesson is extremely important know when to cut and leave; never ever deviate from your course afterwards
When politics, corruption and deviousness are involved, you have to make absolutely certain that both your integrity and your health remain at your primary interest
A lot has been learned by me from this article
Thank you for sharing it with us Stefano
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/21/the_day_glusterfs_tried_to_kill_my_career/
#IT_Notes #NotesFromTheCrypt #LessonsLearned #OpenSource #programming #filesystem #POSIX
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The image shows a mobile device screen displaying a webpage from "IT Notes." The page features a dark background with white and red text. The headline reads "The Day GlusterFS Tried to Kill My Career," indicating a humorous or dramatic account. Below the headline, the article is described as a "7 min read" and authored by Stefano Marinelli, dated 21/05/2025 at 12:55:00. The article is categorized under "Honor" and includes tags such as "server," "horrorstories," "ownyourdata," and "data." The first paragraph mentions a visit to a healthcare facility to replace hard drives, with a budget constraint leading to the maintenance of an outdated and unreliable system. The webpage's navigation bar includes a home icon, a lock icon, and a search icon, with the URL "it-notes.dragas.net" visible in the address bar. The battery level is at 88%, and the time is 21:15. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.245 WhI've easily & smoothly configured KDE Konnect to work in Fluxbox WM
#FluxBox #KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #KDEKonnect #Android
KDE keyboard shortcut note:
Goto
system settings > shortcuts > kwin
Check out the actions which can be bound to keyboard shortcuts.
#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android
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The screencap shows a screenshot of the "Shortcuts" settings in the system settings kwin application, likely from a KDE-based Linux distribution. The left sidebar is labeled "Shortcuts" and includes options such as "Applications," "System Settings," and "Custom Shortcuts." The main area displays a list of shortcuts, with the "Switch to Desktop" shortcuts highlighted. These shortcuts are labeled from 1 to 17, 18 to 20 are not visible There are corresponding key combinations like "Ctrl+Shift+F1" for Desktop 1 and "Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F5" for Desktop 17. The "KWin" section is also visible, indicating the window manager being used. The interface has a dark theme, and the "Apply" button is visible at the bottom right. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.168 WhThe KDE team has created a wonderful Network for your Androids it's called Konnect (actually KDE Connect) and the things that it can do are so various that I'll just show you one of them in the included photographs
The ease with which I can control a music 🎵 player that works on one Android from all my devices which run Konnect opens up possibilities which are just marvelous for a sound engineer like me
#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android
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The photograph composed in warm light portrays two smartphones placed on a red fabric with a floral pattern. The phone on the left has a lock screen displaying the time "23:05" and the date "Tue, Apr 29." The background features a vibrant image of a red flower with green leaves. The phone is charging, with a battery level of 82%. A music player widget is visible, showing the song "13_18_21_aug_2021_19Lyntr" by "RadioAzureus (Musicolet)" with a play button and a progress bar. A notification from Mastodon is also visible, mentioning the user by Luca Sironi. The phone on the right shows a similar time "23:05" and date "Tue, Apr 29." The background is dark blue, and the music player widget displays the same song and artist. The weather widget shows "26°C MonPlaisir" with "Clear" conditions. The battery level is also 82%, and the phone is connected to "GSM provider." Both phones are displaying the same time, indicating they are synchronized. The Android on the right is in slight Bokeh due to the shallow DOF because of the wide aparture Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.266 Wh
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The image shows a mobile device screen displaying Konnect "KDE Connect Devices" interface. The background is dark, and the text is white, providing a clear contrast. At the top, the time is shown as 23:06, with various status icons indicating Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and battery level at 84%. The main title "KDE Connect Devices" is prominently displayed, followed by a message stating that other devices running KDE Connect in the same network should appear here. Below this, there is a section titled "Connected devices," listing four devices: "SM-A260G," "Xiaomi Redmi A2 Blakka," "Galaxy A2 Core Lucã," and "Krasiwati," each accompanied by a device icon. The "Remembered devices" section follows, listing three devices: "Devakprata," "Xiaomi Note 12S," and "Polawiri," each with a corresponding icon. The interface is designed for easy navigation, with a menu icon on the left and a back arrow on the right, indicating the ability to return to the previous screen. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 WhAt this moment I'm roughly tuning a very nice FluxBox Desktop in an OpenSource POSIX driven OS.
I'm working on tuning my Desktops Environments in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I run them in Linux or *BSD
That way I'll just fire up the Operating System inject my own configuration for the desktop environment fire up X.org and then start working
FluxBox has been a favorite window / desktop manager of mine a couple of decades ago.
Since it has been written efficient it's blazingly fast
I combine tools that I love from Xfce with FluxBox so that my muscle memory for shortcuts can be used in a super smooth manner
#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux
Since this command...
`xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"`
...segfaults in fluxbox atm I did not bother with a screenshot, because xfce4-screenshooter rocks way too much to use another one
#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux
I've been able to configure KDE to my liking so that I feel at home again in the K Desktop Environment.
This is critical because it means that everything from way back in the beginning, decades ago when KDE was released, is still in the current new and fresh version of the K Desktop Environment
It means that the teams which have worked on KDE for the past decades have kept the core of KDE alive
It means that we have an excellent group of programmers, before and current, who have worked on KDE and who have kept KDE beautiful fantastic and magnifique for a wide range of people all over the globe
#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #programming #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android
Realize the following you are in control of the fun you have when you are computing.
The only way you can guarantee that is by running an Open Source Operating System on that device.
If you happen to be in a closed Source operating system with an open source kernel {Android} there are ways to dechain yourself fully
They will probably be hard or painful but they are worth the effort.
If it seems to be too hard, plan your next device to be one that is designed to run with an open source operating system especially if you are going to buy your next Android.
First check if your device is supported by an open source operating system, fully supported!, then you buy it.
Make sure that the grip of the closed Source operating system underlords on you is released Free yourself