however if you want to change goals (eg steps per day) you have to use the app

there are different approaches to this, but some of these links should help:

Hardware:

https://banglejs.com/

https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime/

OS: https://asteroidos.org/

Gadgetbridge:

I personally use a garmin, which is paired to gadgetbridge

DIY: https://open-smartwatch.github.io/

Ive tried Godot and discovered I cant code at all, everything was hanging together by a thread.

Ive since started GDevelop and am loving it, they even have an official flatpak.

This is the worst second worst thing to come from Austria

https://anytype.io/ is the closest that I know of

instead of google search: https://search.brave.com/

photos: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ente-photos/id1542026904

iphone settings: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/ios-overview/

this is going to increase in frequency as linux gains popularity

I previously used GrapheneOS and it can definietly do what you are asking - under the permissions setting.

I would recommend not using the google services (even sandboxed) and use droid-ify as an alternative to download apps.

Cheers - I’ll have a listen and do the same:

Jon Hopkins - Emerald Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sk0uDbM5lc

My favourite artist! If you can recommend anyone thats remotely like him, I would be grateful

more people contributing to the code

There’s nothing corny about stoicism, as long as you see through the people trying to monetise it.

That last paragraph is nothing but defeatism

cachyOS is great, it feels like its tailored to your system with all the tweaks and v3 support.

And if you choose the btrfs option with limine - you also get automatic snapshots in the bootloader.

Aves Libre Is also a great alternative

https://anythingllm.com/