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A quick and rough run-down of changing my Fairphone4 to run Ubuntu Touch.

Prepare

• Download Ubuntu Touch installer: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/fp4/release/noble/#installerDownload
• Download Android 11: https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/18896094650513-How-to-manually-install-Android-on-your-Fairphone#01HB8ZZ1BMMQNSNMFT3YXDBXA0

CalyxOS to Fairphone OS (android 11)

• Unlock bootloader again
• Install Android 11
• Downloaded the factory image for FP4 and extracted it. Opened the extracted folder and right-click, then Run as program. Yes was case-sensitive. Ran itself from there on out. Easy. Booted into Android automatically.

Android 11 to Ubuntu Touch

Had to re-enable USB debugging. adb devices and adb reboot bootloader Ran the appimage of UBports installer.

It asks if you'd like Ubuntu Touch or PostmarketOS installed. I selected Ubuntu Touch and was then asked which channel I'd like; 24.04-1.x/stable. I selected wipe personal data too. It asks to reboot to bootloader and then begins downloading (and verifying) the files. Rebooted and begins its process of downloading more files whilst in UBports recovery.

Still no need to interact with the installer. Installer asks how the install went, I selected Pass because it went smoothly. Phone is now booting into Ubuntu Touch, it is installing system update on its first boot.

Phone reboots again and launches nicely.

I'll update or write another post about the user experience of Ubuntu Touch as I use ti a bit more. I've already run into a few problems which may be my doing and I want to check that before writing about it. It's a very different experience to Android and iOS which is taking some getting used to.

edits

1 – change UBPorts to Ubuntu Touch. Ubuntu Touch is the OS, UBPorts are the folk behind it

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As an update to my AdGuard Home post which I no longer use because my ISP provided me a new router which doesn't work with the DNS-routing for reasons.

So my reliance on uBlock Origin has increased, so I'm going to collate a series of lists that I use there. There're a few and probably some cross-over =/

Trackers

Hagezi

• Normal – https://codeberg.org/hagezi/mirror2/raw/branch/main/dns-blocklists/adblock/pro.mini.txt
• Threat Intelligence Mini – https://codeberg.org/hagezi/mirror2/raw/branch/main/dns-blocklists/adblock/light.txt

Badblock

• Click tracking – https://codeberg.org/celenity/BadBlock/raw/branch/pages/abp/click-tracking.txt
• Twitter – https://codeberg.org/celenity/BadBlock/raw/branch/pages/abp/twitter.txt
• Facebook -https://codeberg.org/celenity/BadBlock/raw/branch/pages/abp/facebook.txt
• TikTok – https://codeberg.org/celenity/BadBlock/raw/branch/pages/abp/tiktok.txt

Also an ethical whitelist https://codeberg.org/celenity/BadBlock/raw/branch/pages/abp/ethical_whitelist.txt

Misc

• No QAnon
• Super SEO Spam Suppressor
• Huge AI Blocklist (this was cloned from Laylavish as that list appear to be dormant)
• Stevo's GenAI blocklist, this contains an extra, separate, list for specific posters/users on X, DeviantArt and Reddit.
• AI Blacklist, “a personal list for uBlock Origin blocking AI content farms”.
• DandelionSprout Anti-Malware https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/Alternate%20versions%20Anti-Malware%20List/AntiMalwareAdGuardHome.txt

Paywalls

• Anti-Paywall
• Browse without Logging in – DandelionSprout

There's probably overlap within some of these lists. Many work alongside uBlacklist, which if you use that, will be worth looking the in the 'misc' list for those specific lists.

#uBlockOrigin #TrackerBlocking #NoAI

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Res Dogs

I really enjoyed watching Reservation Dogs, especially seasons 1 and 2. The 3rd season had a very different feel to it and seemed driven more as a series of individual stories than an over-arching story across the season; it was not lesser for this it just felt different.

The stories in the show were fun and told the difficult aspects of life well too. I particularly enjoyed things like “white jesus”, and doughnuts being “white people food” as thus should be avoided. I want to try catfish and fry bread to see what they are like. Flamin Flamers can stay on the show XD

I enjoyed the depiction of the extended groups; cousin uncles, cousin-grandson, aunties, etc. I am familiar with something that's perhaps similar here, an auntie or uncle not needing to be blood to have those titles but it doesn't extend much further than that.

North of North

Similar to Reservation Dogs, I really enjoyed this show. Location was obvs amazing, I wish here experienced cold that was below-freezing for extended periods of time, much nicer than being around freezing with slush and sleet.

Again, it was good to see them tackle harder issues of their place, especially with the incomers seeing a “blank slate” and having loads of ideas to improve the area. Very familiar with that rhetoric tbh, hear it frequently enough.

Connections

I enjoyed the similarities depicted in both shows with aspects of being of The Highlands. Folk who've grand ideas of how to improve the area and the casual racism that associated. The implicit power dynamic of money and investment; lack of investment running the place down.

I'd like to say the community aspect is similar too but that would not be my experience, unfortunately. Perhaps it was before but I don't experience that today, that could also just be me.

I enjoyed the use of non-English in both series, it was awesome to hear them. I wish it was more prevalent in TBh here but there're too many folk with colonised minds^1 ^2 here to go for that.

The Night Manager

We watched the 2 seasons back-to-back having not somehow missed the 1st season for over a decade. Thoroughly enjoyed the 1st season, it had a good James Bond feel to it; music, locations and cinematography doing the work there. The 2nd season was not so good, it seemed far more of a cash-in and the ending felt kind of flat. A lot of action in a short-space of time for a relatively short and quiet ending. It didn't feel like it fitted the longer show at all. It certainly lost the James Bond feel to it. He even lost the Night Manager aspect of his identity...?! Like he was at least a night manager in the 1st series.

I have a Letterboxd account too if folk wish to follow there for not-great reviews

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Keeping my old house free of mould or at least reducing it as much as possible.

We use a broad range of products to try and reduce the mould that infiltrates the house here. Perhaps it may be of help to folk who are searching for solutions.

Mechanical

The most expensive item we use is by far the dehumidifier, this is the one that we bought a few years ago when the landlord wanted return of their one. It's done a super job in getting rid of the largest portion of humidity we deal with. Regularly removes about 2 litres per day of use. I'm beginning to think it's running out of juice and/or we need a larger one to deal with the house instead of rooms.

The next device we have is an air purifier, this small one from Meaco, again, it does a grand job. It usually lives in the children's room to keep them healthier or in the living room to keep the ash/dust from the fire minimal.

Recently we bought a window vacuum to remove the volume of water that clings to the colder windows of the house, to save it from evaporating into the rooms. So far, it's doing a good job.
We used to clean with a squeegee and a towel which was a bother as the towel often was saturated before we were finished.

As part of a government scheme we had some mechanical extraction installed in the house, so in 3 rooms (kitchen, bathroom and “utility”) there is humidity controlled fans that boost when humidity reaches a certain level. This did have a positive effect really quickly, windows were noticeably less misty on cold mornings.

Chemical

We have used a small variety of chemical help too. It was originally bleach from, I think dettol. The stench from the bleach was pretty rough, so we took another look and found a pair of products that reduces the need for bleach spray. Mould shield and Mould killer. In the few months I've tried the shield the usual small spots of mould that appear after a cold/wet week haven't re-appeared. The other benefit of the shield is that it can be painted over when dry! So we have doubled up where possible and have painted over the Mould Shield with paint from Rustoleum that is mould resistant. There's a reasonable array of colours and it covers the wall well.

Passive

The passive activities we do is to open the windows when possible, usually when warmer and certainly for 15 minutes in the morning (often longer but not all day).

Group Support

IF you know of another method or tool that would be useful, feel free to get in touch =)

#Mould #Mold #Mildew #HomeImprovements

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