I wrote about my experiences with dumb phones here: https://theprivacydad.com/light-phone-2-review/ and here: https://theprivacydad.com/keeping-your-smartphone-out-of-the-bedroom/ I hope it's helpful!

Good luck with the game. I don't really write about games, just privacy tools and my experiences with them.

Get a dumb phone for outdoors and swap your sim from your Huawei to it. Leave your smartphone at home connected to WiFi. Charge your smartphone in the living room and never take it to the bedroom. Buy an alarm clock or use the alarm on your dumb phone. It has worked for me.

No, it's a trust-based trial. You only need to download once.

If you render the files in mono, you'll divide the file sizes in half.

I've always used Ubuntu server. There is a lot of good help online.

I never considered buying a place but really wanted children. We now have a mortgage and a couple of kids.

All the buttons have become space bar.

I'm a gamer too, so let me know if you need beta testers!

I've only just started using Bodhi, but have been using Reaper for audio processing for decades now. Feel free to get in touch if you run into problems.

Looks great, thanks. I see Tuta still has the old logo on it though. Is that AppImage really up-to-date?

https://www.reaper.fm/download.php

You can run Reaper free indefinitely in Linux, though I recommend paying the small cost if you like it.

1) Import all files (select each file on different track option in pop-up)

2) select all files

3) right click on any of the files - normalise - separately (I think) - set your level to what you want, like -2 dB, for example. Press OK.

This should get you pretty close. If you don't like the result, play around with changing Peak normalisation to LUFS, which I think is an average of perceived volume over the whole track.

Lastly, you can put a limiter on the master output track, set that to your desired level (like -0.5), bring down the threshold and export all the songs to their own separate files.

Important: there is a difference between measured loudness (dB) and perceived loudness. If you really want to be very meticulous, then I would take time to compare all the track volumes in Reaper's mixer view and solo them for perceived loudness. There are also good measuring tools that use LUFS.

Feel free to message me if you have questions or need further help.

Yes, I just wrote about that here: https://theprivacydad.com/switching-from-windows-to-pop_os/

Crashes are stressful, but if you have the time for it, a fresh start can be exhilarating :)

My youngest child has been using Ubuntu since the age of 9.

I like giving old laptops a boost (by swapping in better hardware). With Linux desktop installed, the speed gives me a kick every time. Also, while I'm learning command line slowly, I definitely feel more in control with Linux.

I use Manjaro Arch on a different old laptop. Also makes things work really fast.

Thanks! I've been using it as my main operating system since the article was published. So far, it works great, except sometimes with AppImages.

I was thinking I need to revisit my last comment. If you are totally new to Linux, I'd go with Pop first. If you already have experience or are IT-savvy, then Bodhi is great.

Happy retirement (soon)!

Thanks about Brave. I've heard Brave has privacy features built in by default. I need to find out what those are so I can adjust settings in Chromium.

Check out Bodhi's videos, if you do try it out. Very helpful. Also, I joined their Distro and they are incredibly friendly and helpful!

Thanks!