Wtf??Gosh this Lemmy universe is so much different. Doesn’t feel extremely micromanaged lol

Man I get stingy and always have to go for the nicer products, even if I dont need them lol I’ve been eyeing thinkpad, dell, anker, and pluggable docks mostly. There’s a brand called wavlink too that has great deals but can seem to find much info on them

Thanks a lot for this info. Even after getting one usb c port replaced on my dell xps 13 9310, but still, the sensitivity of usb c has been so frustrating! Its like the slightest little jerk or bump of a plugged in usb stick will cause it to disconnect or just the slightest movement of a charging cable will disconnect, it ughhh its annoying. I really need one nice, fortified usb type c connector cable to plug in and just leave it plugged into the dock. Then no more using the shoddy usb c ports on my laptop! But determining just exactly what cable would be best for the link from laptop to dock has been difficult for me to determine. I’m thinking a ugreen right elbow cable. I feel the 90 degree elbow would help in reducing strain and allowing a better connection

My laptop does support thunderbolt 4 and I have heard about alt mode but haven’t quite dug in enough to understand it yet. Thanks

Thanks, I just dont quite understand this data rate portion of these cables. Is that strictly just transferring files within your network to other devices?

Thanks a lot! So to be clear, the cable that links my laptop to a dock isn’t as important as I’m thinking it may be? Or are you saying I’d be best off investing in a nice thunderbolt 4?

Ahh ok so you connect your laptop to the dock via thunderbolt? Thats sorta been the idea I’ve been thinking; just focus on first getting one great cable to link the laptop to a docking station

I’m sorry this went over my head, but what do you mean by this?

Not sure if snark or sincere? But thanks? Its so hard to get a feel for this placecomparesd to reddit, its mostly nasty, snarky individuals

Also I’ve read 5A is the better choice too, do you agree with that? And also, these cables down too right?

Ohhh I understand, thanks

I mean yes I use github for reference and sometimes downloading but I don’t actually know a whole lot about it like push and pull requests and what not, as I haven’t found a need to learn it yet. So what you’re saying is to basically download apps from github instead of fdroid to ensure you get the latest?

Plus there should be some tools or scanners to look at the app for any potential dangers, like play protect, right?

So just because fdroid says an app hasn’t been updated since 2020, that doesn’t necessarily mean its not being maintend or is abandoned?

Thanks, I’ve just been doing by the apps version numbers and the last date it was updated

Yea so, just about most of the apps on the market. Pick a category and once you get through the top apps that are up to date, not far down the list the rest of the apps list their current version and they just get older as you go hence sort by new. There’s more outdated apps (I mean by like years) that truly aren’t far from the up to date versions

Gotcha. But what’s stopping cyber criminals from seeing these abandoned repos and possibly taking over and implement malware or what not

Vep very true!

Good tips, these are exactly what I need. Like which repos do you check out; like github and gitlab?

What about yet another call blocker? Seems that involves more sensitive info obviously