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There's an entire DVD included! Is the installer for LibreOffice really bigger than the 700 MB of a CD? I don't think so. They probably went with a DVD instead of a CD to make space for all the free internet minutes and 3000+ clipart images!

Regarding SDR, there's a variety of software for different purposes, but some good starting points I can think of are:

Gqrx is great for receiving and listening. Other options are available.

GNU Radio was used for making Gqrx. Maybe you could make something with it too? According to themselves, it is a free & open-source software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software radios. It can be used with readily-available low-cost external RF hardware to create software-defined radios, or without hardware in a simulation-like environment. It is widely used in research, industry, academia, government, and hobbyist environments to support both wireless communications research and real-world radio systems.

There are also other applications made for encoding and decoding various digital modes, just like the SSTV apps for Android, but I don't remember their names right now. I remember that some of them work by decoding the demodulated audio (e.g. audio output from Gqrx or a signal from an external source) so for some of those you will probably need some audio routing software, as these are not made for the receiving or transmitting radio but just for encoding/decoding digital modes to/from audio.

Since I've only had receivers, I'm unsure what the coolest software for modulation and transmission is, but here's at least something to get you started with SDR reception.

While you're looking for a radio and waiting for it to arrive, you could prepare yourself for further exploration of SSTV modes through these two apps on F-Droid:

SSTV Encoder

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Running both at the same time, you can encode, transmit (as audio), receive and decode on the same device (or on two devices that can hear each other). You could also feed the audio output into the radio you're getting and transmit it over the air, or receive and decode other SSTV transmissions. When testing it over audio on local device(s), it's always good fun to distort the images (as if they weren't distorted enough already) by making weird noises over the audio signal, where different frequencies and amplitudes of course will result in different colors and patterns, depending on the mode etc.

If you're into computers, you could even consider buying some SDR (Software Defined Radio) transceiver instead/too. It's basically a radio tuner you connect through USB and encode/decode through software, so you'll be able to encode and transmit from your devices, and to receive and apply DSP, decode digital modes, listen, record or whatever you want to do with it. Note that some (like RTL-SDR) can only receive but not transmit. I believe the HackRF does both, but it's been a while since I looked into it, and I've only ever had RTL-SDR-based receivers. There's a lot to look into here!

Btw, have you considered searching for other local or competing options instead of going straight to Amazon for a ham radio – maybe even something used that does the job? I'm pretty sure there's plenty of used ham equipment to find on online second-hand marketplaces, ham radio groups on facebook, something related to the national member society representing your country at IARU or ask the members of some local ham radio club?

I'll catch your SSTV transmission or something equally as cool some day, yo!

For public transit in many different countries, I used to rely on Transportr but since it's not being properly maintained and some countries stopped working, I've been relying on Öffi (Directions, Stations, Plans) instead. It presents the connections in a kind of time-based chart instead of a list, but I actually find it quite good after getting used to it.

It's proprietary, though.

Regarding pinning apps, you can add apps to Favorites by holding the app icon and tapping the ★ icon. On the homescreen, the pinned favorites can be shown and either sorted automatically by usage, or sorted manually to lock them in place on the screen. You can also do a mix of auto/manually sorted, so that the apps at the top are static while those below are dynamically changing.

Another option is adding one or multiple tags to each app (hold the icon, tap the three dots, then Customize). After setting some tags, you can then tap the pen icon in the bottom right corner of the Favorites view, tap the first + to add a new tag to favorites. You can then switch between "folders"/"collections" of the pinned tags inside the favorites view.

Re-reading my previous comment, I think I gave you some incorrect information. Let me try again.

If you want to use a VPN and stay/become connectable to peers in P2P apps such as torrent clients, you need one of the few VPNs that support port forwarding. So far, so good.

However, I think I was wrong about the configuration. It's correct that you need to define a port number in your torrent client's settings, but when using a VPN, your router's port forwarding configuration is irrelevant, opposing to what I previously said. Instead, somewhere in your VPN's settings or when logged in on the VPN provider's website, you should set the same port number as in your torrent client. If the provider already assigned some port number to you, copy that to your torrent client config instead. Also look into how to bind your torrent client to your VPN so no traffic escapes if the VPN disconnects.

The router admin dashboard is only relevant for traffic that doesn't go through the VPN, so probably irrelevant for your torrenting, and you can only forward ports if you have your own public IP, rather than a shared one (CGNAT). I don't know which you have or if you'll ever need one. Ask your ISP if you need a public IP for something on your network that doesn't go through the VPN, e.g. some game server. While some ISPs give every customer a public IP, others sell it as an add-on for a small monthly fee if the technology (e.g. fiber) allows it, but only some technologies do. But as I said, the router port config doesn't matter when torrenting through the VPN.

Regarding SOCKS5, I found this description of it by in this blog post by ExpressVPN:

A SOCKS proxy acts as an intermediary between your device and the internet. Instead of your network packets being sent directly to their destination, they are first routed through the proxy server. The proxy then forwards those requests on your behalf, replacing your IP address with its own.

So no, it's not. From some quick searches, it seems possible use a SOCKS proxy from your VPN provider for your torrent client in order to hide your real IP from other peers, but since I can't find any proof of port forwarding being possible through such a proxy, this probably wont make you connectable...

Then, maybe a local LLM is a better option? You could try a distilled version of Deepseek since that's from Asia. If you're on Android, you could try with PocketPal if your device is powerful enough for that. If you're on Linux/MacOS/Windows, you could try with Ollama. I don't know how good it will work, but it's something to try. I don't speak any Asian languages, so I'm not able to test or verify anything in that regard.

I'm not that person, but I'm satisfied with my GL.Inet Flint 2. It runs OpenWRT, and if you keep their version of the firmware, setting up a wireguard VPN is made very simple.

I clicked a few buttons, scrolled for a while, and then found the specs on this page, including this chart:

The specs seem generally fine, I think. I notice a built-in minijack, which I like. Though, I also notice only 10W charging which isn't a lot – about half the charging power of my Pixel 7 Pro – but the battery will probably last for more cycles then. What do you notice? Any numbers that seem too low/high/outdated to you?

Are we talking about Wordfeud or is there another online Scrabble game?

This looks cool, and I like your thoughts on it! Are you planning on an Android release too, somewhere down the road?