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I've got everything working. I've got everything working.
Surprisingly, things like GSM, mobile internet, calls -- all work out of the box. And the Surprisingly, things like GSM, mobile internet, calls -- all work out of the box. And the
[Phosh](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Phosh] interface is good looking and snappy enough that it compares [Phosh](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Phosh) interface is good looking and snappy enough that it compares
to a 2-3 year old andoid phone. to a 2-3 year old andoid phone.
If you're a Linux enthusiast and would like to have some freedom on the mobile -- give it a try! If you're a Linux enthusiast and would like to have some freedom on the mobile -- give it a try!

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X-Date: 2023-08-27T00:55:00Z
X-Note-Id: adbfb0ca-907e-4f61-b930-b7235dde341f
Subject: Kagi Search: a decent Google alternative
X-Slug: kagi_a_google_alternative
A few months ago I've found the [Kagi Search Engine](https://kagi.com). It is a commercial
product, that costs around $25 per month at the time of this article.
The reason why I initially became interested is mainly because I would like there to be
an alternative to the ad-supported model of web search. If you think about it -- regular
users are not Google's customers. It's actually the advertisers. This means that Google
is not interested in making search results better for you, or to help you find high-quality
answers.
When you search for product reviews, or programming-related advice, you'd often land at
content farms that have very low-signal content, often biased towards their own advertisers.
What initially tipped the scale for me is that Kagi, in contrast to Google, allows you to
down-rank certain domains or classes of websites, so that your results are better tailored
to you. In addition, they try to tune the base search algorithm to prioritize higher quality
content. So I decided to give it a try, and subscribed for a few months.
To be honest, I didn't have high expectations. I used alternative search engines before,
and they all were pretty underwhelming. DuckDuckGo didn't last a week being my default
search engine, mainly due to poor relevance of the results.
Surprisingly, this was not the case for Kagi. I've just looked at the billing history, and
seems like I've been using it for the last 9 months. The number of searches where I fall
back to Google is almost zero.
If you're interested in a user-friendly search engine -- give it a try.