Yeah it’s because they ship the same OS image for everyone, be it US on a carrier plan or otherwise. Google services has complete control over your device (more than just locking it down), and that’s what you should be upset about. For you that app is just harmless bloat, what’s actually spooky is google play services as a system app. Do yourself a favor and install grapheneOS.
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You might enjoy more Fedora KDE or Linux Mint.
That’ll depend entirely on your workflow. For me, it’s already good enough, but I don’t need much.
Oh, true, you don’t get previews of the windows inside. However, that shouldn’t be very hard to implement, so you might have luck if you ask for it to be in Plasma 6.
Gimp3 now has a roadmap, maybe it brings some improvements for you.
KDE plasma has it natively.
What you need to do is clean the dust off of your fans and ventilation filters (check guides or figure it as you go, but make sure to disconnect the battery and the fans from the mobo as soon as you open it). Then, repaste it with good thermal paste or some . I have liquid metal (thermal grizzly condoctonaut) on both of my laptops, and one of them which had overheated since day one, doesn’t anymore.
Good luck bricking a Pixel while following Graphene’s installer. If it protected the phone from me, someone who bricks basically everything they touch, it’ll be fine for you.