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Do smartwatches make sense to you?

#1 Post by leanLux »

For long swartwatches were not taken serious by me.
Now I would like to check what your opions are and if you would recommend anyone specifically to me. So far my research tells me that
  • Garmin Forerunner 945
    Compatibility: Good
    Notes: Supported by open-source tools like garmin-forerunner-toolkit.
  • Fitbit Sense
    Compatibility: Moderate
    Notes: Some third-party tools available; may require technical setup.
  • Apple Watch Series 7
    Compatibility: Limited
    Notes: No official support; limited third-party tools.
  • Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
    Compatibility: Limited
    Notes: No official support; some open-source projects available.
My configuration (seems not important to my question but for completion) is:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.14-13~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto April 13  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A517-53G v: V2.02 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ADL model: Amalthea_ADU v: V2.02 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 2.02
    date: 08/01/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 22.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 22.4/47.8 Wh (46.9%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.2
    model: LGC AP18C8K type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake level: v3
    note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x437
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 mt: 4 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.1 MiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB, 4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 9 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 18 MiB
    desc: 1x18 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2739 high: 3200 min/max: 400/2501 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 3200 2: 3200 3: 3200 4: 3200 5: 3148 6: 3171
    7: 1799 8: 3142 9: 2500 10: 2500 11: 2330 12: 2499 13: 2501 14: 2500 15: 2436 16: 2501
    bogomips: 79872
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW
    sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
    v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 2050] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A
    alternate: nouveau non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a9 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Quanta ACER HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-7:3
    chip-ID: 0408:4033 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1617 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1017x428mm (40.04x16.85")
    s-diag: 1103mm (43.44")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: top-right model: Philips FTV serial: <filter>
    built: 2009 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 38 gamma: 1.2 size: 1280x720mm (50.39x28.35")
    diag: 1469mm (57.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,bottom-l model: LG Display 0x0671 built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 25.0.4-1~mx23ahs+1 renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel modules: wl bus-ID: 0000:2b:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer
    Incorporated ALI RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2c:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:5
    chip-ID: 04ca:3802 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 2411 hci-v: 5.2 rev: 615
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 240:8 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A
    bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 23.95 GiB (2.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2450 MTFDKBA1T0TFK size: 953.87 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: V5MA010 temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.62 GiB size: 937.58 GiB (98.32%) used: 23.95 GiB (2.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 92.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2167 libs: 1074 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 386 Uptime: 16h 12m wakeups: 11255 Memory: 15.33 GiB used: 6.93 GiB (45.2%)
  Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
  alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
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Re: Do smartwatches make sense to you?

#2 Post by j2mcgreg »

In my opinion, they are a waste of money. The Fitbit and Garmin models sold here in Canada require annual subscriptions in order to function. I don't have any experience with the others.
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#3 Post by jj 5117 »

I would like to be able to use the IoT, without the IoT using me.
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#4 Post by Freja »

In my opinion, Smart watches make us too busy in no meaning. Many unneeded notices...
I want to shutout life noise with MX.
In the world filled desire,
I seek only essence, serve for MX.
I just needing only ideal in the art at all.
I want to protect place of rest called MX LINUX. :coffee:
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#5 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Get a chronic illness.. they'll start making sense.
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Re: Do smartwatches make sense to you?

#6 Post by Freja »

In the future, I may have chronic illness (have possibility). My smartwatch have meanings when I become an more old man...
In the world filled desire,
I seek only essence, serve for MX.
I just needing only ideal in the art at all.
I want to protect place of rest called MX LINUX. :coffee:
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#7 Post by richb »

Freja wrote: Sat Aug 02, 2025 5:56 am In the future, I may have chronic illness (have possibility). My smartwatch have meanings when I become an more old man...
I am already an old man. Relatively in good health. But my smartwatch is useful tracking sleep, heart rate, and daily activity (steps and calories).
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#8 Post by mxer »

No 'smart watch' here, (not even an ordinary one)......& no 'smart phone' either! :D

I 'listen to my body'......no watch needed! ;)
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#9 Post by PhantomTramp »

Those Dick Tracey watches look pretty cool! When I can get one with Antix on it..

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#10 Post by fan_of_LTS »

Subscriptions, lack of privacy, one-sided and changeable terms and conditions, cloud dependent servers that can be shut down regardless of previous promises. Big tech is cool!

Or maybe not.

I have an analog wristwatch that works for me. :)
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