Anything well supported by Valetudo, they have a nice list. I bought a Roborock S5 for $35 on ebay that needed the gearbox for the brush cleaned out, and it works well.
I recently bought a domain from Porkbun (thanks to all of the comments on this post!) and I want to self-host some services myself. I currently have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and I’m not quite sure if it can handle these things:...
A Pi 5 8GB is very expensive once you buy the power supply, case, cooling, adapters, etc… And you’re stuck with ARM64 stuff which doesn’t support some things.
Personally in your shoes I would spend $80 or so on a USFF PC with an 8th or 9th gen Intel CPU off ebay.
A couple weeks ago Discord announced their plans to go down the IPO route. This means that there is now a ticking clock until the platform goes full-on enshittified like so many others before them....
Revolt seems like it would be a good replacement if it gets to a stable point.
Other than that everything else is nowhere within miles of being a discord replacement. The best option IMO would be a regular chat server like Matrix/Element or something, and Teamspeak or Mumble for voice. But you won’t have streaming, screen sharing, etc.
Everything like Element, Jitsi, and so on are replacements for stuff like Slack, they don’t have easy to use voice rooms or streaming or anything like that.
I’m amazed you find Element easier to use, their idea of cramming a pile of channels into a “home” that you can’t even see unless you specifically look for it is absolutely bizarre, and you can’t make voice rooms either, you have to enter a text chat and then start a ‘call’ which is odd.
After 2 years and 3 months my pixel 6 got too hot one too many times while charging and using and the battery expanded. Now I replaced it and got a pixel 8....
Slow charging only makes a tiny difference IMO, modern devices don’t get very hot while charging and Li-ion is fine up to about 45C during charging.
The best option is stop charging at 80% which will substantially improve battery life, my Samsung has this built in. But for phones that don’t you can use a wifi power plug and a Home Assistant automation to turn it off when your phone hits 80%.
I’ve got a couple of Zigbee plugs, all work well, except one I use for the washing machine. It randomly turns off. When I check the history in HA, it just says that it turns off, no source. My guess is that it trips, ie temporarily exceeds 10A. The plugs are rated 10A from Aliexpress.
I thought I’d chuck windows on my gaming laptop an Acer nitro 5 from last year, to see how it’s going do some bits I can’t on Linux VR, certain multiplayer games etc....
Every single driver needed sourcing and installing.
Windows update on W11 will pull basically everything automatically, with the exception of some older proprietary hardware (a lot of gaming and sound devices have really screwed up drivers for example).
Drivers are extremely hit or miss on Linux too especially for anything new, and manually installing some driver is incredibly frustrating since you can’t just run an exe and be done.
People have the cheek to complain about Linux’s Nvidia install, literally two clicks on most distros if it isn’t already baked in. Go to website find driver, download click click click agree click wait more software click click wait.
It’s the same on windows, go to nvidia website and download the driver and install.
Prowlarr returns There was an error loading this page when I click on an app and other sites. When I disable proton pass, it works as usual. Any idea how to solve it?...
Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what’s being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from...
Lets Encrypt should be fine issuing a cert on a FreeDNS hostname using the HTTP-01 challenge, I believe you may also need port 80 open?
The basic steps would be install a letsencrypt client on the NAS, issue a cert for the FreeDNS hostname, then give that cert to jellyfin directly or to a reverse proxy sitting in front of it.
This would be done in your routers QoS settings using the port to select traffic most likely, or if running the containers in macvlan networking mode, by IP.
Just switch to Syncthing, I ditched Nextcloud years ago after many issues with both the desktop client and the server, 2 of them leading to complete data loss. It’s slow, bloated, poorly made and full of bugs.
If you need a web based file manager you can set up Syncthing on your server and run Filebrowser or similar. As a bonus it’s like 10x faster than nextcloud to use. If you need WebDAV then SFTPGo provides that nicely.
Been using this for quite awhile now and it has been great. It can share with a link, downloads and/or uploads can be enabled if needed, and a password can be added.
The mobile app works very nicely, and you can upload photos from the app, webUI, or by scanning a directory on the server.
I like the idea behind Podman, but it’s not a suitable drop in replacement for Docker yet. Especially since it requires manual setup to auto-start stacks at boot, and can’t import docker compose files easily.
Docker is easier to use, has many more examples and tutorials out there, and every project generally provides a docker compose file ready to go for quick setup.
It seems like an awesome project that fulfills a lot of the requirements for bridging many popular messaging platforms (like FB messenger, WhatsApp, discord, signal, and more). I wanted to share because I know a lot of us have friends and family who still use antiquated/proprietary communication platforms. Fair warning, I have...
Recommendations for robot vacuum cleaners
I’m looking for one that can:...
Can a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8 GB of RAM handle my needs?
I recently bought a domain from Porkbun (thanks to all of the comments on this post!) and I want to self-host some services myself. I currently have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and I’m not quite sure if it can handle these things:...
Current situation on FOSS Discord replacements?
A couple weeks ago Discord announced their plans to go down the IPO route. This means that there is now a ticking clock until the platform goes full-on enshittified like so many others before them....
This website that threatens anyone who right clicks (lemmy.world)
Most battery friendly charging
After 2 years and 3 months my pixel 6 got too hot one too many times while charging and using and the battery expanded. Now I replaced it and got a pixel 8....
Zigbee plug turns off by itself?
I’ve got a couple of Zigbee plugs, all work well, except one I use for the washing machine. It randomly turns off. When I check the history in HA, it just says that it turns off, no source. My guess is that it trips, ie temporarily exceeds 10A. The plugs are rated 10A from Aliexpress.
Rant: My recent experience of trying to install windows for gaming and why I'm really thankful for Linux
I thought I’d chuck windows on my gaming laptop an Acer nitro 5 from last year, to see how it’s going do some bits I can’t on Linux VR, certain multiplayer games etc....
Proton Pass breaks prowlarr on firefox since today (lemmy.ml)
Prowlarr returns There was an error loading this page when I click on an app and other sites. When I disable proton pass, it works as usual. Any idea how to solve it?...
How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can) (www.eff.org)
Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what’s being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from...
HTTPS with FreeDNS
I feel like I have a doozy of a complicated issue and am looking for some guidance....
Which new laptop under $300 with upgradeable parts should I be looking at?
Hi,...
How to prioritize a container with regards to internet speed
Internet speed prioritization in containers...
Backblaze B2 vs other storage providers to store legally ripped media
Hi everyone,...
LosslessCut, the Swiss army knife for lossless video and audio editing (ubunlog.com)
I decided that I will update the nextcloud (windows) desktop client once or twice a decade
I’ve enough....
Too many issues with Lychee. Any alternative ?
Hello there....
Docker or podman?
I would love to hear everyone’s opinion.
I want to bring some attention to Slidge XMPP Bridges (git.sr.ht)
It seems like an awesome project that fulfills a lot of the requirements for bridging many popular messaging platforms (like FB messenger, WhatsApp, discord, signal, and more). I wanted to share because I know a lot of us have friends and family who still use antiquated/proprietary communication platforms. Fair warning, I have...
Linux equivalent of Win+Ctrl+Shift+B? (Restart graphics driver)
I haven’t been able to find one. Using Zorin OS which is GNOME.