I like the fact that my Android phone records my location timeline from Google Maps, but the fact that this is stored in Google servers creeps me out....
Been there, the issue I encountered is that most other apps would rely on active GPS and drain battery with it. Also, not many apps can access the GPS without a prompt, at least on xiaomi I had that… Maybe it’s something to do with their OS customization… Anyway, Ideally you’d like to access in intervals and only wake GPS if other means (e.g. WLAN passive scan of surrounding SSIDs, like google services does) lack certain accuracy.
Many people struggle with usability. It’s easy to set things up to get them started, and then you can showcase their use-case. Of course, they need to understand limitations (together with advantages, which you will showcase for sure). The issue is that you might end up providing long term support for them, and you can get tired of it. That’s why is good to do this kind of things in community, I have participated in a hacklab and we wrote zines too. This also helped homogenize what we shared and supported, because everyone has their own taste and FLOSS is all about flavors (which is great, but also brings complications)
Oh, one more thing I deem relevant. I have seen many people break this rule: don’t recommend software you never used. Go for stable apps that have been long established on whatever their use-case is. The bleeding edge (and hype) can be lethal to newcomers!
Discussion between fellow “expert” hackers about why the latest new distro bundling x, y, and z apps is so cool is one thing and should be differentiated from promoting the adoption of, say, Debian or MX Linux.
This is clever. But in a way, it’s also shifting the environmental impact from these bottle caps. I can’t imagine under which conditions the birds’ may be a problem (e.g. getting too much food). Maybe someone with better knowledge on these species can tell if there could be a downside (no matter how improbable, just the...
Hey all, please don’t even think of replying here with suggestions for actual IPTV providers, just DM me if you’re willing to make a suggestion. Otherwise, let me know if the below situation is normal....
Aren’t premiunize and realdebrid mentioned in the wiki? I heard of them so many times… Never used them tho. They should work with VPN, or so I thought. And you can pay with paysafecard to be safe about scammers.
Just thinking of ditching nextcloud and its just too much for my family use. All i needis carddav, caldav and file sync. Have a Debian VM running on Scale and was thinking of using Cloudron docker install. Is this the way others are installing on VMs?
That’s not entirely correct. PhotoPrism offers WebDAV and SAMBA protocols, and their docs state that clearly: docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/…/mobile-devices/#… Furthermore, you can always sync files to the server via other means (e.g. SyncThing).
For most personal projects, hosting on the cloud may be overkill, but tempting with its supposed ease of use and benefits of scale. Self-hosting is often overlooked as a solution with the benefit of simplicity and cost....
There’s a reason why most providers don’t allow that feature anymore. It’s said that port forwarding is a security risk. Also, qBitTorrent works just fine without it.
I’m looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?...
Tinode and Snikket should be discussed too. They’re server and clients, built upon XMPP and including the many extensions, “XEPs” that an admin would want in order to give their users a modern experience.
Does cloud providers share the IP addresses and the alloted users to these big corps and defect the whole purpose of a privacy frontend? Are there any service (FOSS) that could randomise my servers IP?...
True, but… First, they get way less data because most JavaScript was cleared out and that cuts tracking by 95% (just to put some figure). Secondly, the idea with those frontend is to have some control (e.g. recommendation algorithm is cleared, or you get to access content without an account, etc.) so, overall there are advantages. Of course, it’s a compromise situation.
The default setting is probably showing the menu, up to a duration of some seconds, so that you can choose other OS (e.g. windows as dual boot). Then you probably need to edit a text file and run Update-Grube. Here’s an example set of instructions doing the exact opposite (turning off the hiding); hope it helps… askubuntu.com/a/1187104
Now, I went to the research article. The number of trials (n) was 10. To me, this is not strong evidence. If an independent group would take upon this work and find similar results, I would very much be inclined to change my mind.
If bees had 2 options, by random chance they would go to any of them (i.e. no learning or concept of zero). That’s 50%. The article is based on 10 bees, and only 6.4? chose the correct answer. Ok, I am definitely not understanding this. I would need to re-read it…
My home server is a Proxmox machine with some VM one of which is Open Media Vault from which a Windows PC plays videos to my TV. I want to get rid of the Windows PC and connect the TV directly to the server with an HDMI+USB RJ45 extender, but…how do I get a GUI from it? Is it even possible? I would need to connect to a Windows...
Pdf partee (mander.xyz)
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/12815136...
Germany prevents Palestinian-British surgeon from entering Europe to give his speech at the French Senate about his experience in Gaza with an Einreisverbot (lemmy.world)
App Idea: Location History
I like the fact that my Android phone records my location timeline from Google Maps, but the fact that this is stored in Google servers creeps me out....
What details/tools have you found help people transition to similar, open software from closed software, or think could help?
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/30719639 in !ask_experienced_devs...
This Hi-Tech Bird Feeder Lets Clever Magpies Exchange Bottle Caps for Food (mymodernmet.com)
This is clever. But in a way, it’s also shifting the environmental impact from these bottle caps. I can’t imagine under which conditions the birds’ may be a problem (e.g. getting too much food). Maybe someone with better knowledge on these species can tell if there could be a downside (no matter how improbable, just the...
Meshtastic (meshtastic.org)
An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices
Need some advice on IPTV providers and VPNs
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Is Radicale the way forward? (www.cloudron.io)
Just thinking of ditching nextcloud and its just too much for my family use. All i needis carddav, caldav and file sync. Have a Debian VM running on Scale and was thinking of using Cloudron docker install. Is this the way others are installing on VMs?
The Cloud is Over-engineered, Over-priced (and Over-rated?) (youtu.be)
For most personal projects, hosting on the cloud may be overkill, but tempting with its supposed ease of use and benefits of scale. Self-hosting is often overlooked as a solution with the benefit of simplicity and cost....
Gluetun: The Little VPN Client That Could
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/19035305...
manyThreadsAreBetterThanOne (sh.itjust.works)
Prossimo project aims to replace memory unsafe C/C++ code with Rust (www.memorysafety.org)
The projects they want to make safer includes Linux, curl, sudo, among others....
Guess what my favourite language is: (lemmy.world)
Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?
I’m looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?...
enjoy v0.5.0 - Play any game ROM with associated emulator in RetroArch on Linux (github.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13251614...
[Question] If I selfhost a privacy frontend on cloud, wouldn't the original service get my server IP and track back to me?
Does cloud providers share the IP addresses and the alloted users to these big corps and defect the whole purpose of a privacy frontend? Are there any service (FOSS) that could randomise my servers IP?...
Disable GRUB menu after offline update ?
Hi,...
chartmeter, a chart intelligence platform (x.com)
Casually dropped this tidbit (lemmy.world)
You can read about how researchers discovered that here.
GUI on a Linux server
My home server is a Proxmox machine with some VM one of which is Open Media Vault from which a Windows PC plays videos to my TV. I want to get rid of the Windows PC and connect the TV directly to the server with an HDMI+USB RJ45 extender, but…how do I get a GUI from it? Is it even possible? I would need to connect to a Windows...