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helenslunch, 1 year ago to privacy in Google Update Reveals AI Will Start Reading All Your Private Messages

As soon as someone makes an SMS app that can filter the 5 spam texts I get every day, I’ll delete my Google account.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in Grocery shopping apps

Obsidian?

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in Suggestions for NAS (or other hardware) solution to home setup

Do I have to use a special NAS-specific OS to make use of the NAS hardware? Like to do snapshots and stuff?

No you don’t have to. It’s usually just the easiest way to get one up and running and will have some additional configuration options.

Kinda related: what if I install something like Debian/Ubuntu on it? Can I still use the NAS hardware in the same way?

Yeah of course. Most NAS OSs are just forks of Debian anyway.

I looked into some solutions like TrueNAS and Synology. I prefer an OS that’s free software

TrueNAS is FOSS.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in Open casting alternative (by Amazon?)

Check out Fcast

helenslunch, 1 year ago to opensource in Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February

That’s nice. Let me know when they’re $30 again.

helenslunch, 1 year ago (edited 8 months ago) to linux in The Star Labs StarBook is Qubes-Certified!

If I cared about Qubes, Intel would be an instant dealbreaker. Same as it was for Framework.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to linux in Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS

Because Windows blows.

Saved you a click.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in Started to move off Google (not strictly self-hosted)

Not a good idea to use your own domain. Use Proton Pass with domains you share with all the other users.

helenslunch, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux in Flatpack, appimage, snaps..

AppImages suck because I can’t pin them to my dashboard, can’t set them to open at startup and can’t set them as default apps for the appropriate filetypes.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to opensource in UnifiedPush support has been announced for Element X, and NeoChat

What service does it use? Or is it just a standard for using your own?

helenslunch, 1 year ago (edited 4 months ago) to privacy in Google Update Reveals AI Will Start Reading All Your Private Messages

This is 1000% not true.

1. They don’t care if you don’t answer. It costs them $0 to text you.
2. My profession makes me a target for a wide variety of advertising and my phone number is required by law to be listed publicly.
3. I already don’t. Mostly because Google Messages filters them in a way that I never even see them unless I’m actively looking. It was only when I got an iPhone that I realized exactly how horrific it is.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in Hosting private UHD video

I see no reason Jellyfin wouldn’t work for this.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in Starting over and doing it "right"

How much power is your current setup consuming and what are energy rates like in your area?

helenslunch, 1 year ago (edited 5 months ago) to linux in Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!

I would prefer a distro that “just works”

Barking up the wrong tree. Most people around here will lie and tell you that it does. It doesn’t. None of them do.

Linux Mint is the most common recommendation. I’ll recommend Debian.

helenslunch, 1 year ago to selfhosted in So SBCs are shit now? Anything I can do with my collection of Pis and old routers?

Yeah so you’d make your money back pretty quickly picking up a dedicated PC for that.