I don’t know why this gets downvoted. Xmpp is my solution as well. Lightweight, selfhostable and federated, it’s just a great solution. Briar is good as well and probably one of the best solutions if your are an activist/journalist. But it will eat your battery as all p2p solutions will. Is you host your own xmpp server at home, that’s really as secure as it will get imho.
I just opened the page without adblocking – that brings back even more memories. And yes, the desktop strippers are still a thing, and now they dance on the entire website, not only in an add-window!
It always looked like you would catch at least one Trojan per download, but it’s the real deal if you are looking for cracked game.exes or at least it was back in the day.
There is also bcl on fdroid, requires no dongle but root access, as it just changes some lines in a config file on the root partition.
Layout does not matter as much in my opinion, it’s been fine since the snes controller and not evolved much past the ps1 controller which still works great to this day. I think per game rebinds are missing very often from games made during the last decade at least. Some programmer with a God complex just decided: this is how I would set the controls now everyone who wants to play my game better get used to this.
On a pc you can at least use some external tool to rebind the controller, but it’s a lot of hassle and there are lots and lots of other games to play. I think this kind of attitude costs customers.
And don’t get me started on console games. They are made for sheeple, there is not even an option to rebind the controller for any games available to this day. Correct me if I am wrong. But I was playing gran turismo in vr at my brothers the other day. The shift up is on the lower button and vica versa for some reason. Sure you can get used to this after a couple of hours but it feels like having look up and down reversed while playing a fps.
Why on earth are there still any games available in 2025 that don’t let the user rebind the controls to their liking?
Oh yeah, unlucky :(
There is also transportr and a couple of other apps on fdroid if you search for transport. Maybe you find something for your region.
Try Oeffi for public transport, it’s awesome.
Or pick xmpp instead, the reliable lightweight completely foss alternative.
Get one that is supported by valetudo. The software lets supported vacuum robots run locally, without the need to connect to cloud services. It integrates well with home assistant too.
https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
As a bonus my roborock now talks like glados from portal.
If you are on the usa or Canada, you can use jmp.chat as an alternative. It provides a phone number via the xmpp protocol. It might be possible to set up on your own server as well, have a look here:
Consider undervolting cpu and gpu and you will be able to get away with a leaner psu. I always do this and there really is no downside if you overclock the gpu a little to compensate for the undervolting. Your system will run cooler as well often stopping cpu/gpu from throttling down, so with a bit of luck you can even gain performance while saving on power. It depends on the cpu/gpu combo, but you can expect to save around 50 Watts under full load with both components properly undervoltet.
Here’s a very good guide for undervolting your gpu under windows, it’s meant for nvidia gpus but the process is very similar with amd gpu’s and/or under linux.
https://github.com/LunarPSD/NvidiaOverclocking/blob/main/Nvidia Overclocking.md
I use conversations on android as well. I think it’s the best app for android. You can ask in the conversations support channel for help, there are very knowledgeable people around:
Snikket is easy to host in a docker container. You would have your own internet messenger for friends and family. Snikket is based on the xmpp protocol thats been around for 20 years, is tried and tested and very lightweight and does take very few resources on your server. things like Nintendo’s messenger and WhatsApp are xmpp based).
I’ve seeded on a router from 2013 with 128 mb ram. Transmission client runs on openwrt. It was running all the time as an access point anyways I think using around 4 watts of power. 128 mb of ram was cutting it rather close and I had to add a swap file but the system was running stable. If you have an old router compatible with openwrt and an USB port to add an external hdd you can build yourself a very cheap and power efficient seedbox.I think the xiaomi mir3g has the same chipset at double the ram. Those can be bought for around 15-20 Euros used in my region.