Not a solution to your problem, but just wanted to let you know you can run multiple instances of qB side-by-side. Make a new profile directory and use the option --profile=<new-profile-dir>.

The primary reason free VPNs/proxies are not recommended is due to the high amount of abuse that flows through them. As a sysop, it’s just easier to blanket ban all those IPs.

I have ethical concerns with your use of RiseUp as well. They are trying to offer a useful service to people on a donation basis, and you are funnelling a large amount of traffic through them.

Maybe not exactly the same, but I know lots of people use this: https://github.com/StuffAnThings/qbit_manage

It relies on the qbittorrent-api PyPi library, which is feature rich.

My basic check is: Are there investors / vc people involved? If so, then it will inevitably enshittify. If not, then requires further investigation. OSI-approved open source is a big plus

Even when choosing what seems like good software, I think it’s important to consider switching costs. How easily can you move to another solution, say the second pick, if things go south?

That site redirects to another domain that tries to sell me on AI roleplay whether or not tgx is down

Previously I ran Win 10 IoT LTSC, with a bunch of scripts from https://privacy.sexy/

I believe most things will work about the same in Win 11. Be sure not to disable anything you might actually need as it can be hard to diagnose.

I’ve been using Arch off and on for a long time, since it was horrible to install and updates did often break stuff. This is not the case now 🖖, and the Arch wiki is your friend.

1. Consider using btrfs with automated snapshots using yabsnap. It includes a configurable pacman hook in case something goes awry. Also just nice to have snapshots in case you accidentally delete a file or something.

2. Use paru, an AUR helper. Good for random things which may not be officially packaged. Expect to run into failures, and learn to diagnose them. Sometimes it’s just a new dependency the packager missed. For both paru and pacman, clean the cache once in a while or automatically, or things will get out of hand.

3. Do the “manual” setup, at least the first time, so you have an idea what’s going on. Don’t forget to install essential stuff like iwd (if needed) when you do pacstrap, or else you might have to boot from live again to fix it. Once you’re done, take care to follow the important post install steps, like setting up a user with sudo, a firewall, sshd, etc.

As for general setup, I’ve recently embraced systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved. Might be worth giving it a shot, since there is no default network manager like application. You can even convert all your wireguard client configs into networkd interfaces.

Best practice: Keep a personal log of various tweaks and things you’ve configured, and set up automated backups (more of general guidance).

Have fun!

Some interesting discussions there, looks like they won’t be hard up finding sponsors or places to move. Nice to see.

It only took what… 20 years?

You can also just copy your thunderbird profile directory, if it’s the same OS, to a different system and it seems to just work. I did this to copy the whole setup and synced mails from desktop to laptop. I also tried this from Windows -> Linux and it did not like that, so I used the import profile feature and re-entered all the passwords.

I’ve used Ansible to deploy docker compose and it worked pretty well. You will have to do some learning if you aren’t familiar with it, but I’d say it’s worth it.

Like others, I would not recommend Jenkins.

I manage a (relatively small) gitea instance, the software that forgejo was recently hard forked from. The maintenance is incredibly simple, really no problem if you’ve ever run any sort of publicly facing web service.

In this case I meant the one packaged by your distro.

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Running any binary that you can’t examine the source of (and confirm it was built from it without modification) is risky. It’s mostly a balance of trust and risk. Even developers have been known to insert what we could malware.

That said, if you get your cracked content from a trusted source, I’d say it’s generally safe. Otherwise, exercise extreme caution.

Is GMG an official reseller? Maybe I am out of the loop, but I thought they operated in the grey market.

I would use the native version. For something like this, it makes sense that it should have less restricted/sandboxed access to the underlying system.

Been with https://www.seedhost.eu/ for a while. They’re very competitive and everything works as you would expect.

Jellyfin offers HTTPS, you just need to specify a certificate. It’s going to be a lot easier to just setup a web server like nginx and expose that to the internet, probably via port forwarding on your gateway/router. In that case, you can get a free certificate from letsencrypt.

So, the basic steps are:

0. Get a domain name
1. Setup JF server, ensure it works locally
2. Install a web server and set it up to proxy traffic to JF
3. Expose the web server ports 80 and 443 to the internet
4. Setup letsencrypt with automatic renewal

This might sound like a lot of work, but at least you own your data and service. Plex can and will block accounts, rendering servers basically useless.

I found this article (and related site) from a quick search: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-a-cryptocurrency

Binance has a vested interest in providing accurate information, they are a major exchange. The information seemed easy to understand and correct at a first glance, they also link to supporting articles.

Other references:

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency (among other more specific pages)
• https://jacobwsmith.xyz/stories/cryptocurrency.html (thanks wiby)
• https://dither8.xyz/blog/crypto-opinions/ (thanks again wiby)

It sounds like you are having trouble with tonemapping HDR to SDR on the fly. This is a non-trivial task, but not impossible. Both mpv and ffmpeg (which plex and jellyfin use) are capable of this. If you install mpv, it will by default do the tonemapping, you can enable/disable this or force use of a particular algorithm if you like.

To answer your question: Plex has been pretty shitty for years now, and it’s only getting worse. They just don’t care for their user base.

ETA: Jellyfin also already does what you want, I think?