Huge strides to make things run anywhere and be more involved with the open source community.

Are you familiar with Embrace, extend, and extinguish?

I use NixOS because I love that every time I install an app or tweak a setting, I can document it with a commit in git. So if I fuck something up, I can revert the change. And if I get another computer, all my apps and settings are already there. And if I wanna help another NixOS user do something I’ve already done, I can just share the code.

Apparently the keyboard controls on Kdenlive are really good

https://youtu.be/9dIqJDy78TI

I’m a programmer who’s never used AI. Instead of spending my time correcting and confirming the correctness of generated code, I’d rather figure it out for myself. I think this helps me reinforce my skills and understanding in the long term. Plus it’s one less thing to rely on/maintain/pay for.

My current setup isn’t available outside my house so I was planning on hosting something like WireGuard. What’s the advantage of Headscale over a more traditional VPN?

This makes the emoji movie look like Citizen Kane

I know this is a meme and not GitHub, but I thought some people might like to learn that if you do please shutdown && thanks it won’t say you’re welcome if the shutdown failed

I use Pay Respects now

postmarketOS, Mobian, Ubuntu Touch, and Mobile NixOS all seem to have recent activity.

As for hardware, although the PinePhone Pro got lukewarm reviews, maybe they’ll iterate and get better or at least prove to other companies that there’s a demand for Linux phones.

I’m hopeful there’ll be at least one usable option within 5 years or so. And if not, I’ll be sticking with GrapheneOS.

For my next phone, I’m planning on getting a used Pixel or possibly something from whatever OEM they’ve partnered with

Typing this out using HeliBoard now. So far so good, thanks!🔥

What model do you have? Does it support any open source firmware such as DD-WRT, OpenWrt, or FreshTomato?

GrapheneOS doesn’t support Motorola phones

Here’s what I’ve done:

• Delete your advertising ID in the system settings
• Disable the other ad-related settings
• Disable tracking in the keyboard app (long-press , to get to settings, then click “Privacy”) or switch to HeliBoard
• Avoid the Google Play store when possible
• Use F-Droid and Obtainium instead
• Install the DuckDuckGo browser and enable DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection (I only use the DDG app for app tracking protection and email protection; I don’t browse the web with it)
• Install Firefox with uBlock Origin
• Set DuckDuckGo as your search engine in Firefox
• Make sure your next phone supports GrapheneOS and install that instead of normal Android
• Wait for real Linux phones to become viable and use that in a couple years

Stuff I haven’t done yet but probably will eventually:

• Replace the default home screen app (your home screen is an app, btw)
• Replace the Google keyboard app

I haven’t looked for good alternatives for these yet so if anyone has suggestions, I’m listening!

Not even worth pirating

Poster from TMDB

Does it happen with Bluetooth too?

I haven’t used it myself, but you might want to check out Processing.

I would recommend managing your data locally and then backing up using restic to something like Backblaze B2. Restic encrypts your backups so you don’t actually have to trust Backblaze to not spy on you.

Please get a carbon monoxide detector