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- Comment on Predator spyware uses stealthy trick to disable iOS recording alerts(without triggering the green or orange status bar dots) 5 days ago:
If it has a headphone jack, you can plug in a dummy aux port. I’m convinced that the removal of the headphone jack was to ensure the microphones are always reachable
- Comment on Predator spyware uses stealthy trick to disable iOS recording alerts(without triggering the green or orange status bar dots) 6 days ago:
Everytime I see stuff like this I’m thankful most of my devices (hopefully all one day) either have cameras/microphones that have hardware kill switches (HKS), or can be unplugged from the device
- Comment on Discord Game chat alternatives? 1 week ago:
Try Cinny
- Comment on DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors 2 weeks ago:
Its funny because in the US, there are regulations that make it such that, even if they have the capability to close the doors remotely and anti pinch sensors etc, they are not allowed to unless it is done by someone from a device nearby while they hold down the close button.
- Comment on Is H9me Assistant recommended? 2 weeks ago:
Before HomeAssistant, OpenHab was the undisputed king. I still like them because they let you remotely access you home without having to subscribe to anything or set up any remote access methods
- Comment on Selfhosted Jira alternative 4 weeks ago:
Redmine is the top self-hosted alternative to Jira
- Comment on QWERTY Phones Are Really Trying to Make a Comeback This Year 1 month ago:
- Comment on Tips for moving from TrueNAS to Debian for a NAS? 1 month ago:
I set up Debian as my NAS and gaming tower. Drives are paired by capacity in RAID, it uses BTRFS, they are pooled together, and have one LUKS password that unlocks them with the main OS drive.
With Samba share, some podman containers, Tailscale, it does everything I need it to. Since I also use it as a desktop computer, I don’t really have dashboards since I already typically sit in front of it, or can remote desktop in. I occasionally check the health of the drives, and use ECC memory/motherboard
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 2 months ago:
Install KDE Plasma Big Screen, Waydroid Android TV, and you’ll be golden
- Comment on Solutions for remote access? 2 months ago:
Tailscale is not American, it’s Canadian 🍁
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
And so it begins…
- Comment on Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. 3 months ago:
I have a desktop, but would buy it for the bespoke compact hardware to fit in the TV console. The dedicated antennas are a clear sell as well.
Right now I Steam Link via Shield, but I need wired or a better router to do any low latency play.
- Comment on Safebox: Open-source framework for managing self-hosted apps (Beta) 3 months ago:
This is an ad disguised as a helpful post
- Comment on Intent recognition for HomeAssistant without an LLM? 4 months ago:
You can connect Ollama and cloud providers like ChatGPT into OVOS/Neon, so that when you ask questions it doesn’t know how to handle, it can respond using the LLM.
- Comment on Intent recognition for HomeAssistant without an LLM? 4 months ago:
- Comment on Making the world go round 4 months ago:
Street Complete gamifies contributions to OSM
- Comment on Introducing KRetro: a Libretro game emulator from KDE! (Alpha Release) 4 months ago:
I like that it has touchscreen controls, great for GNU/Linux mobile 🎮📱
- Comment on TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile 5 months ago:
If you run something like Debian Bookworm, or based on it, you can apt install plasma-bigscreen to run the older version. New version you likely need to compile depending on your distro
- Comment on TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile 5 months ago:
Steam could make this happen faster if more of their user base requested the ability to play (x86 compatible) Android games on their Deck.
- Comment on TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile 5 months ago:
Oh good to know! If you’ve tried it with any specific apps this way, would love to hear which ones work well and in what ways.
- Comment on TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile 5 months ago:
FYI, as well if you’re looking for a good remote for a GNU/Linux TV box (or Android, Windows, etc), this remote is the best one I’ve tried from Amazon.
- Comment on TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile 5 months ago:
I’m currently using a Raspberry Pi with their Debian based OS. It is on Bookworm, but there are major improvements to Plasma Bigscreen on QT6. They didn’t make the updates before it was removed for Trixie, and Trixie is still in beta for Raspberry Pi, so doing an in place upgrade for the OS and compiling Plasma Big screen for it to see the improvements.
I want to see how difficult it is to drop in OVOS/Neon modules to replace Mycroft ones.
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- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 5 months ago:
It works well enough to use as a daily driver on Bookworm and Trixie, but would only recommend if you’re ok with Linux, and either are a developer or don’t mind some rough parts around the edges.
E.g. some carriers uses 2 APNs, one for internet and one for MMS. You can send/receive on both, but the router is not yet complete, so if you send/receive media or use a group chat via text, need to switch to MMS mode in settings to do so first, then switch back to internet. Not an issue on most carriers as they only have 1 APN, but an edge case for the ones that do have this configuration.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 5 months ago:
You’re not being honest. They struggled to deliver their ambitious mainline Linux phone on time during Covid yes, but they eventually delivered. The fact that they did is a huge win for the mobile Linux ecosystem becoming a real contender just when we need it. All their other products are just fine.
NXP i.MX family debuted in 2013; Intel i7 family in 2008. Their phone uses a 2017 i.MX 8M Quad, the same year they crowdfunded their phone. 2017 i7 computers are equally not from 2008…
It still today remains one of the best ARM processors with open source drivers without an integrated baseband. It means basically any flavour of Linux can install on the device, with a significant layer of protection from carrier conduited attacks. Other modules have similar tradeoffs between performance and interoperability/security.
- Comment on Bitchat is a new private Bluetooth messaging app that doesn’t need the internet – here’s how it works 6 months ago:
Use Briar
- Comment on Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse 7 months ago:
There are Google Play Android bank apps (mine works fine), and you can use mobile sites as dedicated app drawer icons.
NFC payments won’t come anytime soon to native GNU/Linux, but I don’t use them. Maybe Google Wallet works, I haven’t tried and don’t know if NFC can be passed through to Waydroid. OnePlus 6 is the best supported originally Android phone for GNU/Linux, someone with that would need to test.
I just have my card in a silicon sleeve on the back of the phone and I get the same effect. I’d rather Google not have my purchase history anyways. Haven’t had issues with my banking app via Android, and their mobile site is top notch.
- Comment on Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse 7 months ago:
Satnav there is Pure Maps (OSM client), which can connect to sources like HERE to get traffic data to provide voiced guided turn-by-turn instructions. Of course there is also all the Android apps like Google Maps available, and their mobile site works fine.
On the topic of mobile sites, you can also install them as dedicated app drawer icons via Gnome Web & Firefox PWA for any site.
This means if your bank app doesn’t like vanilla Android, GApps, you can use a comparable dedicated web app.
For parking, I’ve found a surprising amount have mobile sites, so I don’t need to install their bloaty Android app onto my GNU/Linux phone.
- Comment on Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse 7 months ago:
Waydroid, Anbox, etc
