So it’s LineageOS.
If you put Michelin tires on a Ferrari, and sell it in that configuration, then it doesn’t turn the tires themself into a sportscar.
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So it’s LineageOS.
If you put Michelin tires on a Ferrari, and sell it in that configuration, then it doesn’t turn the tires themself into a sportscar.
…why is MicroG mentioned? It’s not a custom ROM, it’s a GApps replacement for custom roms.
Also, MIUI is not a public custom ROM, it’s the official one for Xiaomi’s devices, also it does feature bloatware, and I don’t think that it’s especially privacy-focussed either.
The article itself says it was a DDoS attack, not a hack.
Not in terms of the recommendations, but if you want a client for Subsonic or Jellyfin that is close to the Spotify UI, then I can recommend Sonixd.
Bubble Bobble Intro, but RPG
You can Smash the punny skeleton
Oh, I know that one!
Jazz Jackrabbit
I actually started giving my home Mastodon instance 8 bucks a month as a little “thank you” for hosting and maintaining it, because I think they’re doing a solid job at keeping the place wholesome and curbstomping less wholesome instances, and keeping it up and running.
Also, I pay the subscription for Home Assistant/Nabu Casa, because I think it’s worth for having a locally-hosted home automation platform that is completely independant from any cloud provider, but can make use of cloud features if need be. Yes, I could set up my own SSL certificate for the instance, and set up the connection to Google Home manually, and run a completely local TTS (which I actually have as a backup in case the connection drops), but there, I pay for the convenience on top of supporting the developers a little bit.
And before I switched to Jellyfin, I was happily using Plex and paid for the Plex Pass.
…nah.
The Metaverse is just a buzzword, with my favorite example of the new Tamagotchis just slapping it onto their newest line of virtual critter to mean “Yeah, it has basic online functionalities”. NFTs can go shove it. It’s for money laundering at best, and scam artists enriching themselves with minimal effort at worst. Cryptocurrencies may have a use in theory, but not for the environmental impact they cause. Same with the blockchain.
The future - I personally believe/hope - belongs to free, decentralized online services that anyone can host themselves if they so please and have the skills.
That is what Web 3.0 should be. None of that artificial scarcity bullcrap.
I think sometimes they just disappear for a bit. Have you checked for them underground yet? They hang around there sometimes.
I use RSnapshot and make incremental backups to an external harddrive, and (I know it’s not a backup) run my two RAIDs (one for media, one for general data) in mirrored mode.
When I eventually upgrade my home server, I will upgrade from 2x2 2TB drives in RAID1 to four 8TB drives in either RAID5 or 6 - I am still undecided if I am willing to sacrifice 4TB of capacity to the redundancy gods and get an extra harddrive that can fail without data loss in return.
On my “home server” (an old office PC we were about to throw into the junk at work that I installed OpenMediaVault on):
And on my Pi 4:
I haven’t even tried Windows on it, but the handheld mode for 11 that was leaked a while back very much feels like Microsoft seeing the success of SteamOS on the Deck and all the x86-based handhelds coning out, and panicking a little.
Which is kinda ironic, because Windows 10 used to have a Tablet Mode, which was coincidentally also a pretty decent interface for a controller, as far as the start menu was concerned, until they removed it.