Music lover and English teacher with an interest in slightly geeky things
mastodon / blog / listenbrainz
There are solutions that work. Like you, I would enjoy a simple app that allows for subscriptions and playlists without tracking or using an account. I mostly use RSS feeds (newsboat) and watch the videos through mpv.
And yt-fzf is great too. It uses invidious instances instead of YouTube links.
The convo on HN about this article is worth a quick scroll.
The first comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570137) launches a discussion about freedom filled with anecdotes. There are even more anecdotes (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570364). And even some praise (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570484).
I am not a dev. I don’t rice, I don’t game. I’m a FOSS user and have been for years. If I run into a problem, there is no way I will be creating an account on Discord to get help. It might not be worth the time and effort. A searchable forum is good enough. IRC logs are good enough. Email lists are good enough. But, also, some open source software makes onboarding seem more cumbersome than it actually is. Getting on Matrix is easy, but in he eyes of a new user it comes off as Herculean. And when a dev decides to use Discord we shake our fists instead of proposing a solution like operating the bridge for them.
Step in the right direction, which is appreciated…
But: https://fosstodon.org/@link2xt/111965597727225353
Server can look up account identifier (username) and also phone number by username.
Anki
That’s the basis of Bloom’s taxonomy: knowledge or memorization
Spaced repetition apps, like Anki and Duolingo help a lot with the base, the rest needs guided learning with regular activities.
Is this your blog?
I would let your wallet decide.
phone, text, camera, GPS, web browser, notes, email, music player
GrapheneOS and the Librem 5 can handle this. If I hadn’t bought a phone at the end of 2022 I’d likely go for the Librem 5 unless a used Pixel could be acquired.
I think the only thing you will lose with GrapheneOS is tap-to-pay, if you even use that. Beyond that, if you don’t install GSF or even microG on the device you’re already doing a lot in terms of privacy. You have to look into whether things like Uber would work without GSF (I don’t use Uber so I can’t check).
Are there other hardware suggestions or setups that you like?
I was going to set up a Nextcloud server, but ended up just using Syncthing. I thought I would need that full suite of services, but it turns out my workflow just needs a few directories. I use Markor to take notes and write drafts. Before, I did editing on my phone, but now I wait until I am sat down in front of a computer. Syncthing can run on an old Raspberry Pi and requires very little upkeep.
Another suggestion is to use something like UAD to debloat most any Android phone. It is a bit of a preview of what to expect from many alternative ROMs. You need to switch to OSM and use a different calendar app and possibly a different camera app, contacts, keyboard, etc. and you’ll notice very quickly that…nothing really changes except maybe battery life.
Punkt is neat, but in the end it is Android (if you can believe it). So, it has Signal (or Pigeon, as they’ve branded it) but it is also vulnerable the same way any Android phone can be. There are some baked-in apps that track and whatnot.
I’ve only ever used the F-droid OsmAnd~ version.
It is the same thing as OsmAnd+ https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand as far as I know.
I do 50% of my edits with this app. It will not wreck anything.
Never tried on a TV. Give Droidify a go.
I use the tasks function that comes with my email (mailbox). But, this would work with any WebDAV capable server.
It has to do with Google Services Framework I believe. That isn’t a great answer, but the gist of it is there are apps that need more than the alternatives in order to function or even install.
But this law is for the protection of children. It was inevitable, in my opinion as a somewhat informed layman, that it would come to this. It was either going to be about protecting children or something to do with terrorism.
Many FOSS users will find it easy to adapt. We have some choices, and a few countries are trying to block it. Here in France, people buy and sell drugs on Twitter and Instagram thinking they’re being sneaky with their codewords like “broccoli” and “chocolate” so they won’t notice a difference. They think Snapchat is private cause the messages disappear.
We just want our data stored here.
Some of the encrypted chat providers can already read messages, so no skin off their backs.
MEP contacting is probably a good idea, especially in the undecided countries.
The author of the post is on Mastodon and is following the votes.
https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/111227503462181100
It looks like there could be a “blocking minority” but I’m just parroting because I have no clue of that is something to celebrate or just a false hope.
Alpine made the switch the other day. Didn’t have to do anything except update. I like it when things work out like that, hope the original exa author is chillin somewhere enjoying themselves.
The map https://www.searchenginemap.com/
You’ll see a bunch of them are metasearch engines, and not crawlers
Mojeek, Kagi and variations of SearXNG are good bets. Kagi will allow curation. Mojeek lets you make “Focus” filters. Worth trying out.
As a prof or a student? As a prof I tend to use just the web version. I don’t know what’s best for students.
I hear you. I must have tried it out 3 or 4 times before, and then for some reason it worked.
Debian
I’ve tried different distros and liked them, but tend to come back to Debian.