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what foss phone OS do you use and why?
  • As of the latest release (21), you can simply install microG on regular LOS and no longer need to install LineageOS for microG since it now includes the necessary signature spoofing support.

  • Raspberry Pi launches its IPO
  • If you don't need the GPIO then buy a small form factor office PC like a Dell Optiplex Micro or a Lenovo/HP equivalent. They cost about the same on the used market, are more performant without the ARM headache and use only marginally more power (maybe 5-10w more at idle).

  • What is/was your distrohopping journey?
  • Ubuntu -> Arch -> Debian (stable) -> Fedora Silverblue -> NixOS

  • Which file system do you recommend for Linux?
  • I'm curious, why do you use LVM with BTRFS and not just use BTRFS built in subvolumes?

  • Which file system do you recommend for Linux?
  • btrfs snapshots are still useful on immutable distros to recover accidentally deleted data.

  • Is ansible worth learning to automate setting up servers?
  • You will hate Ansible if you are coming from Nix. I went the other way and Nix is 1000x cleaner.

    Being able to actually reverse changes is trivial in Nix, but can be a headache in Ansible. Not to mention the advantages of writing in an actual language and not yaml full of template hacks. I personally don't see much future for tools like Ansible, there is considerable inertia working in its favor right now and it is absolutely true that it is widely used, but the future of configuration management is for sure more aligned with how Nix works.

  • Post your Servernames!
  • Similar to my scheme:

    laptop = "laptop"
    nas = "nas"
    router = "router"

    Then if there are more than one in each category I use nas-0, nas-1, etc.

  • Tom Cattt - Yes Love
  • Wow, to each their own I guess... Is this satire?

  • [Solved] Looking for a privacy oriented fitness tracker
  • Bangle.js watch is probably the closest thing, but I'm not sure how good it is compared to Garmin.

  • what will be my next server operating system (Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, NixOS), your experience and opinion
  • I have used all three! I started with Server then went to CoreOS running Kubernetes and settled on NixOS which I have been very happy with for about a year now. I run about 25-30 services all using built in modules.

    Regarding security, if you are using well crafted modules on NixOS, there should be good systemd hardening in place. That being said there is no reason you can't just use containers on NixOS.

    I also find deploying NixOS far superior to butane/ignition used by CoreOS/Fedora. I use nixos-anywhere and can deploy my entire server in a few minutes without manual intervention.

  • XZ backdoor in a nutshell
  • I have been reading about this since the news broke and still can't fully wrap my head around how it works. What an impressive level of sophistication.

  • gotta get a new printer
  • HP = Has Problems

  • YouTube is severely rate limiting Invidious instances
  • I'm having some issues with my private instance that is used solely by myself and not even exposed to the internet.

  • Introducing GNOME 46, “Kathmandu”
  • It's a real shame that Nautilus doesn't have a built in split view, I always love that when I try Dolphin.

  • Introducing GNOME 46, “Kathmandu”
  • What a great looking release. I'm most excited that we finally have proper caldav/carddav support built in!

  • Self hosted syncthing relay with keepass, how secure is it?
  • I use it over Tailscale only and it works perfectly as an alternative.

  • HP is in the rent-a-printer business now
  • I think it is a combination of the required precision, liquid ink vs solid filament and the difficulty of handing paper vs simply moving a print bed on a 3d printer.

  • Current mainline device options

    I'm looking to start testing out and developing for mobile Linux and am curious what the current best options are for used devices that support it.

    I have done a bit of digging and the most popular choice seems to be the Oneplus 6, but it looks like supply has somewhat dried up and prices are creeping up on the second hand market... not to mention that it is starting to get a bit old.

    I noticed that msm8953 devices are starting to get mainline support so tried getting lk2nd running on my phone (Moto G7), but couldn't get it to boot.

    Is the (mainline supporting) hardware landscape really this bleak?

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