Matrix is great. Love it’s decentralized nature. Love their e2e encryption capabilities. Although it can be tricky for novice users to grasp the importance of a recovery key backup - in addition to their regular credentials. Also love that many FOSS communities use it too. Makes it easy to join the discussion & get support. I take it over any proprietary protocol & centralized infrastructure any day.

Take a look at GrapheneOS. You can get a second hand Google Pixel and you’ll still not support Alphabet. Hope that GrapheneOS will find a solid hardware alternative in the future. Not sure how far along their talks with their prospective OEM partner are. In terms of security & privacy there just is no alternative. Hopeful about a mainstream Linux based phone in the future. But at the moment it’s the best alternative IMO.

What’s your impression of the recable cables? Are they (as close as a cable can be) “buy it for life”?

Compared to other subscriptions their family plan is very fair. IIRC they even allow commercial use (small companies).

But yeah, I get your sentiment. Still a good option if vendor support is important.

Does anybody have any information on features / licensing?

Looks like it’s basically a more lightweight self-hosting option with better db flexibility compared to the traditional deploy.

Based on the limited information available I assume it has the same feature-set as the old server and requires a license to unlock all features (e.g. TOTP support). For those comparing it to Vaultwarden.

Just adding the link so it’s easier to look up: https://scratch.mit.edu/

Scratch is basically a visual programming language with drag & drop editor that runs in your browser. It teaches basic concepts that are useful to understand for future coders without actually writing code in text form.

It’s somewhat popular around here to see if kids are into coding. Always see it offered in voluntary summer courses.

🤦‍♂️ Sometimes I wonder who those people are who immediately jump to conclusions because they can’t be bothered to read a simple paragraph of text. Me. The answer is - it’s me!

Hopefully something good still came out of it. Maybe as someone else recommended adding your frequently used words to your dictionary will help with word sugggestions.

If you are comfortable using F-Droid or Obtainium I found HeliBoard to be a good keyboard replacement: https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard

Sadly anything not going through the Google Play store is currently under attack: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

Except if they have a devoted mother

You take that back!!! Nobody takes my comedicles

I maintain several Hetzner VPS (virtual cloud servers). Basic Ubuntu servers with whatever service stack I need. You can easily protect your virtual hardware with the free Hetzner firewall from the cloud admin panel - which will make sure to only let in traffic through the ports you define.

Really competitive pricing and work well. Can not complain.

You don’t need to pay for your certificate. Nowadays Letsencrypt is almost the standard for web certificates, as they are trusted and readily available for free. Really widespread all over the internet.

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Not sure what it was. The same settings file worked on other instances before. But in the end it worked today. I think it really was just after 24 hours.

Whatever it was, I could import the settings now. Issue resolved.