I don’t want to sync files at all. I want files to only be on the server, accessible via web interface. Like Google Drive.

Yeah, that’s what I was doing before when it was just me. But, my wife isn’t gonna wanna mount an SSHFS. It needs to work like Google Drive, meaning web interface.

I’m not giving Google anymore money. I’m actively going to vote for their competitor, Motorola+GrapheneOS.

(Not buying used Pixel.)

Same. :/

I try to be as low tech as possible now. Most tech these days feels like it’s trying to exploit me in every way it can.

I’ve been wandering the laptop desert for a few years now. Lenovo, Dell, System76, Framework, StarLabs.

I’m currently on a Dell Pro 13, but the keyboard really sucks and the hardware isn’t fully Linux compatible.

StarLabs had keyboard issues and terrible battery life.

Framework seems like Linux was an after thought. Their HiDPI display isn’t fully Linux compatible.

I recently got my parents an X13 and everything just works. Camera, Bluetooth, graphics, display. All good.

I prefer 13in screens, but I’ll take the repairability of the T14 gen 7!

That’s cool… I guess…

What I really want is to continue to use F-Droid though.

Sweet! I had juuust ordered an X13, but I just canceled it!

Looks like the T14 Gen 7 won’t be available until April 2026 though. Almost! Gonna wait for that instead!

I’m replacing my Dell Pro 13. I hate the keyboard on this thing, the Ultra 5 236V CPU and camera on the Dell Pro 13 aren’t fully compatible with Linux, and I want to distance myself from US tech.

I recently got my parents an X13 with a slightly older CPU and everything 100% works in Linux, camera, bluetooth, everything. (Yes, I have my parents running Linux.)

Jolla Phone (pronounced “Yolla”)

I’ve been pronouncing this in Spanish the whole time, “joya” (ho-ya), which means jewel.

Wait, how is “yolla” pronounced? yo-ya? yo-la? jo-la? jo-ya?

I’d feel more considered if I’d gotten no email at all

I hate when I get ghosted. A rejection email lets me close the loop with that company and move on. Otherwise, I feel like “there’s still a chance!” and that’s worse.

Nobody ever does. All AI demos are just: look at this mountain of generated text.

• No checks if the mountain is correct
• No checks if the mountain is a maintainable design
• No checks if the mountain was even needed AT ALL

Whoa. There are actually consequences? ArsTechnica is actually sorry??

Cool!

but if simple is what you want then a Synology DS225+ should get you up n running quickly

Ah, I forgot to mention I’m already running my own Debian server. Ideally, I wouldn’t have to buy another device just for online file management.

Which part of the seafile install was it that made you back off?

There’s proxies behind proxies behind proxies that proxy to proxies so you can proxy while you proxy.

I managed to install half of it, but then some of the many servers you need to install didn’t end up talking with each other. I tried studying the architecture for a bit, but still couldn’t figure out which server’s request I needed to rewrite in order for the other server to see it.

Yeah, people like to think that bleeding edge means “untested”. As if your OS was directly receiving the dev’s git push…

We’re back, baby! 😎

you can’t truly use Signal’s new “username” feature. If any of the recipients have your number stored in their phonebook, irrespective of whether you know them or not, the username goes for a toss.

Hm. I haven’t interacted with a new Signal user in a while… but I do see in settings two knobs: “who can see my phone number” and “who can find me with my phone number”. Both of these settings can be set to “nobody”.

I’m guessing if I set “who can find me with my phone number” to “nobody”, then even if someone has my phone number in their contacts, they wouldn’t know I’m a Signal user?

SeaFile shat the bed and I just could be bothered to fix it. It’s deployment is a mess

OMG. YES! I tried to install Seafile in my environment, but I gave up after a few days. I got it partially running, but some requests weren’t making it past the 100th proxy for some reason. idk.

noo

How would you pick a successor?

Would it really be worse to let a flawed bastard take over, versus deleting everyone and all their content?

A flawed bastard might be a government. Given that the US is in full fascist mode, I personally would consider deleting everyone’s content the fast, easy, and secure option. Although, not necessarily the best option for the community.

Transferring it to someone else isn’t that simple. I mean, I guess it can be if you’re willing to hand it over to some random stranger with zero vetting… and then hope they don’t do anything malicious.

Ideally, you’d want to hand it over to someone trustworthy. That takes work.