Andromxda

Andromxda , 12 days ago

Probably FriendlyCaptcha and mCaptcha. Proton is also developing their own captcha, but I'm not familiar with it.

Andromxda , 14 days ago

You don't need NetGuard. GrapheneOS has a built in, more reliable firewall. You can access it by going to the settings -> privacy -> permission manager and selecting Network. Also, you can't use a VPN when using NetGuard, so I recommend dropping NetGuard and using a VPN, as well as the built-in firewall instead.

Andromxda , 14 days ago

Check out Calyx VPN and Riseup VPN. They are run by voluntary, non-profit organizations. If you need maximum security, consider routing your traffic through Tor, using the Orbot app (it's not in the main F-Droid repo, you need to add the Guardian Project repo). There's also Windscribe VPN, but it has limited bandwidth.

Andromxda , 14 days ago

This is about free VPNs.

Andromxda , 13 days ago

Well, they manually removed that one. But there are much better ones:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/30e42f42-8b81-4b90-b948-320eb3f59d1b.png

Andromxda , 12 days ago

WriteFreely is pretty nice, it uses the ActivityPub protocol and is thus a part of the Fediverse - just like Lemmy and Mastodon.

Andromxda , 13 days ago

There's definitely no bias at all here /s

Andromxda , 13 days ago

LibreWolf > Waterfox

Andromxda , 13 days ago

You mean hallucinations like this one?
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/30e42f42-8b81-4b90-b948-320eb3f59d1b.png

Andromxda , 15 days ago

Support the QMMP and WACUP projects

Andromxda , 15 days ago

You mean answers like this one?

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/30e42f42-8b81-4b90-b948-320eb3f59d1b.png

Andromxda , 12 days ago

Check out Njalla, Kyun, 1984 Hosting and OrangeWebsite. I think they all accept crypto payments (including Monero!) BitLaunch is a reseller for Linode and Vultr that allows you to pay with crypto, and hostingbydesign is a Hetzner reseller that doesn't require KYC.

Andromxda , 15 days ago

I always hated Samsung for their shitty business practices, and the way they dealt with their customers in terms of device repairability

Andromxda , 16 days ago

Plug-in systems are built around a microinverter that feeds solar energy back into the home via a standard wall jack.

What the actual fuck?

What's wrong with that? That's how basically any balcony solar system works.

Andromxda , 16 days ago

These systems automatically turn themselves off during an outage.

Andromxda , 16 days ago

Except he's probably American or Canadian. Look at his profile.

Andromxda , 15 days ago

But now some genius doesn’t read the fine print and hooks up 2 or 3 on the same circuit. There is no electrician that tells him that’s dangerous because it’s all self installed and he doesn’t know any better. And all of a sudden you are up to 26.5A and you got glowing, smoking wires in your walls…

Ok sure, that makes sense. This might actually be an issue.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Fairphone needs to take security seriously and add support for hardware security features, in order for that to happen. https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/112320854846225341

Andromxda , 17 days ago

What they're doing in regards to the environment and paying their workers fair wages (throughout the entire supply chain) is great - unfortunately their security practices aren't. I think buying a Pixel second hand is the best option, it also saves you some money. You already get extended security updates by using GrapheneOS, as they provide full OS updates for the entire period in which Google supplies (firmware) security updates (which tends to be a few years more than they provide Android feature updates. e.g. the Pixel 6a gets 3 years of feature updates but 5 years of security updates. GrapheneOS provides feature updates for the full 5 years).

Andromxda , 17 days ago

I wouldn't recommend anything older than a Pixel 6, because the 5a will reach its EOL in August, and all the older devices already reached their EOL. Regarding the modem, I don't know what you are talking about, I never had any issues on the 6a and the 7 Pro, and never heard about such issues. But feel free to explain this to me.

Andromxda , 17 days ago

Isn't the 6T like ancient? Also, bye bye app compatibility and battery life when running postmarketOS.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

They should have also mentioned GrapheneOS

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Still glad they mentioned this topic at all. I wouldn't have expected it from LTT.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Enjoy your spyware-free degoogled experience! Feel free to dm me if you have any questions. I'd say I'm quite experienced with GrapheneOS, degoogling and Android in general.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Google Fi is the one thing I have no experience with, as I'm not American. But all SIMs should work fine on Graphene, and eSIMs are supported through a compatibility layer, which enables Google's proprietary eSIM management tool (this is not the same as Sandboxed Google Play services, and you don't need Google Play for eSIMs). All the eSIMs and physical SIMs I tried work just fine. Google Fi seems to work, according to this thread on the Graphene Forum: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/7950-does-grapheneos-work-with-google-fi/6

Andromxda , 17 days ago

As far as I can see, no. But what benefit would that really have? Network settings (including mobile networks) are global. The only thing that's profile-specific is your VPN setting. You can only disable a profile's ability to use the phone/SMS feature. Profiles generally manage apps, user data and some settings.

Andromxda , 17 days ago

Ok that actually makes sense. I just realized that the fucking iPhone has this feature, but Android doesn't. GrapheneOS doesn't implement any custom features that aren't privacy/security related. And no, unfortunately you don't get a second VPN slot either.

Andromxda , 17 days ago

Pretty hard. If you don't have prior experience with the AOSP codebase, I'd say it's impossible. But if you want to get started, this is how to build GrapheneOS from source: https://grapheneos.org/build

Andromxda , 17 days ago

There might be an easier way to accomplish this. The RethinkDNS app has a built-in Firewall and WireGuard VPN client. It also allows you to configure per-app Wifi and cellular data separately. The only caveat is that you would need to manually import the WireGuard profiles from your VPN provider.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

They even have a guide on how to install Linux: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install

Andromxda , 18 days ago

You don't have to choose between binary and source, you can get some pre-compiled packages that you don't care about, but e.g. run a custom kernel at the same time.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Debian Arch + KDE Plasma

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Vegas apparently works in Wine/Proton

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Vegas apparently works in Wine/Proton

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Linux Mint, Pop!_OS and ZorinOS are pretty nice for new users. If you want to get a little more advanced, maybe check out something like Fedora Atomic (e.g. Kinoite, Silverblue) or Universal Blue (Bazzite, Aurora, Bluefin). Arch isn't actually that hard, they have an installation script that makes everything super easy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YE1LlTxfMQ), or you could watch a video on how to install it manually (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JYIAaLrwcY, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC7NMbl4goo)

Andromxda , 17 days ago

Never really used Excel or LibreOffice Calc either, but I think it should be fine. OnlyOffice is another option to check out.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

I'm waiting for some FOSS developers to hack this thing and run custom firmware on it. Or someone who creates their own "Car Thing" using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

I recommend Bazzite instead. It's based on Universal Blue (which is actually based on Fedora Atomic) and gives you a super easy and stable experience.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Everybody buy pirate your music. These streaming platforms are trash.

Andromxda , 18 days ago

No need for Telegram bots. There are both proprietary and open source apps that you can use to do this yourself. Check out https://rentry.org/firehawk52 and https://ripped.guide/Audio/Music/

Andromxda , 18 days ago

Both. Buy physical media, rip the audio files and put them on your selfhosted music server (e.g. Navidrome). Or pirate the music and buy some merch to compensate the artists.

Andromxda , 17 days ago

Ok that's reasonable

Andromxda , 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago)

Thanks for this suggestion, I'm trying it out right now. It looks promising!

Edit: It requires identity verification

Andromxda , 20 days ago (edited 18 days ago)

If you use Nextcloud, there's either Nextcloud Office (which is actually Collabora Office) or OnlyOffice. As you already mentioned, Cryptpad is another alternative.

Andromxda , 22 days ago

Stay away from proprietary crap like Discord, Slack, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. There are enough FOSS alternatives out there:

• You just want to message a friend/family member?
  • Signal is the way to go
• You need strong privacy/security/anonymity?
  • SimpleX
  • Session
  • Briar
  • I can't really tell you which one is the best, since I never used any of these (except for Session) for an extended period of time. Briar seems to be the best for anonymity, because it routes everything through the Tor network. SimpleX allows you to host your own node, which is pretty cool.
• You want to host an online chatroom/community?
  • Matrix (Element)
  • Revolt
  • (XMPP)
  • (IRC)
• You need to message your team at work?
  • Mattermost
  • Rocket.Chat
  • Zulip
• You want a Zoom alternative?
  • Jitsi Meet

Andromxda , 22 days ago

Ok sure, it's more complicated in a corporate environment. But you can easily convince your friends to switch to Signal, I got almost all of my friends and family to use Signal and it's great.

Andromxda , 21 days ago

Wdym? The user experience is basically 1:1 the same as on WhatsApp

Andromxda , 22 days ago

Stay away from proprietary crap like Discord, Slack, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. There are enough FOSS alternatives out there:

• You just want to message a friend/family member?
  • Signal is the way to go
• You need strong privacy/security/anonymity?
  • SimpleX
  • Session
  • Briar
  • I can't really tell you which one is the best, since I never used any of these (except for Session) for an extended period of time. Briar seems to be the best for anonymity, because it routes everything through the Tor network. SimpleX allows you to host your own node, which is pretty cool.
• You want to host an online chatroom/community?
  • Matrix (Element)
  • Revolt
  • (XMPP)
  • (IRC)
• You need to message your team at work?
  • Mattermost
  • Rocket.Chat
  • Zulip
• You want a Zoom alternative?
  • Jitsi Meet