eco_game

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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Adding to what others here have already said, I'd definitely download Signal and see if you can get any people to move from WhatsApp/Telegram/whatever to Signal.

I don't know much about iOS apps, but you could look into more privacy focused YouTube clients, and possibly 2FA clients too (although that's a bit of a controversial topic on iOS AFAIK).

I saw you mention in another comment that you use Amazon Alexa for smart home appliances. Depending on interest in selfhosting / time / motivation to move away from Amazon, you could look into using Home Assistant instead. It even has a Lemmy community: !homeassistant@lemmy.world.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yep my mistake, I confused ShadowSocks with Cloak.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No clue how that guy is zooming with one finger, but zooming while recording a video on my Pixel 6 works just fine when pinching with 2 fingers.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I've never used a Pro Pixel (so can't comment on telephoto), but I never noticed it if there is one. From just clicking around between ultrawide and 1x on my Pixel 6, it seems fine and if I had to guess I'd say it roughly takes 0.5s to switch.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nen Kumpel und ich haben mal direkt am Anfang um Australien gekämpft, wir sind beide mit 2 Truppen pro Person da raus gegangen...

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bei uns werden die knallhart eingehalten. Das ist dann so nen 'boa ja taktisch gesehen wäre das perfekt, aber ich darf dich erst in 8 Runden wieder angreifen'. So bilden sich dann ganz zügig die 2 Großmächte die alle anderen platt machen.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Indeed, they all use UFS 3.1 (so does the 128 GB Galaxy S23 though). I have never looked at storage type and my Pixel 6 doesn't feel slow in any way.

I have no idea what you mean with the camera, it is one of the best Android cameras out there. This is also true when running Graphene OS, as long as you download the 'Pixel Camera' app from either the Google Play store or APK sites (must download as an APK bundle then!).

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

AFAIK you nailed the differences between NewPipe and NewPipeX.

As for FairEmail, I've used it for well over a year without paying and it's been great (I plan on buying the pro version soon). It has kind of a pay what you want model, technically you can unlock all features for literally 10 cents.

I'm not that knowledgeable on security for hosting services with external access either, I'm sure there are some great YouTube videos out there.
A Raspberry Pi should be perfectly fine for hosting something like Seafile or Nextcloud though (Nextcloud might be a pain in the butt to host).

DP altmode means being able to output HDMI over your phone's USB-C port, the Pixels are famous for missing that feature. But I believe from Pixel 8 onwards it was added again, if this is important for you you should do your own research on it though.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm afraid your best bet here will be using WhatsApp.

Edit:
FindMy (for Android) might also be usable for that, but honestly if you just want it to work I'd still vouch for WhatsApp.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago

Signal supports a single momentary position, but not live location.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Here's what I use:

  • YouTube:
    • LibreTube has really nice UI/UX and integrates SponsorBlock and DeArrow. It relies on Piped for fetching subscriptions (since the newest version it will play just fine with a broken Piped server though).
    • NewPipeX is what I use when LibreTube doesn't work and for downloading YouTube content. It is a fork of NewPipe which integrates SponsorBlock.
  • Mail:
    • I use posteo.de as a provider, but it isn't fully liked here due to it not supporting custom domains.
    • mailbox.org is another solid provider (with support for custom domains AFAIK) if you don't want to use Proton for E-Mail.
    • FairEmail is my mobile client of choice (Geary or Thunderbird are good for Desktop).
    • k9 Mail is an equally good choice.
  • Cloud Storage:
    • For Cloud Storage I prefer the selfhosted Seafile.
    • If you just want to share files temporarily, Wormhole is a good tool for that.
  • Gallery App:
    • Aves Libre is solid if you don't want to selfhost, but it doesn't have fancy features like automatically (od manually) detecting faces.
    • Immich is pretty much the selfhosted Gallery app.
  • Video Player:
    • Just (Video) Player is what I use, but honestly the stock player should be fine.
    • VLC will play pretty much anything you throw at it, but I don't like its UI that much.
  • Music Player:
    • Vanilla Music is alright, but nothing special. Musicolet, while not FOSS, is a privacy respecting Music Player that has a bunch of handy features, most notable one for me is the ability to have multiple queues.
  • 2FA App:
    • Aegis has never let me down, although you should keep in mind it doesn't have any sort of cloud sync.

For password manager and weather I use the same apps as you.


I run a Pixel with GrapheneOS. I actually also came from Samsung, and for me there are quite a few creature comforts missing that I didn't even think about (eg. Samsung Dex, DP altmode, I really like the One UI Dialer, Miracast, Brightness Slider in notifications, switching recents and back button, headphone jack, SD card slot, ...).

As for the Pixel being worth it, I'm ok with it as I was due for an upgrade anyway (Galaxy S10 -> Pixel 6). I'd recommend, if you value your privacy and are fine with losing some Samsung features, to either go all the way and upgrade to a new Pixel when your S23 gets old / dies or buy a cheap used Pixel (Pixel 6 and 7 currently has pretty decent value) to just test it out.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ach, aber dann ist die Reise doch kein Abenteuer mehr.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de to c/android@lemmy.world
 

Hey everyone, I'm looking for a driving journal app, to track when, to/from where and which distance I drive.

Ideally I'd like for it to be FOSS, but if there are decent Closed Source apps I'm ok with it too (I'd just block Network Access in Graphene OS then).

This post (not mine) has pretty much my ideal criteria, but sadly didn't get any answers: https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/88349/drivers-logbook-app-for-android-foss

Unlike the above post, I don't want this for tax purposes etc., but rather just to understand where all my distance driven comes from.

Edit: I've done some more research and haven't found anything, for now I'll just use an OnlyOffice spreadsheet. If I find the time, I might try developing an app for this at some point.

Edit 2: After developing my app for a week and then showing it to a friend, he instantly found exactly what I was working on...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liefers.driverslogpro

 

I recently got a Samsung Gear VR and noticed that even though there is a moderately sized subreddit for it, it doesn't have a lemmy presence, so I decided to fix that:

Gear VR

!gearvr@discuss.tchncs.de https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/gearvr

The community is for anything regarding Gear VR, be it asking questions, guides for making stuff work, maybe showing off a good deal you got, ...

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I'm trying to find a way to stream my monitor to Apple TVs in my school via AirPlay. I've already done some research and it seems like there are currently no software solutions, with the closest one being openairplay, however it seems to be pretty dead.

I "need" AirPlay, as my school only uses Apple TVs, and it's quite inconvenient to always bring my HDMI cable and have to hook up to projectors that way.

I'm also open to more scuffed solutions, as I won't be going to that school for much longer. Some things I have thought of so far are:

  1. Using my old iPhone 6 (maybe jailbreak it, I don't think that matters here though) and something like deskreen to first cast my laptop screen to the iPhone and then AirPlay from there. I'd expect this to work, but it wouldn't be much less cumbersome than just using HDMI directly, and it would also mean having to carry that iPhone and a charging cable for it with me all the time.
  2. Using a Mac OS virtual machine with something like OSX-KVM, then possibly buying a WiFi card with AirPlay support and passing it through to the VM in combination with a similar deskreen solution as in 1. This also seems pretty complicated, and I'm not even sure if it would work at all.

Does anyone here have any experience with this, know of any better solutions (I'm also open to more scuffed solutions), or maybe even tried one of my scuffed methods already?

 

This isn't a question but rather a solution to a problem I couldn't find anywhere online, apologies if this is the wrong community.


If you have a Lenovo laptop (in my case a T14 thinkpad) and your display dims after about 30 seconds, no matter what you specify in Windows settings, you might have to disable the "Zero-Touch-Lock". You can do this in the Lenovo Vantage Software (in my case called "Lenovo Commercial Vantage") in the menu "Smart Assist".

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