The older I get, the more I refuse to buy IoT stuff without being future proof.
Cameras, I only care for quality and Real-Time Streaming Protocol aka RTSP. I don't care if that device will never see internet again, I can use it until it dies and I cannot fix it.
My Asus wireless router running OpenWRT, it is no allowed to touch the internet itself, it is just a dumb access point providing radio, nothing else which again, I can use it until it dies even if OpenWRT projects is shutdown.
Found out recently that I can actually install/remove apps from my Samsung smartTV running TizenOS using my Linux PC by exploring is developer mode. Add a few more years to its lifespan.
I know I can hack into my robot vaccum but haven't had time to do that yet.
I run Linux everywhere at home so does my homelab and 3D printer.
IoT are blocked from accessing the LAN while OPNSense allows me to talk to them.
Block everything by default until something breaks.
The ones I cannot take control like my Broter Led printer, I just block its LAN access to prevent the manufacturer from acting like HP, I can still use its network feature but not the other way around.
Just like that, your devices will last way past a decade, you have full control, you have security measures in place, and spending is virtually null, buy it once and use until it breaks and you cannot fix it.
Instead of using apps, use Brave browser and you will think that Instagram is a comepletely new social media.
I run PiHole + Unbound + OPNSense firewall at home, everything is filtered, plus Brave browser shield filter.
I also run GrapheneOS so I banned myself from using apps and use the mobile version instead, duuuuude, Instagram is actually usable.
To upload videos however, I must use its app, duuuuude, it is just ADs, suggestions, shorts and shit.
If people tried to use Instagram via Brave browser instead of the app, that alone would explain to you why I hate apps and how apps allow companies to push shit into you all.
Firefox has lost the plot, Orion is close but still has the odd UI bug that makes it tough to recommend, Safari is just Safari.
There is no truly good, independent, feature complete browser out there right now if you want to avoid Chrome and have something that a) works and b) isn't hostile to the userbase.
Brave at the very least said they'd keep supporting Manifest v2 extensions, though not sure how you'd acquire them anymore unless Chrome web store has kept the listings up.
So sharing an opinion you do not agree with is now called "promoting"? WoW
You no longer need to install extension that often are compromised, its Shield & Privacy is able to block YouTure Shorts and what not, no other browser does that or it does and Google find a way to bypass it.
We do not have access to the Shield lists, so neither does Google.
I used Firefox for years until it become useless, things might have changed now but too late.
And because I do not agree with your pov, I won't call it promoting Firefox, you do whatever pleases you!!
>At my age, I’m not looking for my phone to become a hobby.
Yout first mistake was to consume Linus content.
Its reviews are biased and compromised.
And no, GOS is not a hobby.
I have been using it for 3-4y on a brand new (back then) Google Pixel 7 PRO.
You install it following the instructions on the browser, it is next-next-finish process.
Once done, you use it like a normal phone but without Google Apps installed all over the place.
You have the freedom to install the apps you please, when you please, while GOS itself makes sure that if you ever install Google Apps, it never has access to your data, it runs sandboxed but from an user pov, it just run.
Plus the security features, you cannot break into a locked GOS.
Oh the cops, airport wanna take your phone by force?? Good luck!!
We receive security updates that other phones can take up to 6 months to receive.
You don't need to have a bachelor degree, an engineer to use GOS, it is not a hobby either.
Ironically, GOS makes me waste less time with phone, there are days that my battery is still like 78% by bed time.
You use your phone more wisely, banking, news, social media if you are into it, stock market, etc, without letting Google, Samsung, Apple to harvest your shit.
Hell yeah, so Motorola is the OEM they have been quietly working with.
Millennials are gonna lose their shit lmao
Motorola used to be huge back in the day, and their come back couldn't have been more noisier, GOS is the only mobile operating system worth using in an era of age verification and privacy issues due to the heavy dependency on USA tech companies. Android is heavily customised by the OEMs like Samsung, Google, iPhone is just another nightmware apart.
Linux is the most used OS worldwide, everything that our socienty depends on is running Linux, you might be using Windows, macOS, but the services and everything else is quietly running Linux.
Windows is the main OS used by users/offices only, it is a very small number.
Also, 2026 is the year Linux stopped living in the shadows!!
We have to thank this all to AI, if Microslot handn't pushed AI so hard and destroyed Windows for end-users, and Steam with Linux alone proving to the gigantic gaming community that Linux can do the same and better, we wouldn't have Linux replacing end-users/offices computer that used to run Windows this fast.
The silver line is not to avoid AI but to use it wisely, and this is coming from somebody who used to hate AI.
I am not a Python developer or developer for the matter but Perplexity AI did help me to understand the bsic of Python for API requests and get projects delivery with 94% code coverage and vulnerability free.
AI also reduced the time spent with Ansible playbook generation, but I do know Ansible, I do know Linux, homelab is my hobby so I am not just doing copy and paste. I review whatever it generates and correct it when required.
In the companies I have worked and work, I see developers themselves confessing "I used AI, it works but idk how"!
AI itself does not make you useless, only and only if you used it as a smart search engine.
If you are doing copy/paste, you are going to get so screwed professionally speaking.
Folks are no longer learning and what they are doing, AI can do on its own.
In a world full of shallow people and AI here and there, people cannot hold deep talks anymore.
You can still talk with anyone but going out specifically to talk with anyone???
Yeah, that ain't happening.
It gives me anxiety lmao you will have better time with hobbies.
CoMaps is by far one of the best offline navigation map app available.
They forked from Organic Maps project which seems to have gone evil.
CoMaps calculation is very fast, map update is constant, it is very lightweight, it has a very clean layout, usability is top tier.
CoMaps can find places by the business name, there is still room for improvement but it works.
I was using EarthMagic before that, it was the perfect 10/10 opensource app until they went greedy, and the app now has tons of problems.
I went back to Sygic which is an awesome offline map app, I have a lifetime Premium licensing and as expected, now there is a Premium Plus license which some features were moved to like TTS and limited map update.
CoMaps also works really well with Android Auto and I am running GrapheneOS, it was actually somebody within GOS who recommended it to me.
CoMaps also display trains line, buses stops, public toilets, even motorcycle parking.
If you are tired of dramas, give CoMaps a go.
CoMaps is available via Codeberg opensource alternative to GitHub and they are pretty active towards reporting issues.
The community forked and created comaps because the organic maps maintainers were unwilling to listen to the community, taking decisions that the community disapproved of.
Comaps seems to be more active than organic maps today
I "fell" for Comaps but switched back to Organic Maps (where the original real good devs are). Comaps felt a bit too much like fork, "fabricate" nice media and beg for donations. Both are imho inferior to (non-foss) Magic Earth but consume much less power.
We've actually massively held off on begging for donations -- for example we removed the ability of the app to dynamically insert ads into the menus or change the home button to a icon, and massively scaled back our end-of-year fundraising post because we actually have a decent amount of money in the bank. Instead we've chosen to thank contributors for funding our ability to afford better servers etc. What we need more than more money is more volunteerism, which we're happy to see increasing every day!
Stay tuned to CoMaps, we've been releasing two updates with maps per month lately and soon will be able to release maps as often as our servers will allow!
If you would make the effort to compare commits, you'll see that contributors for Co are mostly fiddling with:
- the UI (pixels here, different label or color here - just check the commits by "Yannik Bloscheck"!)
- adding objects to the map, which are not often justified (like rendering single(!) trees and tree rows, which is from a performance POV insane)
- translations / strings
They rarely touch navigation, the engine, or sensible refactoring tasks.
The whole project lacks organization and clear, structured goals. Ever heard about too many cooks?
It was, especially to the agitators like Konstantin "Pastbin", more important to obtain increased authority and power and their own branfing, while complaining about financing and perceived transparency issues; this were huge contributing factors for the split.
I couldn't give a rats about how donations are spend or if there's a "community council" or a registered entity behind a tradematk / app, if the outcome / product is suitable.
What i care about is an organized vision and structured approach by founders.
PS: The CDN middleware ("map generator") was made closed source due to too many freeloaders hogging onto their map CDN. Get your facts straight.
Making map generator proprietary won't help to solve "freeloaders hogging onto their map CDN" issue.
In fact, it actually forces potential forks to use their CDN because they can't setup their own map generation (as its closed source).
The OM's map generator was made proprietary in order to hinder the right to fork and enforce vendor lock-in. Later, a proprietary "Data License" had been introduced for binary files (incl. maps) with the same goal - effectively one can't build/fork OM without these files anymore.
Hi Alex! Talking about yourself in third person again? Sorry I haven't made enough new features for you lately, I've been a little busy. I'll do better for you, I promise. I wish that our attempts to formally communicate and resolve concerns weren't considered "pathetic" but c'est la vie.
That is an Apple problem and keep in mind that iPhone doesn't do multi-task, the fact that you are having problems with 12GB is not surprised to me.
I have to use a Macbook M4 at work with 24GB, I have an AMD Lenovo Ryzen7 with 32GB running Linux Mint Cinnamon.
It is infuriating how slow this Macbook is, even to shut it down is slow asf.
macOS is not different than Windows, I cannot wait for COB to get back to my Linux laptop.
24GB is not enough, it will keep swapping, compressing etc. I had such device at work. 32GB is a night and day difference.
That said my workflows are such that I need at least 128GB now...
>In 2026, so far, OpenClaw has deleted a user's inbox, spent 450k in crypto, installed uncountable amounts of malware, and attempted to blackmail an OSS maintainer. And it's only been two months.
I have no sympathy for that!!
People have been warned over and over to don't grant full access to these AI and yet, they do the completely opposite.
>Similarly, you shouldn't give OpenClaw access to money. But I want an agent that takes photos of my pantry, sees what I'm running low on, and orders new groceries for me, and that requires my credit card
It should never have access to your main account in the first place anyway.
Have an AI account with limited money in it and even that, have a process in place that will only process any financial request if and only if you have approved it.
The same logic must be followed for everything, people prefer to just give full access without guardrails and hope nothing bad will happen.
Cameras, I only care for quality and Real-Time Streaming Protocol aka RTSP. I don't care if that device will never see internet again, I can use it until it dies and I cannot fix it.
My Asus wireless router running OpenWRT, it is no allowed to touch the internet itself, it is just a dumb access point providing radio, nothing else which again, I can use it until it dies even if OpenWRT projects is shutdown.
Found out recently that I can actually install/remove apps from my Samsung smartTV running TizenOS using my Linux PC by exploring is developer mode. Add a few more years to its lifespan.
I know I can hack into my robot vaccum but haven't had time to do that yet.
I run Linux everywhere at home so does my homelab and 3D printer.
IoT are blocked from accessing the LAN while OPNSense allows me to talk to them. Block everything by default until something breaks.
The ones I cannot take control like my Broter Led printer, I just block its LAN access to prevent the manufacturer from acting like HP, I can still use its network feature but not the other way around.
Just like that, your devices will last way past a decade, you have full control, you have security measures in place, and spending is virtually null, buy it once and use until it breaks and you cannot fix it.
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