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Thanks for posting. This was good timing for me!

You might want to check out RamaLama. It's a container based replacement for Ollama by the same folks that brought us Podman. I tried it a while back, I was very surprised to find …

I believe the v5 is a Nooelec and is comparable to the RTL v3. The RTL v4 is the latest chip. They both have different strengths and weaknesses tho. https://www.onesdr.com/rtl-sdr-…

That's true and I agree. I was responding to the comment about using termux to disable apps.

An alternative (and possibly easier) way that doesn't require root is to use Hail + Shizuku. Shizuku helps normal apps to use system APIs without root. You can enable it with from …

> Sure, but to get to them is just about as convenient as rebooting the phone from cold. This just isn't true. Switching profiles is nothing like rebooting the phone. It takes abou…

It's 2025. The "year of the linux desktop" has been a meme for years. No one says it in earnest. No one is having init or DE wars. And while there is plenty of healthy discussion a…

At no point did I say the video IS AI slop. Or that generative AI was used to make it, or the effect youtube applied to it. We actually have no idea what youtube did. We only see t…

Whatever youtube is doing adds a painted over effect that makes the video look like AI slop. They took a perfectly normal looking video, and made it look fake. As a viewer, if you …

If you watch the youtube video[1] linked in the article you get a much better examples, that clearly look like AI slop. Tho I do understand that people's ability to discern AI slop…

I appreciate the correction. Its been a while since I used podman + systemd. I will definitely be checking out quadlets next time.

Absolutely yes. I guarantee you these megacorps are betting on a future where the open internet has been completely obliterated. And the only way to participate online is thru thei…

The end of the open web. That's what. Sites will have to either shutdown or move behind a protection racket run by one of the evil megacorps. And TBH, shutting down is the better o…

> you just need to write a short systemd config snippet and then you can manage the kube service just like any other systemd service. Just FYI, `podman generate systemd --files --n…

Bookmarks... This is a rabbit hole I dive down at least once a year. And always come up disappointed. The problem with discussing bookmarks is that everyone has different needs. So…

Jellyfin if you want free, open source, and don't need special clients (like for LG TVs, Xbox, etc). Emby paid if you need the clients. Skip Plex entirely. Their users are their pr…

The home PC market is insignificant. The real volume is in corporate and government systems that will never run EOL Windows. Side Note: Folks, don't run EOL operating systems at ho…

Sometimes its fun to engage in a little conspiratorial thinking. My 2 cents... That TPM 2.0 requirement on Windows 11 is about to create a whole ton of e-waste in October (Windows …

You are correct. Someone posted about Radicle here a couple days ago[1] and went down that rabbit hole. The user docs say that their p2p network draws inspiration for Secure Scuttl…

This isn't true. You can setup private repos. Here are the docs. https://radicle.xyz/guides/user#3-selectively-revealing-repo...

Hmm. A pay once (or not at all) model that can run on anything? Or a subscription model that locks you in, and requires hardware that only the richest megacorps can afford? I wonde…

I'm afraid this is a case of "too little, too late". I've been a happy DDG user for many, many years. Sure, there's a learning curve when venturing out of google's cozy bubble. But…

"But I do not care very much whether the app is verified or not; it’s perfectly acceptable for a third-party developer to maintain the Flathub packaging if the upstream developers …

Captain Eris Violet 12B fits those requirements.

This is such a great post full of cool little tricks for immutable OS users. Thanks for posting!