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hendrik

@ hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

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A software developer and Linux nerd, living in Germany. I'm usually a chill dude but my online persona doesn't always reflect my true personality. Take what I say with a grain of salt, I usually try to be nice and give good advice, though.

I'm into Free Software, selfhosting, microcontrollers and electronics, freedom, privacy and the usual stuff. And a few select other random things as well.

  • Self Hosting for Privacy - Importance of Owning your own Modem/Router?

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  • Isn't it a global effort? According to what I see, they list a bunch of servers in all Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, ...Japan?!

  • Self Hosting for Privacy - Importance of Owning your own Modem/Router?

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  • I did one DNS query and it took 22 msec with the nearest OpenNIC server and 24 msec with Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1So dunno... roughly same responsiveness? Maybe OpenNIC is a tad faster? For a proper answer we'd need to do more measurements, though. And with OpenNIC you definitely need to pick a good server, not just any random one. They'll have different locations, different policies and they're in widely different datacenters.

  • Boycott AI with this open source rule-based translator you can use online or offline

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  • Oh, interestingly. The translations sound but sometimes any wooden. And by the way: There is some any more spoke-pair at: https://beta.apertium.org/

    (Translated from German by Apertium (Beta).)

  • It’s quite funny to me that people 24/7 talk only shit about system that enables their hyper entertained lifestyles. I almost wish they get what they think they want.

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  • Did we already agree, ultra-consumerism is what we strive for?

  • Self Hosting for Privacy - Importance of Owning your own Modem/Router?

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  • Even if you control your router/modem, they still control the other end, it connects to. And some more infrastructure along the path. So i think it depends a bit where you're going with this. If you're worried about them doing packet inspection, or logging IP numbers you connect to, I don't think there's a big difference. They could do it anywhere. And they'll likely do it in some datacenter.

    A router interfaces with your local network, though. So in theory a router can be used to connect to your internal devices and computers and maybe you have an open network share without password protection or something like that. But we're talking violating your constitutional rights here. It's highly illegal in most jurisdictions to enter your home and go through your stuff.

    I'll buy my own router because I can then configure it to my liking. And my ISP charges way too much for renting one. And what I also do is not use my ISP's DNS service. That'd just send every domain name I open to their logfiles. Instead I use one from OpenNIC

  • Ageless Linux - Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age

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  • I think the way unclear / ambiguous law works is: It's almost always used against you. It's probably up to the attorney general to use it as precedent for what they want to do. Less so for the person at the receiving end of it.

  • which Linux Phone Distro should I use?

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  • The way I read it is - they want to replace their phone and buy a new one. In case someone wants to replace the software on a Samsung phone, I don't think there's good options. Samsung phones rarely get good Custom ROMS or anything like that. I think what people do is root them, install Magisk and remove some crapware. But that's basically it. Or you'd experiment with some unsupported repack or early effort at LineageOS with SELinux turned off or something like that. Linux doesn't seem to work either. It's often 10 year old models and most models don't have calls working or wifi and a bunch of other things don't work... I'm not aware of any Samsung with usable Linux support.

  • Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users

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  • Wenn der Abiturball ein Nazi-Motto hat

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  • Ja, wir hatten damals auch ganz viele wirklich gute Vorschläge und das meiste davon wurde abgelehnt wegen zu anstößig, zu sonstwas, und nachher einigt man sich sowieso auf den kleinsten gemeinsamen Nenner. Wobei von uns glaube ich niemand auf die Idee gekommen wäre, dass NS-Anspielungen oder Juden-Witze irgendwie unseren Abschluss oder uns wiederspiegeln. Also sowas kam einfach gar nicht erst nicht auf den Tisch. Über die Aussagekräftigkeit kann man sicherlich diskutieren. Ein Edge-Lord in der Gruppe ist wahrscheinlich genug um soetwas anzuzetteln. Also entweder finden dort mehrere Leute so Memes aus der Ecke witzig, was etwas beschämend wäre, oder es ist gutes Trolling. Schließlich hat es das bis in die Zeitung geschafft. Kann beides sein. Ist aber auch ein guter Aufhänger für einen Artikel. Ich wäre allerdings weit mehr besorgt über die Leute mit den White Power T-Shirts.

  • which Linux Phone Distro should I use?

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  • GrapheneOS is a common choice for Android phones. (It's Android, though. Not a Linux phone distro!)

    Supported devices: https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices

    Banking app compatibility: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/

    That'd still leave you within the Android ecosystem. And it's fairly easy to install, maintain and operate. Though, the phones currently come from Google. And it's still Android, so ultimately comes from Google.

    If you want to avoid Google and Apple entirely, I don't think there are many options except a proper Linux phone. There are some few older(?) smartphones supported by projects like PostmarketOS. But do your homework first. It's an entirely different experience, there's often stuff missing or cumbersome to configure or not available at all. And the camera might suck. It's great he have Linux on phones. But I from my own experience, there are severe downsides for regular every-day life, including banking apps, android auto, push notifications, battery life, etc...

    Edit: By the way, the Android compatibility layer for Linux is called Waydroid. Maybe you can look up if your banking apps etc work with Waydroid in the first place. I don't think we have any comprehensive list, so that probably needs to be googled for the individual apps, or tested on a Linux computer.

  • As a rule of thumb, should I pick the Debian package or the Flatpak version of a given programme?

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  • I'd go with the Debian package. That's tied into the system. You get nice updates, there's more eyes on what the upstream developers do, sometimes the Debian maintainers disable things like tracking, fix vulnerabilities in libraries. It's smaller, less permission issues... It's just safer and more convenient...

    I'll go for Flatpak once there's some benefit. For example the sandboxing which is great to have for proprietary software. Or if the package isn't available in the Debian repositories, and the alternative would be some third-party repo or deb file downloaded from a random website. And in rare cases when I need a specific version and the Debian maintainers are stuck with an old release.

  • Post on /r/Digg promoting the Forumverse (Lemmy/Piefed)

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  • Oh boy. Seems flag month (week?) on piefed.social had a lasting effect (on some people). Which is probably a good thing?! I really enjoyed it. To go to piefed.social each day to find out what we fly today. Maybe some day Rimu can fly a literal "red flag" (The idiomatic one, Not to be confused with: Red flag (politics) 😂)

  • Ageless Linux - Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age

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  • I think it's a fuck you aimed at the attorney general and whoever phrased these laws. They go into detail in the FAQ at the bottom. (What is the point of all of this? / What if the AG actually fines you?) Using it isn't the really the point.

  • Considerations For Buying a New Laptop

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  • Depends. Sometimes you'll get a PC magazine or blog cover an upcoming laptop and test Linux compatibility. Or someone writes a long Reddit post after they got it, or updates the Arch Wiki. There definitely are ways to learn about Linux-compatibility with new models. We used to have Amazon comments and reviews...Just be super cautious with all the AI bots and fake comparison sites out there.

    And it's a bit more complicated with gaming stuff. Sometimes they'll add a weird webcam, or unsupported RGB LED controller, or have weird quirks in the firmware. Some other model lines like a business laptop from Dell or Lenovo tend to be just fine and you'll get 100% Linux compatibility. There's no guarantee, but any way, after a few Linux nerds blogged about it you should be fine.

  • Ihr seid jetzt plötzlich US-Präsident. Wie kommt ihr aus der aktuellen Misere wieder heraus?

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  • Puh, kann man da nicht so nen Papiertrick machen wie die Geldwäsche-Sonnenstudios/Restaurants? Ich melde Insolvenz an, wickle den ganzen Laden ab. Und Kuseng macht an gleicher Adresse unter neuem Namen weiter. Ist dann natürlich total 'was anderes (zwinkersmiley) aber für die alten Verbrechen ist sicherlich keine:r verantwortlich.

    Die Amerikaner haben aber nur ein Zweiparteiensystem. Also die können das nur genau einmal glaubhaft verkaufen.

  • How to stop radio stream ads (reconnecting is annoying)

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  • It loaded several times without an ad for me. So maybe they don't have ads for Germany yet and you should try a VPN?

    It's hard to avoid, though. To my knowledge there's cumbersome solutions like run an Icecast2 proxy and just proxy it 24/7 so you won't reconnect. Or re-program your internet radio to start the stream muted and unmute after 30s.

    Edit: Forget what I said, it does German language Shopify ads now. Not every time, but some of the times.

  • Android: sideloading blocked and open source updates withheld to twice a year

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  • Yes. My question is just, how do you participate in modern life with that? For example if you commute by train, you need a ticket. And the Deutsche Bahn tries to get rid of paper tickets. Their monthly subscription is an App now, available for Android and Apple. Do you install Waydroid and whip out your laptop once the conductor asks for your ticket? Do you also pull it out of your backpack 3 times on the platform to look up all the delays, changed platforms, trains you have to transfer to? What's with the pkpass file for the concert, cinema, exhibition? I mean we can still print the QR codes. I do that, I have a printer at home and sometimes do the extra effort. I can't take my laptops and tablets to concerts. And some other things will get more complicated as well. For example Shop & Go is almost impossible without a phone. You're guaranteed to wait in line at the few cash registers left and waste an extra 10min... You'll have to apply for a chip card to charge your EV, can't update some of your electronic gadgets any more... And if you drive by car, how do you listen to Music and Podcasts? With an USB stick or a 12xCD changer in the trunk like in the early 2000s?

  • Android: sideloading blocked and open source updates withheld to twice a year

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  • Yeah, probably jump ship to a life without a mobile phone, online banking and train tickets. 🙁

  • Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

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  • Oh man, why didn't I slop-code it. Hold it for two months and then sell out to some mega-corporation... Sounds like easy money. Any other very stupid (and easy) ideas still left?

  • Fediverse @piefed.social
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    GNU/Linux.ch Artikel: Das Fediverse stirbt langsam

    gnulinux.ch /das-fediverse-stirbt-langsam
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Does Cloudflare provide anonymity?

  • Ask @piefed.social
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    What forbidden knowledge do you know?

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Lemmy engage with you in meaningful conversation

  • Ask @piefed.social
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Are some questions here just to simulate activity?

  • Android @lemdro.id
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Is there a better open-source calendar app than Etar?

  • Android @lemdro.id
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Which app isolation mechanism do I want?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    SFSCON24 - Alexander Sander - NGI: No more EU funding for Free Software?!

    media.fsfe.org /videos/watch/d32db3d7-5c40-4634-bbf9-5c10649e30b0
  • Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Is there a working Spotify downloader that actually downloads from Spotify?

  • LocalLLaMA @sh.itjust.works
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    Is Arli AI a legit cloud LLM inference service? Any user experience?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    hendrik @palaver.p3x.de

    How to make the Threadiverse a nice place and effectively make it grow