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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This toot is a response to a very similar question from someone else.

Also keep in mind, LTS versions always offer 5 years of support, so the current PopOS 22.04 LTS will receive support until April 2027, and the new PopOS 24.04 LTS will receive updates until April 2029.

What to choose... in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

PopOS isn't going anywhere?

They've been working on their own Desktop Environment (COSMIC) for quite a while, an alpha and a beta already exists and the release is planned for December 11th (source).

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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

If other people want to try:

NPR test

ABX test

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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

It depends, some better Bluetooth headphones (like the Sony WH-1000XM family) support protocols other than SBC, which have a lot higher bandwidth.

emergency remote access in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For me I'd just say oh well, gotta fix it when I'm home again.

Otherwise I'd probably write some script on the server, which reboots my router when the server either doesn't have internet anymore or can't ping itself.

Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 108 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I like your spirit, but I don't think a Chinese equivalent to Google Play Services would be more desirable

Music Assistant 2.4 Released in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

AFAIK you can enable the snapcast server and then use an app like SnapCast to stream to your mobile devices.

Introducing TVHplayer, a free, cross-platform client for TVheadend in c/linux@lemmy.ml

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

This program is a client for the very solid Tvheadend TV streaming server. Tvheadend supports pretty much any source you can think of, but is a little more complicated to setup.

Tvheadend is a selfhosted service meant to be run on your own server with your own TV dongles / IPTV channels / etc.

If you only want to watch TV on your PC, doing so with something like Kodi is probably a better idea, as Kodi also supports USB tuners and is simpler to setup (doesn't require a separate server).

What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

I really like Pop!_OS, AFAIK it doesn't have any telemetry. It's basically a Ubuntu fork but without the stupid Ubuntu stuff, and they're currently even working on their own Desktop Environment.

My homelab had the stupidest outage ever in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If the main battery isn't "meant to be replaced", it will often act as the CMOS battery (e.g. MacBooks have been doing this since roughly 2008).

How was your experience using Linux in college? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

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

+1 on OnlyOffice, it has 1:1 formatting compatibility with Microsoft Office. Unlike LibreOffice, it doesn't have to translate documents between odt and docx in the background.

In the same vein, OnlyOffice has poor compatibility with odt files etc.

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[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's incorrect, Graphene OS has Android Auto support.

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Looking for Driving Journal App (preferably FOSS) (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de to c/android@lemmy.world

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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

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Any video AirPlay (client) for Linux? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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:

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.
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?