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I run most of my services in containers with Podman Quadlets. One of them is Forgejo on which I have repos for all my quadlet (systemd) files and use renovate to update the image tags. Renovate creates PRs and can also show you release notes for the image it wants you to update to.

I currently check the PRs manually as well as pulling the latest git commits on my server. But this could also be further automated to one’s liking.

I agree, although reading the book there were many moments I thought, how can a schoolteacher know that stuff. And yeah, Andy Weir tried to make it more believable by giving the character a background in academia and a doctor in molecular science. But it still felt strange at certain points in the story, especially in the flashbacks.

Which (learning the language) was also quite unrealistically depicted in the book imho, at least how fast he learned an alien language. But that might just be me.

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I don’t know about Home Assistant, but I am using Glance. I love the aesthetic and that you can configure it with descriptive yaml files.

But I think this is also a question you need to ask yourself: Do you want to “click together” a dashboard aka one with a nice GUI where you can configute everything (e.g. Homarr). Or rather one with config files like Glance and a bit simpler in its feature set.

Nice, had my XMPP server now running for a couple of weeks, not many users on it so far though. But my highlight of the week was managing to get the slidge whatsapp bridge with Prosody running, so I at least don’t have to use the official app anymore for all those people who resist to get off of it.

Haha nice, already searched that one on F-Droid after not finding the Dawarich Android app on there. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

In the meantime I tried the app and it looks awesome! However, I noticed the app relies on google’s services location accuracy unfortunately. This is kind of a deal breaker for me to use the app for now. But I get that imlementing an F-Droid version is not your top priority, so I’ll follow the project and patiently wait for it :)

Are there any plans to make the android app available on F-Droid as well? Or releasing the apk in the GitHub repo so we can install it with Obtainium?

Sorry if this has already been mentioned somewhere, couldn’t find it in your post or on the website.

No worries, as I said it doesn’t really bug me and most people probably use it in dark mode all the time anyway I would assume 😄

First and foremost you have to look after you and your health! Won’t do you or your app any good if you get burnt out even more. I’d rather live with less frequent updates than an abandoned app.

Ignoring this kind of stuff is easier said than done, especially when it concerns something you’re passionate about and have put your heart into. In my experience, it tends to keep nagging in the back of your head even when trying to ignore it.

Yeah its using the automatic dark/light mode from the OS. However, if the app is open or running in the background and the OS switches to dark/light mode, Blorp does not switch theming and I have to kill the app. If I open it afterwards its using the correct theming.

But since it hasn’t really bothered me so far I haven’t felt the urge to open a GitHub issue yet 🙈

Yeah saving an image is not as “intuitive” as most people are used to otherwise with current UX patterns.

And I don’t find anything wrong with pointing that out, that’s all good and helps improve the app in the long run. As lomg as its done politely and in a constructive way like you just did.

I just hate it if people feel like they have to shit on something just because it doesn’t do 100% what they would like it to. Nonetheless for a product they can use for free and someone put hard work into it, most likely in their spare time.

Don’t get too hung up on those comments. I agree that a GitHub issue would have been the right way for them to address their problems with the apo. Or at least a well-written post with helpful pointers on what exactly isn’t working if they don’t feel comfortable with GitHub (not all Fediverse users are technically adept).

Unfortunately, the more people flood into the Fediverse, the more entitled jerks and trolls will find their way onto it as well.

If it’s any consolation, I really like the app, and I’ve tried many of the Lemmy apps available on Android. I really like its aesthetic, and it somehow fits my “flow” the best. There are some minor things that don’t work properly all the time (e.g., automatic theme switching as soon as the OS does it), but nothing that has really bothered me or ruined my experience. :)

Yeah you could consider it old school, or maybe just a product of another time were people didn’t mind to use multiple software for different uses.

I for one don’t mind using Mumble for voice and XMPP for text chat or one to one calls for example.

I don’t have a computer or smartphone so I only can install one app and that’s it. And I know I might be in the minority when it comes to that, at least compared to the general public. For gods sake it’s already hard to get people to install a second messenger app, not even trying to get them off WhatsApp or other meta crap…

I believe group calling is only a thing certain clients (e.g. Dino, Movim) support, although there is a initiative to implement it on protocol level as far as I am aware.

If you have your own VPS anyway, there is the Matrix Ansible Playbook which makes the setup with docker containers very easy. But I also get the sentiment that you don’t want to tinker around all the time and just want stuff to work.

Kudos to you for using Matrix in the first place, I hope you can bring a lot of your friends and family to switch over to it. So far this has been the biggest hurdle on my journey 😅

XMPP knows invite links, there are even servers which support invite pages which list suitable clients one could use for XMPP. Prosody for example has this module you could enable: mod_invites_page

And then there is also Snikket, which is a pre-configured XMPP server suite (running prosody under the hood) with some nice QoL improvements baked in which you can selfhost as well: Snikket Quick Start Selfhost

I saw you recommend Continuwuity on other posts as well. Was just wondering, what made you choose Continuwuity over Tuwunel?

I am asking because I used to host a Continuwuity Matrix Server until a year ago. Recently started to look into hosting a Matrix server once again and found that Tuwunel seems currently ahead of Continuwuity in regards to WebRTC (Element Call) implementation and the sliding sync thingy.

At least they have updated documentation when it comes to WebRTC and how to set it up.

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