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lavendertea

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  • Which phone to get for alternative OS

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  • Yes, I wish GOS would support the fairphone, then it would be a no-brainer.

    Thanks for the warning re: dumphones, I had no idea. Is there one that you think is suitable for privacy and 4G+VoLTE support?

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  • Good point, CalyxOS I hadn't considered yet. Would you say it's comparable to GrapheneOS?

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  • Thanks a bunch for this great overview. Looks like you keep up with open hardware. The multi-device route is something I'm considering as well, e.g. going to the gym with only an mp3 player, having a separate navigation device, etc.

    The Tangara music player looks awesome, unfortunately they're currently not available (according to this). Do you know of any other cool open hardware devices that are worth checking out?

    Had a look at the Mudita Kompakt, never heard of it before. Love the idea of a minimalist eink phone. You say it's slow, is that because of the eink display? Is it slow also when texting/using Signal or only when using more intensive apps? Do you know if the OS is open source? It looks like they have Mudita OS open sourced, but that it's not used in the Mudita Kompakt.

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  • Good catch, thanks fo checking. Another comment also mentioned that the 5 is supported by CalyxOS. Means that there is a lot of choice of OS for the FP5, which is great

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  • Nice that you can install a different launcher

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  • Large internal storage would be a compromise if there is no SD slot, but 128GB is not a lot

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  • Thank you, yes, that does seem super convenient and in case /e/OS sucks I could change it to Lineage

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  • Thanks, looks like it doesn't have an SD card slot unfortunately. According to these specs

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  • Kind of, it seems like a lot of extra work to keep that secure and up to date, esp with having access from outside. My current solution is just Syncthing desktop <-> phone and works exactly the way I want.

  • Spotify to raise prices in September

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  • Would scrobbling to e.g. ListenBrainz (or last fm) be an option for you for discovery?

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  • Not trying to convince you in particular of anything, but for anyone who may be interested in switching to a different podcast app, I'd recommend trying Antennapod.

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  • AFAIK to get money in artists' pockets it's best to buy merch and buy tickets to shows.

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  • Re: Transferring, I bought a 1TB sd-card for my phone and use Syncthing to transfer music from desktop to phone.

  • Expanding storage on simple home server

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  • Appreciate the detailed writeup and for highlighting the tradeoffs. Useful information for the DIY build approach

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  • Thanks for sharing that writeup, this is useful info for the building it myself route

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  • Thanks for that link to the blackblaze reports, definitely good to have, I always assume that a drive can fail any moment anyways.

    Starting to build a storage pool sounds like a fun project, do you have suggestions of some hardware to start with that could later be expanded?

    I'm not sure if data redundancy is necessary for my use case, as I don't need to guarantee 24/7 accessibility.

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  • Yes, the consensus here seems to be that for media it is fine to choose a HDD. Won't it make streaming from Jellyfin slower?

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  • I've considered this as well, as I already back my data up regularly. However, I read online that external disks aren't good for long-term access. Have you run into any issues with that?

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  • Thank you for the suggestion, I'll have to open up the machine to see if the motherboard has a SATA port. Adding a second SSD doesn't sound too hard assuming it is possible.