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  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • Likewise, I think I'm just about to buy one for myself. I've never used tap-to-pay with my phone, nor a voice assistant, and I don't really want to. My phone is a web browser that can send text messages, make phone calls, and take pictures. My phone carrier is VoLTE-only for calls, and the FLX1 says that it has VoLTE now. I also need to use one specific Android app for work, but the FLX1 has some type of Android emulation which hopefully will make that usable.

    The FLX1 is also the only one that claims to have a working camera. I'm not sure how good the pictures look, but every other Linux phone always just says "partial support" for the camera on the PostmarketOS wiki. The FLX1, with the stock OS, should take adequate pictures from what I understand.

  • Syncthing setup that is suitable for a battery powered Linux device

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  • I think syncthing already adds itself as a systemd service, and systemd has an "AC power only condition."

    I can take a closer look tomorrow, but here's a page about systemd's AC power condition: https://askubuntu.com/questions/654335/systemd-how-to-start-stop-services-on-battery

    Edit: bah, the built-in AC power condition only checks once when it starts up, so you'll probably have to do the custom option that was selected as the answer in that post I linked to.

  • Who is the next Daft Punk (earlier stuff) to you?

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  • True, I don't listen to him for several days in a row like I do with Justice or Daft Punk. But I love him in bite-sized pieces, and tracks like Your New Morning Alarm make me smile every time.

    I saw him at Bonnaroo a couple years ago and everyone in the crowd was having such a good time. At one point, he's running around on stage in his bathrobe (of course), and his robe got snagged on something. So he just took it off, and was running around in his underwear yelling, "SOMEONE GET ME A ROBE! SOMEONE GET ME A GOD DAMN ROBE!" Then he made a song out of it.

  • Who is the next Daft Punk (earlier stuff) to you?

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  • Rumor is, any time two Frenchmen are in a room with a keyboard, there is a small chance that the next electronic duo will form from the interaction.

    Until then, it's probably Justice and Ratatat. Check out Marc Rebillet, too. The rare "one-man electronic duo."

  • Anyone know a good modern day MP3 player?

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  • Wow, that is a very creative idea, I love it! :D

  • Anyone know a good modern day MP3 player?

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  • It does look nice. The R1 wasn't available when I bought my R3, but if it was, I think I would have gone with an R1 instead. I don't really need the 4.4 mm balanced output jack that the R3 has, and although the aluminum of the R3 does feel nice, the R1 is quite a bit lighter.

  • Anyone know a good modern day MP3 player?

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  • I have a Hiby R3 and have enjoyed it. https://store.hiby.com/products/hiby-r3-ii-2025

    It's smaller than a phone, but the screen is still large enough to scroll through your collection with. Also, it's not running Android, which I like. (For some reason I'm just irked by the fact that everything around me is running Android these days.) So there aren't any apps -- it's just a music player, which I also like.

  • Guys where did I put my wallet

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  • Thank you. I think it's safe to post that online, even if you are Paranoid.

  • Guys where did I put my wallet

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  • Well this isn't helpful, he can't check your nightstand if you don't post your address.

  • systemctl status wipe-my-butt.service

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  • Honestly buttctl has some nice features once you get used to it.

  • What's up, selfhosters? It's self hosting Sunday!

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  • Wow, thank you for this response. I hadn't thought of tracking music preferences as a tool for self discovery.

  • What's up, selfhosters? It's self hosting Sunday!

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  • I've been thinking about setting up a scrobble server, but haven't been sure what I would do with it. What do you use the information for? Does it affect how you listen?

  • What's up, selfhosters? It's self hosting Sunday!

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  • Realized last week that my fail2ban settings are too strict -- I get banned immediately if I visit my funkwhale (music server) domain without being logged in. In fact, I think much of my "downtime" might have actually just been me banning myself for 15 minutes now and then...

    I was thinking about getting rid of Grafana, which is overkill for my server, and replacing it with Logdy this weekend, but didn't get around to it.

  • Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 3rd

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  • Bayonetta. Beat the first level last night; this game is ridiculous in the best possible way. I've had it on Steam for a while, but never played it. I recently cobbled together a 2010-ish PC out of parts from various family members' old computers, and installed Linux on it, so now I'm wanting to see which xbox360/ps3 era games it can play. Bayonetta runs perfectly fine.

  • Do you still play any PC games on a physical disc? Or, when did you last do that?

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  • Nice. I had borrowed a friend's physical copy of Crysis, and that's how I played it back in the day.

  • Do you still play any PC games on a physical disc? Or, when did you last do that?

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  • Yeah, I had forgotten how slow an optical drive was, and how that was usually the limiting factor. I installed Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear from the original CD a couple days ago, and it took about 20 minutes to install on my current PC. I'm pretty sure that's about how long it took in 1999, too.

    Downloading it from Steam takes about 10 seconds.

  • Do you still play any PC games on a physical disc? Or, when did you last do that?

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  • Very cool. I've never backed mine up; I should do that. What game was it last week?

  • Do you still play any PC games on a physical disc? Or, when did you last do that?

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  • Piracy hysteria was at an absolute fever pitch in 2007 -- those online activations are what make me think that much of my physical collection won't be playable anymore.

  • Do you still play any PC games on a physical disc? Or, when did you last do that?

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  • Oblivion was also one that I owned physically. I just assumed that I had also acquired it on Steam by now, but it looks like I haven't. Also great memories with Oblivion. I think it's still my 4th or 5th most-played game. (I have to guess, based on remembering the number of hours that Xfire said I had back in the day, which is a whole nother nostalgia trip right there, lol.)