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Hi everyone, I'm looking for a mini PC with specific features.

I want a small case/computer that can:

• VESA mount to the back of a monitor
• Has a Kensington lock
• Can be powered via USB-C. (~ <65W from monitor)

I have found the System76 Meerkat which has all those features except for USB-C power. I can't find a model from MinisForum with a VESA mount but maybe I just missed it. I'd appreciate the help!

EDIT: I found a company called Geekom which has everything I'm looking for. Thanks for the help

Hi everyone.

I'm planning to open a small gym and am looking for management software. I don't want cloud services or a subscription fee. I use Linux in my personal life and would prefer to keep running that at the business. Does anyone have experience with this type of thing?

I plan to self host all my services and data if possible such as camera systems and maybe even the website (I found a great local website company I'll be talking with soon).

cross-posted from: https://feddit.ch/post/4192351

New Manjaro Linux Gaming Handheld from OrangePi

This is exciting! A gaming handheld from a great open source hardware company that makes SBCs like the RP5. It looks to have all the quality features and combines the best of all the handhelds I've seen. This has me really excited.

I am wondering though what gaming on Manjaro Linux is like if anyone knows. I've heard of Bazzite and Nobara as well as Chimera and HoloISO which are all focused around gaming. Does Manjaro ship with all the gaming features preinstalled?

This is exciting! A gaming handheld from a great open source hardware company that makes SBCs like the RP5. It looks to have all the quality features and combines the best of all the handhelds I've seen. This has me really excited.

I am wondering though what gaming on Manjaro Linux is like if anyone knows. I've heard of Bazzite and Nobara as well as Chimera and HoloISO which are all focused around gaming. Does Manjaro ship with all the gaming features preinstalled?

I hope that my list of apps will help out people, particularly those new to this world of privacy. These apps fit into the categories that people typically look for or should have and they are all at least fairly recently updated.

Notes

• Required repositories for these apps: F-Droid, DivestOS Official, Guardian Project Official Releases, IzzyOnDroid, Fedilab Apps, FUTO, Molly F-Droid Repo, NewPipe upstream (preferred)
• Simple Mobile Tools has been sold to ZipoApps and thus not worth downloading anymore. FossifyOrg is the "official" fork now and will be releasing their versions soon

deGoogled Android Operating Systems

• GrapheneOS (highly secure OS with sandboxed GooglePlay as an option)
• CalyxOS (uses MicroG)
• DivestOS (hardened fork of Lineage with ability to re-lock bootloader)
• LineageOS (many phones supported)
• /e/OS

Basics

Keyboards:

• OpenBoard
• FlorisBoard (will be great after stable release of V4.0)
• Fossify Keyboard
• FUTO Voice Input

Contacts:

• Fossify Contacts
• ~~Simple Contacts Pro SE (likely abandoned after the sale of SMT. Author plans to add functionality to Fossify Contacts)~~

Dialers:

• Fossify Dialer
• Koler

Messaging:

• QKSMS
• Fossify SMS
• Signal (cross platform iMessage alternative)
• Molly (hardened Signal)
• Telegram FOSS
• Element (Matrix client)

File Managers:

• Fossify File Manager
• Material Files
• Amaze
• MuPDF mini
• Sav PDF Viewer

Notes:

• QuillPad
• Notally
• Orgzly Revived
• Standard Notes
• Notesnook
• Joplin

Email:

• K-9 Mail
• FairEmail
• Proton Mail

Gallery:

• Fossify Gallery
• Aves Libre

Calendar:

• Fossify Calendar
• Etar - OpenSource Calendar

App Stores

• Droid-ify (alternative client to fdroid with updated UI and features)
• Obtanium (install & manage apps directly from source)
• Aurora Store

Utilities

• OpenCalc
• Unit Converter Ultimate
• Audio Recorder
• Open Camera
• OpenScan
• WiFiAnalyzer

Browsers

• Firefox
• Mull (hardened Firefox)
• Brave (privacy oriented Chromium browser)
• Tor

Mapping

Navigation:

• Magic Earth
• Organic Maps
• OSMAnd+
• GMaps WV

OSM Editors:

• Every Door
• SCEE
• StreetComplete

Other:

• Sky Map
• c:geo (geocaching)

Gaming

• Lemuroid (emulator)
• UniPatcher (ROM patcher)
• Lexica (word game with multiplayer)
• 2048 Open Fun Game
• Libre Memory Game (card based)
• Sudoku (Privacy Friendly)
• Crossword
• Minesweeper - Antimine
• Mindustry (tower defense)
• Chip Defense (tower defense)
• Anuto TD (tower defense)
• Destination Sol (2D space RPG)
• Endless Sky (space trading game)
• Unciv (4x civilization building)
• Xeonjia: Ice Adventures (2D adventure game)
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon (traditional roguelike dungeon crawler RPG)
• Lato (2D snowboard game)

Social Media

Mastodon:

• Mastodon
• Moshidon
• Tusky
• Megalodon
• Shitter
• Pachli
• Fedilab

Lemmy:

• Voyager
• Jerboa

Pixelfed:

• PixelDroid
• Fedilab

Nostr:

• Nozzle
• Amethyst

Fitness

• OpenTracks
• FitoTrack
• Massive
• OpenHIIT

Audio

• Retro Music (music player)
• Phonograph Plus (music player)
• Wavelet (EQ)
• URL Radio
• Radio Upnp
• Harmony Music
• Audile (Shazam alternative)
• AntennaPod (podcast player)
• Voice Audiobook Player

Security

• ImagePipe (remove image metadata)
• Hypatia (ClamAV antivirus)
• AirGuard - AirTag Protection
• Bitwarden (sync-able password manager)
• KeePassDX (non-sync-able password manager)
• Aegis Authenticator (TOTP manager)
• OpenKeychain: Easy PGP
• Hash Checker

Miscellaneous

• Autu Mandu (automobile maintenance log)
• NewPipe (YouTube frontend)
• Grayjay (multiple video content frontend)
• Openreads (reading log)
• Graded - Grade Tracker
• AnkiDroid (flashcard study aid)

I'm interested in using Jellyfin. I learned that you can install the Jellyfin "channel" on any Roku device to stream to it. I have a TCL Roku TV and when I search for Jellyfin nothing appears. Also when I follow the link from Jellyfin's website to Roku's website it redirects to the main channel page and when I search for it there it doesn't appear.

Is Jellyfin still available on Roku? I can't find anything online indicating that it shouldn't be.

Is there a way to overlay property lot lines (aka land ownership maps) on the map of preferably a mobile FOSS application? I like OSM And and I know there are ways to make certain obscure things work. OnX Hunt has this feature but I don't want to use the application

Almost everything based in technology spies on everyone now a days and most people are alright with it. I don't understand why people are okay knowing this spying exists. Louis Rossman does a great job here showing us the disgusting tactics used by big corporations to gaslight people into believing them over what these companies are really nefariously up to.

I'm in the process of designing a home server and am curious how many ethernet ports are required at minimum and how many people recommend. The single board computer (SBC) I plan to use has two built in and has a pcie slot to add four more if necessary. If I don't need the four extra I'd like to use the pcie slot for a pcie Coral Edge TPU (preferred over the USB variant but still an option).

I expect to plan to use the server to connect to my home network so any device on the network via WiFi can access NextCloud. Besides that I want to use Frigate in another container for home video surveillance. I don't know if I can or want to yet also add a Plex or Jellyfin instance to then connect to my TV or use a separate SBC for that.

What are your thoughts? I'm new to all of these things and just don't want to waste money on the wrong hardware. Thanks!

Hi everyone. I'm looking into my first 3D printer and would like a resin one for the great detail it can produce. I'm looking for companies that make respected machines that aren't out of China. I know of Prusa but their resin printer is incredibly expensive for me and a beginner.

As a second note, I would love to support a USA company as a first choice if available and like the software and firmware to be open source. I'm happy to have found PrusaSlicer with UVtools so there's one less Chinese/semi proprietary/subscription based software.

Naomi Brockwell makes it easy and interesting to learn about how our personal lives are being spied on by potentially anybody. Share it with your friends and family so maybe one day every country won't have a social credit score or other dystopian outcomes.