I self-host my own rustdesk server and it’s awesome. It just works flawlessly.

It can be done with adb:

https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-s/how-to-delete-samsung-gallery-and-use-just-google-photos/m-p/7147930/highlight/true#M77865

You can if you use adb shell:

Developer Options > USB debugging turned on CMD prompt > adb devices Allow connection from the PC prompt on phone

Then add shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.sec.android.gallery3d

This will remove Gallery, BUT… The stock camera will not allow you to view the pic after you take it (it will show up in Google Photos still)

To restore the above removed app:

cmd package install-existing com.sec.android.gallery3d

So, once OS updates are unavailable, the machine might become a weak link from security standpoint or stop running some software.

That’s why I specified:

Double check before buying that it can be wiped and you can put Linux on it.

Yep, that’s what I started with. I had a 2014 Toshiba Chromebook with 16 GB storage and 2 GB memory.

It was my lil ssh/vnc machine for the longest time until the battery stopped working. I replaced it with a proper Thinkpad recently.

An old Chromebook sounds perfect.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Chromebook+10+inch

Looks like most of those are 11.6". Double check before buying that it can be wiped and you can put Linux on it.

I’d advise against pinetime as a sports watch because it doesn’t accurately track mileage or pace. I’m looking to replace mine eventually with a Garmin or something.

Very relevant

Also that whole channel is hilarious

I got some JVC earbuds and they work with just Bluetooth. Pretty good noise canceling as well.

I had a pair of wired earbuds from JVC for years and they were so good that I kept buying them when they broke and always have one in my backpack.

Eh… I will probably go with a used 9th or 10th gen i7 or something. Intel still gets no money and I get a good CPU.

I mean, I can stream 4K HDR if the player supports the video format, but clients don’t always jive well with whatever Radarr decided. I know I can fine tune it but everything works well enough right now and I don’t have time to change it.

I move around too much to do colocation. A VPS/VM isn’t worth the cost to me. My server is all old parts and I don’t pay for power usage.

I need on-location transcoding because my internet is garbage (~50 mbps). Sometimes my users need to transcode the show if the bit rate of the file is too high for my internet to keep up.

Does AMD have anything to compete with Intel QSV? I’m looking to upgrade my Plex server and was looking at a newer Intel CPU.

So what is your suggested platform?

What’s with all the hate on Signal on here? I see probably one post a week trying to bash it because of some unproven conspiracy about it.

It’s a non-profit whose goal is to provide encrypted private chat.

Signal’s subpar user experience is a feature from this perspective.

Signal is literally just a chat service. The user experience is on par with any other service, except it’s backed by a trust in the company to not sell out on the end user because it’s a non-profit and isn’t beholden to any shareholders.

I put that shit on everything

Inbox was absolutely stellar and I can’t believe they got rid of it.

Yeah I bet you could do this with a couple SBCs

Edit: and speakers, ofc

I like Backblaze mostly for their business practices. The Backblaze devs answer questions on forums sometimes (Reddit link btw). The costs are pretty good, but there are cheaper options. $6/TB plus some API transactions. I paid almost a dollar last month for a couple hundred GB of data and transactions.

Plus their drive failure publications are awesome.