I replaced Nextcloud with syncthing (files) & radicale (calendar, contacts & todos)
No-one used the calendar on NC, they just used their phones, Outlook, etc
No-one used the photo gallery on NC - that’s now Immich … again, with syncthing.
During the early days, just doing an update would break things.
For a small home setup, NC is too big, too clunky and just not the right tool.
Or… <using package manager of choice> install immich
Done.
No need to map internal & external ports, wrestle with permissions (or… good grief, run the container as root!), etc, etc.
It’s just… less faff.
Plus I save all that additional disk space, not having to install docker! 😉
Don’t get me wrong; Containers, chroot jails, Type-1 & Type-2 hypervisors all had their place in the history of my systems, I just don’t see it as a necessity.
Hopefully with larger manufacturers turning to Linux, then the smaller components will have to work closer with Linux and develop better drivers.
There’s still a lot of reverse engineering required for laptop drivers.
The additional software required to run it in a container plus its configuration, on top of Immich’s configuration.
Just install & configure Immich, done.
If you’re using Arch, the AUR package works well
I’m fully aware of the joy of containers, but I just don’t want all that extra faff
I agree, my point is, we don’t need another app for this.
The StreetComplete functionality could be put on the OSM website… maybe even make it the default editor and make the current OSM editor the “advanced” one…
Edit: but don’t get me wrong - anything that can improve adoption of OSM is a great thing, totally agree on that point
But, you can edit directly on the OSM website… Ie On any device / OS… so…?
But no mention of just disabling some of Google’s services running on the phone?
Alternative is TrackerControl - again a local VPN, but aimed at blocking trackers (which could then include ads)
Find it on FDroid: https://trackercontrol.org/
I setup a media PC with an SSD for boot / OS and spinning rust for the videos, music, etc.
So, I thought LVM would be a good idea… put the whole lot into a logical pool and then carve out large parts for the media which could be adjusted in the future.
No.
Resizing actually just chops up the drives even more (so, partition fragmentation)
Gparted can’t see it, so adjustments are terrible CLI commands
And my favourite system backup tool (clonezilla) cant backup the OS without backing up the entire system.
IMO the Repairability scale should be the main (largest) indicator on the card… that’s the biggest impact in both TCO and environmental impact.
Not really an answer, more of a related question to others:
Zoneminder… how does that compare?
It seems to have been around for years (I was made aware of it as an addon for MythTV), is still maintained and ticks the usual FOSS boxes… and has an HA integration.
But I’ve not heard many people using it…?