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Eldaroth

@ Eldaroth @lemmy.world

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  • Thank you for all your amazing support!

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  • Ignoring this kind of stuff is easier said than done, especially when it concerns something you're passionate about and have put your heart into. In my experience, it tends to keep nagging in the back of your head even when trying to ignore it.

    Yeah its using the automatic dark/light mode from the OS. However, if the app is open or running in the background and the OS switches to dark/light mode, Blorp does not switch theming and I have to kill the app. If I open it afterwards its using the correct theming.

    But since it hasn't really bothered me so far I haven't felt the urge to open a GitHub issue yet 🙈

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  • Yeah saving an image is not as "intuitive" as most people are used to otherwise with current UX patterns.

    And I don't find anything wrong with pointing that out, that's all good and helps improve the app in the long run. As lomg as its done politely and in a constructive way like you just did.

    I just hate it if people feel like they have to shit on something just because it doesn't do 100% what they would like it to. Nonetheless for a product they can use for free and someone put hard work into it, most likely in their spare time.

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  • Don't get too hung up on those comments. I agree that a GitHub issue would have been the right way for them to address their problems with the apo. Or at least a well-written post with helpful pointers on what exactly isn't working if they don't feel comfortable with GitHub (not all Fediverse users are technically adept).

    Unfortunately, the more people flood into the Fediverse, the more entitled jerks and trolls will find their way onto it as well.

    If it's any consolation, I really like the app, and I've tried many of the Lemmy apps available on Android. I really like its aesthetic, and it somehow fits my "flow" the best. There are some minor things that don't work properly all the time (e.g., automatic theme switching as soon as the OS does it), but nothing that has really bothered me or ruined my experience. :)

  • How "heavy" is self-hosting matrix really?

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  • Yeah you could consider it old school, or maybe just a product of another time were people didn't mind to use multiple software for different uses.

    I for one don't mind using Mumble for voice and XMPP for text chat or one to one calls for example.

    I don't have a computer or smartphone so I only can install one app and that's it. And I know I might be in the minority when it comes to that, at least compared to the general public. For gods sake it's already hard to get people to install a second messenger app, not even trying to get them off WhatsApp or other meta crap...

  • How "heavy" is self-hosting matrix really?

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  • I believe group calling is only a thing certain clients (e.g. Dino, Movim) support, although there is a initiative to implement it on protocol level as far as I am aware.

  • Matrix hosting

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  • If you have your own VPS anyway, there is the Matrix Ansible Playbook which makes the setup with docker containers very easy. But I also get the sentiment that you don't want to tinker around all the time and just want stuff to work.

    Kudos to you for using Matrix in the first place, I hope you can bring a lot of your friends and family to switch over to it. So far this has been the biggest hurdle on my journey 😅

  • Do you prefer XMPP or Matrix powered apps as a discord alternative?

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  • XMPP knows invite links, there are even servers which support invite pages which list suitable clients one could use for XMPP. Prosody for example has this module you could enable: mod_invites_page

    And then there is also Snikket, which is a pre-configured XMPP server suite (running prosody under the hood) with some nice QoL improvements baked in which you can selfhost as well: Snikket Quick Start Selfhost

  • Element/Matrix Official Docker Install Method?

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  • I saw you recommend Continuwuity on other posts as well. Was just wondering, what made you choose Continuwuity over Tuwunel?

    I am asking because I used to host a Continuwuity Matrix Server until a year ago. Recently started to look into hosting a Matrix server once again and found that Tuwunel seems currently ahead of Continuwuity in regards to WebRTC (Element Call) implementation and the sliding sync thingy.

    At least they have updated documentation when it comes to WebRTC and how to set it up.

  • Any Good Desktop or Phone Clients for Lemmy?

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  • Blorp does something similar, showing a baby face icon besides a new user in comments or posts

  • Just got a 25 euro gift card to the switch eshop. What games do you recommend up to 30 euros?

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  • Cassette Beasts if you like monster collecting type of games (in the spirit of Pokémon). Should be below $20.

    Currently playing through it, although on Steam version. Awesome music and well done pixel art aesthetic.

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • You can actually change these ports if you run Snikket behind a reverse proxy according to their advanced configuration docs. But yeah, probably going with something else than Snikket as it doesn't really suite into my current Podman/Traefik setup. At least not without a lot of tinkering which I don't feel like at the moment 😅

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • No weird opinions, you do you and if Matrix suits your needs, great. In general I like the idea and concept behind Matrix, was a bit clunky to get it going initially but afterwards, with Continuiwity as backend server I have to say I ran quite smooth. I guess for a small homelab/self hosted setup with maybe a hand full of users, XMPP sounds easier to maintain. But I guess I'll have to find out, probably going to deploy Snikket or Ejabberd for a test run.

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • Only heard great things about it

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  • Can't speak for the Synapse hosting, as back when I hosted one myself I directly started with Dendrite (was not really that feature rich) and switched to Continuiwity soon after. And I have to agree, ran like a charm on my VPS and didn't use a ton of resources. Granted, I was the only user so can't say how the usage would have increased with more users active.

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • Yeah that's the thing with a lot of these platforms, it's dead simple for most people to download the app and create the account. You already loose two thirds (if not more) of the people as soon as the sign up process gets a bit more complicated, even more if they have to manage and secure any kind of secret (encryption keys) themselves. Not that it would be so difficult to save this stuff in a password manager, but I guess that's already where a lot of people still fall short... What a uphill battle that was (still is) with some of my friends and family to get them to use a password manager for a start.

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • Couldn't agree more with the first two points, especially the second one when it comes to adaptability by my non-techy friends and especially the wife-approval-factor.

    I only tried out Delta Chat like two years ago linking it to a secondary Gmail account. Don't think this really fully utilized it to its full potential. What do you like most so far about Delta Chat?

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • Nice blog post you wrote there, I like how you go into some details about the problems you faced hosting Matrix.

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  • Used some of the Mautrix bridges (WhatsApp & Signal) in an attempt to combine all my messaging apps on the phone into one single app. Worked reasonably well I have to say.

    The Discord bridge I never tried, mostly because my friend group is not really using the instant messaging part of Discord. We more or less only use it for voice chat while gaming or just some shit talking. Thinking about it, for this a TeamSpeak or Mumble server would probably be enough to replace our Discord usage 😄

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Eldaroth @lemmy.world

    Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

  • Arr Podman Quadlets Setup

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  • Yeah faced that issue a couple of weeks ago as well after updating Podman. It didn't allow me to set container individual UID/GID mappings or UserNS when running in a pod, so I just took them out of the pod as I couldn't be bothered and run them as separate containers in the same network. Works just as good.

    You just have to make sure to move the PublishPort block from the pod quadlet to the gluetun container (for all the containers which route their traffic through gluetun, i.e. which have 'Network=container: gluetun' set). This should solve the problem and still allows you to use UserNS or UID/GID mappings on the containers. No disadvantages so far, you just lose the convenience of stopping/starting all the containers at once through the pod. But I'd rather take this 'inconvenience' than troubleshooting for days how to make it work with a pod again.

  • Self hosting hardware - what are your experiences with Lenovo ThinkCentre as homelab server?

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  • Nice, good on you! Migrating your services/containers to a dedicated server instead of running them on a overwhelmingly underpowered Synology NAS is going to be a game changer.

    I also have a Synology NAS, but nowadays only really use it for NFS/Samba storage and a S3 service (Garage) running on it to provide network storage to all my other services running on my mini pc.

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Eldaroth @lemmy.world

    Self hosting hardware - what are your experiences with Lenovo ThinkCentre as homelab server?