[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 14 points 3 months ago

If you really want to be pedantic, c is the notation for the "speed of light in a vacuum", not just the "speed of light", which depends on the medium.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm getting a lot of Westworld players vibes from the photos in this thread.

Not the "good" players vibes, more the "I'm here to pose a badass, get drunk at the saloon, fuck a prostitute and then shoot her" vibes...

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 6 points 3 months ago

I use Magic Earth when I take my car, Organic Maps when I walk or use public transportation. I don't think there is a single "best app", it depends on your use case.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago

It mostly depends where. French use it for almost anything, even more since COVID. On the other hand, Germans have a tradition to prefer cash.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 17 points 3 months ago

The quickest way is to add the Newpipe repo: https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/

If you already installed Newpipe from the f-droid main repo, you may need to backup your data, uninstall and reinstall it. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe?tab=readme-ov-file#installation-and-updates

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 30 points 9 months ago

You could boot on an USB, mount the filesystem and change the permissions. But if the dude changed a whole lot of permissions, reinstalling might be the smart thing to do...

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Klipper on KDE offers a clipboard history. Don't know about other DEs.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago

Keepass2Android provides both an autofill function and an alternative keyboard. As the name implies, it works with a Keepass file.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not a great timing to move to something RHEL-based!

If I may ask, why not Debian? You're already familiar with 99% of the distribution, as it's the base for Ubuntu.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 8 points 1 year ago

Use Peertube if one of your concern is to promote a world where YouTube is not the only way for a creator to host videos. It shows them (and sponsors) that the efforts to maintain another platform is viable. Resources are not the main issue for Peertube, as it uses WebTorrent to distribute a video using peer-to-peer.

If you fear to miss something in the YouTube comments (really?), use Invidious.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started typing a very long response explaining my risk model, how a malware on my mobile device will be a nightmare to my whole digital life, etc. Long story short, my case might differ from yours and I consider Izzy's security not enough for me.

I consider myself fairly educated in infosec. Security is layered, no single measure can give you assurance it will not fail.

I suspect Google to perform automated reverse engineering on the Play store apps. F-Droid get the source, not the binaries. Much easier to look for sketchy behaviour if you've got the sources. Yes, Google sometimes get malware on the Play store, but it usually does not stay very long or affects a lot of their users.

Izzy simply does not have the resources to do so, so they use VT as a "replacement", which is not good enough for me; AV solutions have traditionally shitty engines for mobile apps.

Also, Izzy is a much more confidential source for apps. Only a few (if any) security researchers will look at it. Even if someone finds a malware, I strongly doubt it will make news, even in IT security websites. Whereas the Play store or even F-droid...

I don't blame them nor anyone using them, I'm just saying the risk of potential malware on my phone is not worth the benefit of installing bleeding edge apps for me.

[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 19 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

I used Liftoff but I missed Infinity since I moved to Lemmy, didn't want to use IzzyOnDroid.

Any plan on a build in the official F-Droid repo?

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