There are 2 kinds of distributions. Ones that are on customization side and those on stability side.

For example Debian, Fedora, and arguably Arch are on stability side. They are intended for people that want things to work predictably and software to be packaged and shipped as the developer intended it. Customization or lack of it is up to the user.

Distributions like Manjaro, Zorin OS, Elementary OS, LMDE or even Linux XP are have a given goal to a particular customization. Either a set of tweaks, a particular look or even their own desktop environment or set of software they develop themselves.

This means that the first kind would have the most boring update, as they just ship new and correctly integrated software. While the second kind would provide very nice customisations or patching of their own to their environment.

I only read the titre to ne honnest. But anyways to use it privately for real is to use it without account.

You don’t create an account. And do not save coookiies for it. Only use a web browser. This would severy limit your usage as Instagram would constantly nag you to login and deteriorate your experience. But worth it. This is how I use it.

You don’t have to go to Instagram frequently but only when someone shares a link with you.

My logitech mx master 3 works instantly on fedora with all it’s features. I also have various wired and worless keyboards and mouses that work instantly on Fedora.

For same mouse on windows, I need to wait for it to download and install outs drivers.

Maybe you got things confused or are using LinuxFromScratch or something.

Generally, when things work on windows, it is the effort of whomever made the device or software. Microsoft generally does not develop drivers. However, when things work on GNU/Linux it is the effort of GNU, Linux, or the community. The manufacturer probably did nothing. This simply explains why we are generally relaxed or “give Linux too much benefit of the doubt relative to the “things that just work””.

So fairly comparing a Linux distro to raw windows, Linux is better. When you install a distro, things just work, when you install windows, most stuff do not work and you need to complete setup. Unless you use tools provided by the manufacturer, but then again, it is same story.

Not really weired. For example, a keyboard has a firmware. 99% of keyboards have no way of it being updated or changed. It is part of its electronics. So not a big deal. But, if a keyboard has a way to update the firmware or install another one, then it should be FOSS.

I tried this in the past and it does not seem a good option. Letting a smartphone record 24/7 would make it melt maybe.

Their code repository is still active. So worth giving a look.

Thanks. this opens up more devices to choose from. So products like hikvison are a candidate for me now.

What hardware is it compatible with?

Yes I may, I don’t have it setup now, but I do have an ultra PC that might run it.

It would be best if I don’t have to create an account or install a proprietary app to perform the initial setup.

I still haven’t found any AMCrest camera being sold near me. I found some Hikvison.

I made some reasearch for avalable hardawar near me and found this one Hikvison DS-2CD1053G0-I

I’ll keep looking for ones that are more inside friendly.

Many thanks!

What camera hardware is compatible with Soteria?

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List of available instances.

There is now podman compose that can read and use docker-compose files. As for importing, I cannot tell.

While the news is interesting, it is not about technology at all. Just because Starbucks has an app does not make this technology related news.

You can get coffee from other places than chain coffeeshops for less money and better coffee. The café near me sells great espresso for 12 MAD (about 1 €). The place is nice, has a waiter and coffee is server in glass or porcelaine cups in stead of cheap plastic. You can get it from other places for the cheapest place at 6 MAD.

Just root it it. In waiting to unlock the bootloader, you can disable unwanted apps either via ADB or simply from the application manager.

I installed LineageOS and F-Droid. No google apps services. Very easy to use.

On an loder phone that I struggeled to unlock the bootloader on, I went a head and uninstalled all that I could, then disable the reste. Cut internet and autostart etc, on settings apps (Xiaomi phone).Then used apps from f-droid.

Traditionnaly I always install custom mobile operating systems like paranoid android or LineageOS and just not use gapps.