I have been slowly replacing apps with FOSS options installed with Obtainium. I’ve always leaned heavily that way, but now it’s everything, including a switching to self-hosted ntfy for notifications.
I have a few more difficult options left like Tasker and AccuBattery, but soon I’ll be moving to Graphene with a full setup since everything else I used before has already been swapped. And I mean everything, even things like OBD2 scanning and core phone apps.
I used this: https://github.com/arabcoders/watchstate
It works, really, really well. You just connect it to the servers, and it syncs them by user. You can even let it run regularly while you are in your transition phase as a docker container right next to Plex and Jellyfin.
Mine’s even a bit more advanced, as I used samba-domain to set up an LDAP active directory for my fam, then the above to sync the Plex users to those users in Jellyfin, and it still worked great.
Edit: The WebUI is also pretty intuitive, but I did have to run it twice for my user the first time for it to get 100% in sync. Everything was fine after that.
Firefox PWAs… Wish it would be true, but seems to be some custom “Taskbar Tabs” for Windows 11.
Realistically they would get a bailout “for the consumer”.
More likely than central hosting would be some of the same people enabling faster modes via software hacks currently making them run offline.
Open an issue? Devs are pretty responsive.
The docs are super unclear, and written for those not familiar with ActivityPub.
In future, we hope to develop a deeper integration between your social web profile and followers <> and your public website and registered members. To start with, though, they operate independently from one another.
Your social web profile and followers are separate to the rest of your site and memberships, so you can think of it as a new, additional distribution channel.
Emphasis mine. I think the setup is basically federating links in Mastodon style. So if you have a post available as a subscription, it will prompt a login after clicking through.
If you like FOSS, I’d recommend giving Thunder a try: https://thunderapp.dev/
Every time I install or configure anything, it’s done via CLI and added to a script. Makes setup a breeze.
What? There are hundreds of thousands of FOSS projects with great presentation. GIMP is the exception these days, not the rule.
And @beanstalk@lemm.ee, welcome. Others have recommended some useful communities, but as you join the Fediverse, which is distributed across many servers, a useful way to find new communities you like is: https://lemmyverse.net/communities
There are also an absolute ton of free and open source app choices. I personally prefer Thunder for the customizable options, but everyone has their preferences.
Enjoy exploring!
I make tons of aliases. For instance my quick “got log” and “git log <branch[SS]>”:
alias gl="git log --graph --abbrev-commit --no-decorate --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' --format=format:'%C(8)%>|(16)%h %C(7)%ad %C(8)%<(16,trunc)%an %C(auto)%d %>|(1)%s' --all"
alias glb="git log --graph --abbrev-commit --no-decorate --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' --format=format:'%C(8)%>|(16)%h %C(7)%ad %C(8)%<(16,trunc)%an %C(auto)%d %>|(1)%s'"
I made https://twystlock.com/ which offers a free 3D printable belly stand if anyone would like it.
Yup. I use one of those micro PCs with 4 network ports as a router, and that’s it.
To add to this, don’t buy a server at all, upgrade your desktop! Then use the desktop as a server. Then recycle every desktop for the rest of your life into the new server. Been working for me for decades.
Not just number but quality. It was all memes at the start, now actual conversation is happening in more than just a few posts.
The whole point of this issue with Pixelfed is that none of what you describe is required.
Find any follower of a Fediverse account of any kind (Target Account) that’s on a Pixelfed server. Go to that Pixelfed server, view “private” posts from Target Account there.
No need to set up a server, or get sent anything. Granted, even without this flaw ActivityPub is not the way to go for anything private.