I use Unix Pass connected over Tailscale to a git server I host myself. The interface options for various devices are a bit clunky, but it basically “just works” outside of that.

Edit: I used to use KeePass and syncthing, which I think is probably the best (balance of simple and effective) combo for most users.

I don’t know which versions are available on the play store, but f-droid only had the current official release, which is buggy and missing a lot. I had to go sideload the beta from GitHub and it has every feature I need including the one you’re after.

Oops, thought you were asking about Finamp for just music.

Honestly I want a Linux phone, but the scene needs to mature a bit. I’d also like a physical keyboard, so I’m even more limited in my options. LilyGo just released something I’d try, but it sold out almost instantly. Good call on the signal transfer, though I wish better platforms were catching on. Having to use a phone number to sign up kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion. Graphene and Postmark are on my short list of things to try if I end up on an android device.

To be totally honest I didn’t read your entire post, but just from your intro I think we are in similar situations. ISP router, low costs, using only the hardware you have around. I’ve solved a lot of stuff with Tailscale. None of my services are public facing and instead I connect to them over Tailscale (could be replaced with wireguard).

The wall I’m hitting you or maybe others could help with, is accessing my services from sub domains of a single Tailscale address rather than having to type port numbers for everything. I know this involves a reverse proxy and DNS (I use PiHole for that), but I’m stuck trying to configure the two in a way that actually works. Once I finally ditch iOS for good I’ll probably just sync a hosts file between all my devices using Syncthing to help streamline the DNS situation.

I have a boox for bigger screen reading and a Hisense touch for on the go. I like them both. Wish I could more easily tweak the boox, and wish I could more easily ditch all the vendor crapware off the Hisense, but they do their jobs well enough. Hisense gets bonus points for being a hi-fi device that can drive my IEMs.

I’m very similar. Getting into self hosting and finding Lemmy happened somewhat in tandem. Now I’m happily tinkering along and looking at hosting my own instance! This comm has been a huge resource and seems very active!!

Yeah, Tailscale!! It’s a very nicely packaged front end for Wireguard, which is a “mesh vpn” if I’m remembering my terms properly. Basically makes all my devices think they are on the same network at all times, and provides convenient names to use to connect to them.

I self host sunshine and use the moonlight client on iOS for my remote desktop. It’s meant for in home game streaming, but using Tailscale I can connect from anywhere.

I’m working on building out a similar stack on Podman. Anyone know how much of this would be easily or directly transferable to that?

I’ve been doing this for years! My local grocery has a little scanner you can take around with you, I carry 2 wicker baskets, scan items as I fill them, and then the self checkout lane reads a code from the scanner, I tap to pay, and walk home. It’s honestly seamless.

Brother said “we didn’t actually do that, something other than a cartridge caused our printer to brick.” Days later HP said “hold my beer.”

+1 for Doechii! Her tiny desk concert is a great leaping off point for her work!

Just felt the need to say our music libraries look very similar. You have great taste.

Yeah I read all that in your other comment. But a google group for testing is a deal breaker for now. This seems super interesting and I’ll be keeping my eye on it for sure!!

Seems super interesting, but to be totally honest I won’t touch it until I don’t need anything google related to use it, but the moment it his f-droid I’ll try it out!!!

I use Unix pass and KeePassXC before that. When I was switching I shared the concern of the names and structure of my passwords . A couple things convinced me it was fine.

First: It’s an arbitrary folder structure. You can name the folders whatever you want. Same is true for individual files. There is a field you can populate with the url the password is for, and when using browser extensions, or a mobile Unix pass manager, they use this field to check which password to offer, so the name of the encrypted file can be anything and so I often name them seemingly random things.

Second: how I chose to sync them made it kind of a non-issue. Some people literally store their password store folder on GitHub. This freaked me out a bit for the reason you are concerned, people even knowing the names of my files. The solution was to self host a git repo on my home LAN and then using Tailscale sync my devices to it from anywhere. Could also be done with syncthing, but the mobile app I use has git functionality built in. This way none of my files even touch the clear net, so I worry a lot less about people knowing the names of my passwords.

I’ve had good luck with logitech mice. Have an MX Master, g502 “Lightspeed” (or whatever nonsense), and a wired MMO one with 12 thumb buttons. I really only use the g502, but I keep the others around and they are all very compatible and usable. I currently use solaar as my software, but I’m finding remapping to be a bit more fiddly than I’d like. I liked Piper but it wasn’t working with the wireless g502 after I spilled water on my previous wired one. Maybe it’s been updated and works again. Going to check out input-remapper that another user mentioned.

Been using this for years, it’s good, but probably not for everyone. I like being able to manually sort the order of my folders, and it forces a maximum folder depth of like 3 or 4 depending on how you interpret one part. This makes it very quick to navigate, particularly from the command line. Add something like Zoxide on top and I can fly through all my notes and projects.

Yeah fair. A big part of my interest in it is that it split from Opera Software through a staff buyout, which to me says the people working there and maintaining it care a touch more than some companies. From the literature I consumed when signing up they seemed very privacy forward, and as a Proton VPN user I didn’t want all my eggs in one basket should Proton turn out to be a honeypot. That all being said, I agree with your point that they are subject to a legal system that doesn’t put users first compared to other countries, though for anything really sensitive I’m not really sure I would be using email to begin with, particularly not one I use for general clear net personal communication like banking and such.

Fastmail has been treating me well. Unlimited aliases and masked emails are really the only features I use, but it’s got sort of the classic suite of productivity tools you’d expect. I self host equivalents of these, but for a drop in replacement for most of the g-suite it’s good without trying to be more than it needs to be.