Hi everyone,
First of all, I know WhatsApp doesn’t belong to Google so I’m technically in the wrong community.
Still I think getting rid of Facebook is part of the same movement.
I’ve been using Threema (and Signal/SMS a little bit) for years with all my close contacts, but I can’t fully get rid of WhatsApp as I’m part of some groups where I can’t convince/force everyone to move to Threema.
Because I was still on WhatsApp, a lot of people outside of the necessary groups thought it was okay to contact me on WhatsApp.
I had looked into ways of blocking everyone except these essential groups, but I couldn’t find anything on the web.
Now I think I’ve found the solution to prevent people outside of these necessary WhatsApp groups to write to me on WhatsApp. I had never heard of it before yesterday, but you can download a WhatsApp Business app which lets you send automated answers when people are writing to you.
So I basically just created an automated answer telling people that I’m using Threema/Signal/Sms and that I won’t answer on WhatsApp. Now I don’t have to write long messages telling people to please write to me on another app (and then these people keep writing on WhatsApp of course). So now it’s make the effort or leave me alone 😅
I still plan in ditching WhatsApp for good at one point, but it seems like a good temporary solution and, since I hadn’t found anyone suggesting this idea, I thought I would share it here to help people who have the same problem.
Hi everyone,
Having successfully left windows for Linux (Fedora) a few years ago, I thought I’d the same for my phone.
I have a professional iPhone 13 provided by my employer, but I have an old Samsung GT-I8730 lying around.
Sadly, there is apparently nothing (except stock Android) that I could easily install on it.
So I’m kind of looking for a cheap second hand phone that I could get for my birthday in order to try to have a degoogled and deappleified private phone (I’m now using my work iPhone for everything).
What phone should I buy for max 150.- (around 180$) second hand?
Also what OS should I try to install on it?
To be honest, I’m really a rookie in the phone world and I’m not even sure if I’m looking for a degoogled Android phone (/e/os, lineage, graphene) or a linux phone (Ubuntu touch, KDE mobile).
It would be important for me to be able to daily drive the phone. Listening to music and using my banking apps on it would be important features.
So I’m looking for advice regarding all of this and I’m thankful in advance for your help.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16325109
Automount WebDAV (for kDrive)
Hi everyone,
I’m really enjoying Gnome on Fedora and everything is almost perfectly set up.
One of my only problems with my Webdav access to kdrive (cloud storage) in the file manager.
It works fine but it’s not mounted automatically on startup. On the web, I’ve found that you should go to the disk utility to enable that but it doesn’t appear there.
I’d want to do it on the GUI as I’m not knowledgeable enough to do it in the terminal.
Can anyone help me?
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16224989
What OS can I install on a Samsung GT-I8730?
Hi everyone!
I have to use an iPhone for work but I have an old Samsung GT-I8730 lying around.
It’s a really old phone but it seems to work well on its base Android OS, so I would want to experiment a bit with it.
I have experience with Linux distributions on my computers, but I’ve never installed an alternative OS. That’s why I’m looking for advices on what I could install on such an old piece of hardware.
I’ve always been interested in /e/os as I think it would still allow me to use my (swiss) banking apps, but I’d be interested in any distribution which might also make it possible.
If no OS would make such a thing possible, I would just want to know what I could install on this device to experience a bit.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hi everyone,
I’m really enjoying Gnome on Fedora and everything is almost perfectly set up.
One of my only problems with my Webdav access to kdrive (cloud storage) in the file manager.
It works fine but it’s not mounted automatically on startup. On the web, I’ve found that you should go to the disk utility to enable that but it doesn’t appear there.
I’d want to do it on the GUI as I’m not knowledgeable enough to do it in the terminal.
Can anyone help me?
Hi everyone!
I have to use an iPhone for work but I have an old Samsung GT-I8730 lying around.
It’s a really old phone but it seems to work well on its base Android OS, so I would want to experiment a bit with it.
I have experience with Linux distributions on my computers, but I’ve never installed an alternative OS. That’s why I’m looking for advices on what I could install on such an old piece of hardware.
I’ve always been interested in /e/os as I think it would still allow me to use my (swiss) banking apps, but I’d be interested in any distribution which might also make it possible.
If no OS would make such a thing possible, I would just want to know what I could install on this device to experience a bit.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hey everyone!
One of my controllers is really starting to have some stickdrift on the left joystick.
I’ve tried that solution and it seems to temporarily work: https://youtu.be/cU26TxHOkSU?si=ZBj_lerD0m1jomch
If it keeps coming back, I might try this solution which involves opening the controller : https://fr.ifixit.com/Tutoriel/Comment+r%C3%A9parer+une+manette+PlayStation+Dualsense+V1+qui+drifte/168202
Apparently, both of these solutions can’t be considered as long term fixes and I was wondering if someone managed to find a long term solution.
I would hate buying a new controller as I love repairing stuff, but I’d be interested to know if there is a more reliable/repairable controller with all the Dual Sense functionalities out there.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Edit: I’ve opened my controller and cleaned the potentiometer with alcohol and it didn’t work. I’m gonna try again tomorrow and take more time to examine the potential causes.
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