Everything works except Thunderbolt/USB4 and Video output via USB-C

I wouldn’t use it as a NAS if you plan to use NVMe SSDs for fast storage (since you can’t connect them via USB4), but if you only plan on using SATA SSDs or mechanical drives, USB 3 should be fine. Other than that, everything you would need in a server is there and works flawlessly.

You can install Linux on ARM-based Macs too:
https://asahilinux.org/
!asahilinux@lemmy.world

That’s awesome

I will say I’ve never ever even once had an issue with my M1 pro 16",

Same for my M1 Pro 14", the only issue I have is that the macOS version of Firefox just absolutely obliterates my battery, I mostly use Safari now, because it’s much better optimized. That’s really quite unfortunate, but it’s not Apple’s fault, and I don’t see any hope for this, unless Mozilla decides to continue development of the Rust-based Servo browser engine, and eventually Firefox may switch away from the antiquated and incredibly inefficient Gecko code.

Are people sending $5 every now and then

That’s still better than nothing I guess

Not trying to shill for Apple or anything, but I have found MacBooks (excluding the 2015 MacBook, and the 2016-2020 Air and Pro models) to be extremely stable and reliable, especially since they use their custom ARM CPU/SOCs. It reminds me of the good old PowerPC days, these machines were also reliable, basically unbreakable like a tank. In build quality, hardware and software. With the ARM transition, Apple really appears to have brought back the glory days of computing (unfortunately not in terms of upgradability and repairability, but at least in quality, stability and reliability).

I’m even more excited for the continiously improving Linux support on these devices - thanks to the amazing Asahi Linux (!asahilinux@lemmy.world) project. Also consider following them on Mastodon: @AsahiLinux@treehouse.systems

Does it also work with Mastodon? Because it is possible to reply to Lemmy posts from Mastodon, right?

LibreWolf (which doesn’t store any cookies or other website data by default, unless you allow it) + I still don’t care about cookies or Consent-O-Matic

https://fmhy.net/adblockvpnguide#redirect-bypass

Neovim >

Fuck Discord

That’s so cool, if I didn’t have a smart watch that could do these things, I’d definitely get one of these

The EU literally uses the Fediverse themselves. https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/

The avionics bay of an Airbus A380

This might sound weird, but Apple. I was NEVER disappointed by any of the products I bought. Sure, they are fucking expensive. Sure, they sometimes release really dumb products that most people probably shouldn’t buy (e.g. the 2015 MacBook). But if you make all the right considerations before your purchase, I’m pretty sure you will have a product that won’t disappoint you. At least that’s been my experience so far. That doesn’t mean that I’m perfectly happy with everything, for example I’m trying to switch away from an iPhone (I will definitely keep using macOS laptops/desktops though) for privacy reasons. I wasn’t really disappointed here, when I bought this phone, I knew what I was getting myself into, but Google isn’t much better.

Proton for secure email/calendar/whatever they offer now. I’ve been a subscriber to their paid plan for years, really happy so far.

IVPN and Mullvad for a trustworthy, private VPN provider

I think we should spread this message and the guide in other communities or on other platforms. I don’t think posting this in the Firefox community will achieve much.

Darknet Diaries is just amazing, it’s always really interesting, I never get bored

The Lockdown is a pretty good podcast about digital (and physical) privacy and security

The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show by Michael Bazzell @ inteltechniques.com was really great, but they took it down last year. Fortunately there is still a torrent of the full archive of the show floating around: https://lemmings.world/post/11120738

The Ask Noah Show is all about Linux and open source software

Basically everything produced by Jupiter Broadcasting is just awesome, including Linux Unplugged and Self-Hosted

Linux Matters can also sometimes have really good content (Here’s their Mastodon profile: https://ubuntu.social/@linuxmatters)

Brodie Robertson’s Tech over Tea (I’m sorry I don’t have a better way to link to it than Apple Podcasts)

The Linux Experiment’s weekly Linux & open source news podcast (which you can also follow from the Fediverse btw, Castopod is just an awesome piece of software)

Subnautica can be played together using the Nitrox mod

https://nitrox.rux.gg/

Oh man, I just looked up the Xperia Z4 and noticed that it’s like 10 years old. Can’t say that I’m surprised that there are basically no ROMs.

I don’t recommend installing random builds from forums like XDA. GrapheneOS definitely doesn’t have an official version for anything other than Pixels, you might want to try LineageOS if you want to throw the tablet out anyway