I haven’t used Signal.

Is your ‘registered Signal number’ your phone handset number?

From this page:

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007318691-Register-a-phone-number

[You are right, Delta Chat uses AutoCrypt, which is OpenPGP based.]

Trisquel GNU/Linux, is Ubuntu with all the non-free packages removed. Don’t see any of that stuff.

No spam, because it is a family group for sharing non-public pictures etc.

You’d only get spam if you invited a spammer to chat.

The privacy comes from the E2EE.

DeltaChat.

It packetises and encrypts chats, using email(SMTP) as the transport medium. Sends downsampled pics, videos or push-to-talk audio by default. Can send full quality pics, videos, or attachments too, as a file.

Integrates with Jitsi Meet to connect video-calls.

It’s available on F-Droid, and you can use a seperate free-email-address(100MB limit) for the SMTP backend (from https://nine.testrun.org/ ), or use your own existing email address.

Elegant and robust.

I like that era too.

Aztec(1976) came up recently, and I was very much considering getting it, due to the in-depth detail in these Technology Connections videos. Not sure if the gameplay is any good though.

Medieval is fun, launching cows and all.

The original ST:TNG was great also.

One of the tables at this tournament was Walking Dead too!, unforgiving table angle.

I own no pins at home, except toy size Batman battery operated(Funrise with the ramps)

My top table is Banzai Run (2 games in 1 ;-), can 7x replay

I like Attack from Mars(and just a little less Revenge from Mars).

The original Indy:Pinball Adventure is an all time favourite and one of the first I played(as long as the flippers have enough kick to score jackpots and reach the Path of Adventure).

If I got a table, it would be Judge Dredd.

Grew up only playing 80s/90s video arcade machines. Appreciated pinball later, especially the analog aspect and finding out about basic moves like lane-transfers.

My nonpro-tip: Read the info-card for the word multiball! (c:

About 10 years ago I qualified to enter a state pinball tournament.

Of 16 qualifying entrants(or who could be bothered to enter), I placed 6th.

So I see it as, I was the 6th best pinball player in a state of 3million people, for a year. :-)

Leisure Suit Larry

No phone number required for DeltaChat.

It packetises and encrypts chats, using email(SMTP) as the transport medium. Can send downsampled pics, videos or Push-to-talk audio. Can send full quality pics, videos, or attachments too.

It’s on F-Droid, and you can use a seperate free email address(100MB limit) for the SMTP backend (from https://nine.testrun.org/ ), or use your own existing email address.

Elegant and robust.

sgt-puzzles is a quality package of fun micro games. (Also available in every *nix distro)

I bought the original tabletop version of Black Box yesterday, after playing it so much in sgt-puzzles. (c:

Mr Inbetween

An Australian hitman navigates his underworld life and parenthood. Better than it sounds. (Includes some heavy violence)

Thanks, I was checking both before going with ddwrt.

Looks like OpenWRT has more options and less hand-holding. Would that be right?

Thanks for the props :]

I usually look at the session graph data on Gadgetbridge, or export a bike GPS track to OSMand to look more in depth at position, height, speed etc.

Currently running majority FLOSS, and glad for the excellent options that these very capable people have released.

Desktops, laptops, HTPC:

Trisquel GNU/Linux on Libreboot BIOS hardware

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Phones and tablets are:

GrapheneOS + Fdroid only apps

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Rockbox audio players

(+ Open Tunes from FMA, Argofox, CC netlabels, jamendo, bandcamp etc)

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Gadgetbridge + Amazfit Bip (watch)

[Looking to switch out this watch for a FLOSS smartwatch like: pinetime or bangle.js]

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and dd-wrt on the router

The drums.

Or a less chaotic-evil suggestion, that water-drop sound made by flicking your cheek.

A similar site that lists the news-bias is:

https://ground.news/

I used it in a university course in '95, not sure what distro, but customising your shell prompt, and setting automatic timed updates for the wallpaper in tvwm certainly felt like the future. Different and electric.

We would play the linux shareware first release of quake in 12-16 player. Hiding the executable by renaming it ekauq… didn’t work, still got removed from our directories.

There were installfests at the local LUG, which were a fun way to share tips and help others.

One Linux support business existed in our town in the 90s, installing and fixing Linux boxen for businesses. Mostly home/hobby use though.

Slashdot.org was covering the majority of Linux news. Either MS FUD or the nonsense SCO lawsuit, amongst all the positive advances.

Linux conferences were a fun way to make it more real and see many of the big names behind the movement and technologies.

Installed RedHat 4 or 5.1 around 98 and then found the power of Debian. Currently running Trisquel GNU/Linux because it is a fully libre distro with no proprietary blobs or other obfuscated parts.

Many thanks to RMS and all FLOSS contributors, there is such an incredible spectrum of tools available for free use. It has been great to see the progression and expansion over the decades.

Those soakable cloth neck-wraps work as a cheap personal cooler($5).

The Coolify2 works as an expensive personal cooler(~$200).

If you have a fridge, freeze 2 litre ice-cream containers filled with water to make large ice blocks. Then put the block in a tub to melt, and sit your feet on it to stay cool(budget-mode, $cost of tap water)

Only birds.

xracer - A WipeOut clone (would love some development on this)

https://packages.debian.org/sid/xracer

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Sauerbraten FPS (1990s fps distilled)

http://sauerbraten.org/